Cypress Gardens News

For Americans that love to travel, but were being squeezed by an ever tightening economy, the word in Florida for 2009 was FREE .

The Darwinian Gardener emerged from his house and humphed a contemptuous humph to register his disappointment with the week's cold front.

Once every couple of years I get an itch to have a garage sale. I've had a few, enough to know not to try it again, but something draws me back.

If you love looking at ice sculptures, you don't want to miss one of the most beautiful displays in the Orlando area! Each year the exclusive hotel resort Gaylord Palms puts on a fantastic ice sculpture display housed inside a giant hall inside the hotel.

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:46 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:46 p.m. WINTER HAVEN Delinquent utility bills from residential and commercial customers have reached $556,017 this year.

Cypress Gardens visitors walk under the giant canopy of a banyan tree in 2005. It was planted by park founder Dick Pope in 1936.

The spirit of Christmas returns again to Eagle Lake for the city's 16th annual Mistletoe Market Place, which will be held Dec.

The Ladies of the Cypress Gardens Sertoma Club is hosting a flea market Saturday at Sertoma Camp Endeavor, 1301 Camp Endeavor Blvd.

Residents who use Helena Road to get home or go to work will be using a detour route for the next five months.

With outposts in Denmark, Germany, and the UK, Legoland seems determined to expand its park empire in the US beyond the popular Legoland California .

It's lunchtime on a Friday at Pinchers Crab Shack in Bonita Springs, and all the wooden barstools are angled diagonally toward the door.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 5:58 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 5:58 p.m. There was a Mexican restaurant on the Cypress Gardens end of Cypress Gardens Road in Winter Haven.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 2:09 a.m. The SkippyFISH lure company out of Pennsylvania is heading to Florida to shoot its national TV commercial on Lake Toho out of Kissimmee.

The jobless rate in Polk County increased last month, bringing unemployment to 12.7 percent.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:04 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:31 p.m. LAKELAND Unemployment climbed again last month to reach Polk County's highest jobless rate in 17 years.

Walking through a garden and just being in nature can have a sort of magical effect... One year ago, during an impromptu family trip to Cypress Gardens, we stumbled upon a place called Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:06 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:41 a.m. WINTER HAVEN The Costello era for the American Red Cross will end Dec.

Passholders for the once-again-closed Cypress Gardens can cash in on offers from other attractions near the longtime Winter Haven park.

Disney is offering a free day's admission to 1 million guests who complete a day of volunteer work next year.

Even if you have never seen a frame of a film of hers, or even seen a photo, if you hear the name Esther Williams, you probably equate her with swimming.