Orange groves close to WDW?

[Ksearcy]

Thank you for the information. Yes, late September early October we'll be there. Showcase Citrus sounds neat. We are staying right near WDW property, so that is a quick drive. However, while it seems like there is a lot to do there the orange picking seems to generally start in November as per their website. Maybe not a big deal to some, but up here in Canada there are no orange trees and my kids would love seeing that.

Different types of oranges become available at different points in the season, so maybe there will be at least some parts of the grove that will be open for picking when you're there. Enjoy!

 

[dieboy]

This is exactly what you are looking for. Close to WDW.

http://showcaseofcitrus.com

^^^^ This, and more of this. Love that orange grove. They have tons to offer, and always come away with something nice to take home.

 

[World_Showcase_Lover007]

I remember orange groves on the way to Orlando during the 90s and early 2000s.

I read up on it a while back and it seems that frequent deep freezes wiped out the year’s crop enough times for the farmers to either sell their land to developers, or to take the groves further south toward Miami. It just became too risky for their business.

I looked at annual production by county and there still are some citrus producers nearby, but only a faction of what they were.