Haven & LKLD

01/08/2025

Have your art featured on the cover of the 2025 Polk Arts Guide! Details below:

The deadline to submit an image for consideration for the 2025 Polk Arts Guide is right around the corner. Get your pieces in by January 13 (extended from January 6)! More info here: https://forms.gle/8NWobWLvLWXQjnzP9

01/08/2025

Part 2 of the new set to open in early spring. Read the full story at havenmagazines.com

01/07/2025

"Nestled on the shore of Lake Hamilton, where Kokomo Road meets Highway 27, Port 27 promises an experience like no other. There’s a brewery, a coffee shop, multiple food vendors, watersports, AND shopping!"

This month we visit the brand-new, not-open-yet, your next favorite place to go... Port 27!! Read all about what you can expect when they open in early spring, below.

Hold on to your hats, Polk County! There’s a new destination in Central Florida and it’s right in your backyard. If you’ve driven down Highway 27 between Haines City and Dundee recently, you may already be waiting with delightful anticipation to find out what’s been brewing on big Lake Hamil...

01/06/2025

🌮🌮🌮 begins FRIDAY!! Find all participating restaurants at goodfoodpolk.com 🌮🌮🌮🌮 Taco Week goes from January 10-19!

01/06/2025

"Affordable for the whole family and full of fun for all ages, this central Florida gem just gets better every year, with additions like the Ferrari Build station in 2024, and the opening of SEA LIFE in 2025."

This month we visit LEGOLAND Florida and learn about the newest attraction opening this spring, SEA LIFE! Read the full story below:

If you asked me which Florida theme park I would visit again and again (as a grown adult with a fully functioning prefrontal cortex) I would say… LEGOLAND! And that was even before I wrote this article. It is your favorite theme park’s favorite theme park and it will serve you exactly what you.....

01/06/2025

Be one of the first to see the new $8 million expansion at the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art before it's opened to the public! Hang out with us on January 17 at Polk at Nite for cocktails & small bites by Cob & Pen, live music by DJ Jenks, a look at the 8M expansion, and the latest exhibition: Dutch Impressionism: The Hague School, 1860-1930!

Limited tickets, visit centralfloridatix.com for more info.

01/04/2025

Thank you to everyone that stopped by to visit with Austin Snedden, it was fun!

01/02/2025

First Friday!!

01/02/2025

❤️We’ve got a very special event beginning at 6pm at our office during on Jan. 3! Meet Austin Snedden from do a demonstration on his pottery wheel. He is featured in the January issue and will be available for questions or you can just hang out and watch. He’s such a nice person, come by and say hi!

Our office is located at the new at 308 4th Street SW in Winter Haven.

01/02/2025

Happy 2025!!! Our January issues are about LEGOLAND Florida and their newest attraction Sea Life, opening very soon.

Port 27 is a new destination set to open in early spring. It's a huge complex of restaurants and shops on Lake Hamilton where Kokomo Road meets Highway 27 in Haines City. Austin Snedden Ceramics talks about his new studio and upcoming pottery classes. We get the inside scoop on the first-ever Polk County Taco Week that begins next week. Nikki Sterling is a local author, we find out her inspiration to write and where to get her books.

IV Horn looks to the skies for visitors from another galaxy, Shannon Carnevale teaches us about Florida's Arbor Day (spoiler alert, it's in January), Anne Yasalonis talks about ways to keep your Florida yards looking nice. Bob Gernert tells tales of seven saddles, salted alligator hides, and Snell Bank. The Lakeland Public Library and Winter Haven Public Library give us book recommendations for January, and the horoscopes have added "resolutions" straight from the stars.

The Top Ten lists and calendar will keep you busy this month! Remember to tag your posts with or and they might end up in the February issues.

Have a really peaceful and happy new year, thanks for supporting us!

01/01/2025

Have a very happy & healthy 2025!

12/30/2024

🚨‼️ has taken over !! ♥️ Just a friendly PSA ♥️

12/21/2024

🎁Today! If you buy a gift at the today, get it wrapped for FREE at the office at 327 W Central Ave in WH. 🎁 The market is packed with food, shopping, Santa from 10am-1pm and more!

This pet-friendly market is from 9am-1pm across from Grove Roots Brewery in the old BB&T Bank lot on the NE corner of 3rd St. and Ave C SW in downtown Winter Haven.



Interested vendors must apply online at:
winterhavenfarmersmarket.com

12/18/2024

Mid-week cocktail break? Try this month’s cranberry margarita and let me know what you think 😉

12/17/2024

Last call for restaurants to participate in Polk County Taco Week!!! (Remember Polk County Burger Week last summer? We're doing it again, but with TACOS!) Details below, deadline is looming...

Last call for Polk County Taco Week! If you are a restaurant in Polk County, you are eligible to participate- you just have to come up with some sort of taco special. Get creative, think beyond your traditional tacos! If you want to participate, reach out to us here or email [email protected] before the end of the week!

If you're following this page because you love to eat tacos... a little birdie told me that some Taco Week specials are already listed on our website: www.polkcountytacoweek.com 👀 👀 👀

12/17/2024

📚Thank you to the and the for this month’s book selections! Find the full lists online & enjoy some good books. (they make great gifts, too) What have you read recently??

12/16/2024

Join us this weekend for a super fun holiday market with Santa! Details below:

Join us for a very special holiday market at the Winter Haven Farmers Market this Saturday! Find your usual favorites, plus extra giftable vendors, holiday treats, giveaways at the info booth and a visit from the big guy himself, Santa!

Santa will be available for free visits and photos from 10 am to 1 pm.

This is our last market of the year (we take a break on 12/28), so let's go out with a bang. See you Saturday!