Advice on visiting Orange Groves, any suggestions ?
 

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We are new to the Villages : any suggestions for closest orange groves , and when to go ?

Do you want to..........
- just visit
- pick your own
- buy already picked
- buy to ship
?

There are many groves in the Clermont area. I would contact the Lake County Toursim Office for details of which groves do conducted tours

Visit Lake County, Florida - Tourism Information

Go out on Lake Griffin Road just past Harbor Hills. Bowtie road, turn left. Grove down the lane. You pick or buy by the bucket. I take my grand kids every year.

On US 27 south of Clermont on the left (East) side of the highway, there is small theme park with a fruit stand and gift store attached, and they have an orange grove that has u-pick. You will recognise it as there is a sailboat and a lighthouse on the property. It is called Showcase of Citrus

Showcase of Citrus Home

If you have grandchildren, or even you do not!, this is the place to go! Not only do they have all of the above mentioned (don't remember a theme park???), but they also have a Swamp Safari Eco Tour in a tricked out, redesigned bus that kids love (as do adults)! They drive through bumpy swamp areas and out into a cattle pasture, give you buckets of oranges, and let you feed the cattle. Boy, did those cattle LOVE those oranges and would come right up to the "bus". The driver talks over the P.A. about the eco-system. This is an educational and entertaining adventure and worth the price. My grandsons (aged 4 and 5, at the time) loved it!

Depending on the season, there are not only orange groves, but also grapefruit, tangerines, pomelos, lemons, limes and blackberries you can pick.

Are those all the oranges, listed on this website, that are grown in Florida, or are there more in different locations of Florida?

This is a good reference page to search for pick your own farms.
Where in Florida to find pick your own farms and orchards for fruit, vegetables, pumpkins and canning & freezing instructions!