If you are in mid-winter strawberries I've ever eaten, chances are good there in the world was grown in Plant City, Florida, known as the winter strawberry capital. More than three quarters of the country are here in the middle of winter camp to more than 7,000 acres of strawberries fertile farmland.
As in many rural communities in Florida City, agriculture was the staple food for the plant grew, first as a major center of cotton. Its original name, after an Indian IchepucksassaVillage, which once claimed the land was a bit annoying, not so long. Ichepucksassa Irish postmaster renamed the city after his hometown in Ireland, Cork. But that was a long time with no in 1884, Henry Plant brought the South Florida Railroad in the city, the city was founded in 1885 and its name. The historic Union Station depot is still in Palmer Street today, as the Downtown Welcome Center and mini-trainMuseum.
Shops and restaurants
Although City Plant City is considered a small, residents enjoy all the comforts of city life. Applebees, Carrabbas, chillies, all the chains in the city. Shopping malls and places in the city, including the PC Mall Outlet near Lakeland Square Mall offers almost everything you need, or otherwise, including anchors Macy's, Dillard's, Sears and JC Penny.
But what really makes shopping andEating a Plant City special is the historic city center. free parking in the big city Park and stroll the cobblestone streets to explore the antique shops, cafes and current affairs. For antiques, sell, visit the Olde Florida, Penny Market pressed glass or French, an indoor flea market only, with over 20 suppliers of their goods. For a period of rest while, and refuel at Crabshack Linda, the Whistle Stop Cafe and Camelia Rose's Tea Room. OrGo Snell Groves Restaurant, the oldest restaurant in town known for its hand-crafted, country-house kitchen. more local shopping experience is one of the Farmer's Market at the Alexander and Martin Luther King Boulevard. The market is open seven days a week, offers local produce, plants and crafts.
And be sure not to miss attraction of the local key Parkesdale Farm Market, the largest strawberry farm owned-family houses in the nation and the world Parkesdale Strawberryshortcake. People come from far away to an hour, two hours or more, and is in line for ten hours a day, for example, the prestigious company only eight inches tall stack full of scarlet fever, golf ball-size strawberries.
Leisure and Play
There is always something to do near Plant City. Welcomes the middle of January Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Arts Festival, with parade, midway, concerts, study tours and much more. In the lateFebruary-early March is inflated, the city with visitors from all over the world who come to the Florida Strawberry Festival, 11 days worth of strawberry goodness with agriculture, farming and entertainment, arts, crafts , parades, fun ... strawberries and more! In November, pork BBQ and Jam Festival this year is over, the Strawberry Classic Car Show. Even on the first Saturday of the month, the Plant City Bike Fest in downtown.Each month, the city can accommodate up to 12,000 motorcycle enthusiasts with a show bike, Bike Expo and dozens of food stalls.
On the right, exit 17 on I-4 is a more local affair, one of the area's favorite teachers: Dinosaur World, an open-air museum in a lush, with more than 150 life-sized, scientifically accurate models of dinosaurs, dig fossil skeleton garden and park.
The Plant City Parks and Recreation Department keeps people of all ages occupiedwith a wealth of events and activities, including youth and adult volleyball, softball, tennis, flag football and kickball, exercises and bridge for the elderly, more teen nights and night work of children and holiday events and more. The city is home to 19 different parks and playgrounds, including the popular Mike Sansone Park Park Road east of the city, the park of 77 hectares includes a skate park, seven lighted youth baseball fields, two tennis, softball , volleyball, picnicPavilions, two playgrounds, a damp runway asphalt and much more.