Horizon West’s Villages, Explained: A Plan, Not a Pile of Subdivisions
Horizon West is Orange County’s 21,000-acre master plan — five villages and a town center stitched together by trails. Here is how the pieces actually fit.
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Hamlin, Explained: The New Downtown Horizon West Built for Itself
Horizon West’s town center on Lake Hancock has a cinema, a brewery, a putting venue and a dining row that did not exist a few years ago. Here is how Hamlin works — and how to do it well.
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Orange County National: Two Championship Courses and the Biggest Range in America
Panther Lake, Crooked Cat, a nine-hole short course and a 42-acre circular range — Orange County National is Winter Garden’s pure-golf pilgrimage.
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A Family Day in Winter Garden That Isn’t a Theme Park
A trail to ride, a fountain to splash in, a market hall where everyone picks their own lunch — Winter Garden is Orlando’s easiest family day out.
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Breakfast and Coffee on Plant Street: Rosallie, Axum, Foxtail and the Morning Crowd
A French café, a for-purpose coffee shop and a local roastery walk into one brick street — Winter Garden mornings are better caffeinated than most.
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Date Night in Winter Garden: Dinner, a 1935 Theatre and a Brick Street After Dark
Winter Garden does date night the old-fashioned way — a prix-fixe dinner, a show under a star-painted ceiling, and a slow walk down Plant Street to finish.
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Saturday Morning in Winter Garden Belongs to the Farmers Market
More than 100 vendors, live music and the whole town out walking — how to do Winter Garden Farmers Market morning like a regular, not a tourist.
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Ride the West Orange Trail Into Lunch: Winter Garden’s Best Day on Two Wheels
Twenty-two paved miles run straight through downtown Winter Garden — here’s how to ride the West Orange Trail and time it so you roll off the bike and into Plant Street’s tables.
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Chef’s Table at the Edgewater Is Winter Garden’s Special-Occasion Room
Inside the historic Edgewater Hotel on Plant Street, Chef’s Table turns a three-course prix fixe into Winter Garden’s definitive celebration dinner.
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Plant Street Market and Crooked Can: One Building, All of Winter Garden
About 20 local vendors, a working brewery and a big oak-shaded patio at 426 W. Plant St. — Plant Street Market is where Winter Garden gathers, daily.
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