Farmers Markets near Polk City, FL

Auburndale

Third Street NW and Avenue G NW Winter Haven

On Magnolia Avenue in downtown Winter Haven, this Saturday market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. year-round, with shorter summer hours from 9 to noon. Shoppers find artisan food vendors, farmers, plant sellers, meat, seafood, flowers, baked goods, and crafts, then eat at tables under the trees while live music plays.

Lakeland

The Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market, established in 2004, draws 3,500 to 5,500 shoppers each Saturday to N. Kentucky Avenue between Lemon and Oak Streets. Run by the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority with a roster of 230 vendors (about 120 attending each week), it offers local, handmade, and homegrown produce, plants, artisan gifts, pastries, breads, and specialty foods with live entertainment most Saturdays; open 8 a.m.–2 p.m. September through May, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. June and July, closed August.

Lakeland

Downtown Farmers' Curb Market sets up on North Kentucky Avenue in downtown Lakeland, a few blocks from Munn Park and the city's chain of interconnected lakes.

Celebration Sunday Farmers' Market sets up on Celebration Avenue in Celebration, the master-planned town built by the Walt Disney Company southwest of Orlando. As the name states, it runs on Sundays in the town's walkable downtown district.

Old-Town Farmers' Market sets up along Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway inside Kissimmee's Old Town entertainment district, known for its classic cars, shops, and rides. The market adds a produce-and-crafts stop to an area otherwise built around tourism rather than groceries. Specific vendor and schedule details weren't confirmable online.

Clermont

Clermont Main Street's Farmers Market is part of the year-round calendar of community events run by Clermont Main Street, the volunteer-powered nonprofit revitalizing this lakefront town's historic downtown. Market days join family-friendly festivals and downtown shopping in "the Gem of the Hills" west of Orlando.

Plant City Farmers Market operates on West Sam Allen Road in Plant City, the self-described Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. It's a separate, smaller market from the city's state-run wholesale farmers market across town. Specific current vendor and schedule details weren't confirmable online.

Plant City State Farmers' Market is one of Florida's state-operated wholesale markets, run by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at 1305 West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Like its sister state markets in Pompano Beach and Palatka, its job is moving farm products from growers to buyers through wholesale facilities rather than retail stalls.

Lake Wales Downtown Farmers Market sets up at Marketplace Square, 20 N Market St, on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (8 a.m. to noon in July and August). Sponsored by Lake Wales Main Street, vendors sell non-pesticide produce and plants, cheese, honey, and BBQ sauces from independent growers. Reach organizer Lynn Greenfield at 863-676-8782 for vendor questions.

Hunter's Creek Farmers Market gathers monthly at Town Loop Boulevard in Orlando, organized by Charities of Hunter's Creek to fund the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Vendors sell plants, specialty foods, and handcrafted and artisan goods alongside live music. It draws a strong local following: the market's Facebook page has grown past 4,000 followers.

Darlington Avenue and Pleasant Street Kissimmee

Downtown Kissimmee Farmers' Market sets up at Darlington Avenue and Pleasant Street in Kissimmee's historic downtown, blocks from Lakefront Park on Lake Tohopekaliga.

Set at The Village at Hunter's Creek shopping center on John Young Parkway, this south Orlando market runs Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with farm-fresh, organic produce and local food vendors. Admission is free.

Festival Bay Farmers' Market sets up at Festival Bay Mall on International Drive, in the middle of Orlando's tourist and outlet-shopping corridor near Universal Orlando.