For $20 you can rent a raised garden box in the Billie Dean Community Garden for one year…read more Although not located in the best part of Apopka the garden area is fenced and maintained. You are assigned a garden box which volunteers fill with compost rich soil. Water hoses and basic gardening tools are provided as well. You can plant whatever you like and are responsible for tending to your little garden. There is a nice sense of community every time we have visited our garden. People bring things to share with others. Each time we've been there when someone is harvesting their veggies we end up being given armfuls to take home! You'll find many of the local middle and high school agriculture teachers and students pitching in. There is plenty of land for this little project to grow, which we are excited to see. We have just planted our first set of summer veggies. Hopefully we have a nice little harvest come fall! Oh, and any extra produce is donated to Loaves and Fishes. Apopka finally gets something right!

4 stars for my tiny little neighborhood park, perfect for taking my baby out for a quick stroll…read morearound the square. This park is located at the Colonialtown Neighborhood Center, and has been my frequent stroller route for the last year. Just a couple laps around the center, community garden, and park and I've worked up a pretty good sweat in this heat. My son is just getting old enough to start enjoying the swings and playground area. To be honest, this park could use a bit of a refresh and a little TLC. I do wish there was a bit more shade, especially over the baby swings. Those black swings get so hot in the blazing sun, you can't even use them some days. Same goes for the slides. They do have some triangle canopies over the picnic area, but they don't do much to actually provide shade. I also always pack baby wipes to wipe down the swings & equipment before we use them. I appreciate that this park is just a short walk from home and I look forward to watching my son grown and & play here.

Colonial Town Park is a small neighborhood park not far off of Mills Avenue. This park is more…read moregeared towards young children, but otherwise is a decent enough park. I wouldn't go out of my way to come here, but if you are in the general area and have young kids in tow, Colonial Town Park is a decent enough place to spend a bit of time.

The park itself is just an open field with limited parking. I went to the Panda fest here and…read morewouldn't really recommend it. It seems like there are different events held here so if you go try to arrive early as there are limited paid parking spots around it. Since Florida currently has a drought the grass here is dead as you can see from my photo. So it doesn't look too great but I'm sure once the grass gets healthy again it'll look better.

This was such a nice Panda food festival. It was so packed out there. I enjoyed all of the food…read morethat I had tried. Especially the ramen soon as I got there. I should have paced myself a bit. I was full immediately after. Lol The ramen cups were metal with cute artwork. I also enjoyed the fresh lime sugarcane juice. The potstickers were made fresh and was flavorful. The only recommendation which I am pretty sure everyone who attended this event would say. Everyone around Orlando loves food and hope this event comes back. We would have wished to enjoyed the event without worrying about parking lot issues and the size of the event. I would recommend a new location that has parking available. Some people paid 20 bucks and some risked getting towed to park for this event.

i had a great time walking around this garden located in winter park. there was a wedding…read morehappening, a family gathering elsewhere by the river, & the whole space was buzzing w/ summer energy. there is a whole area of the garden i have yet to explore but good thing is - it's free! i was a little lost on the map, it would have been nice to have a more clear distance gauge because some of the lines look like the trail is super long when in reality it's not and just the placement of buildings/parking too. i'll be back to conquer that map !! or maybe i'll stay a while and smell the roses.

The Gardens are beautiful and a great place to reconnect with the world. We went to see the…read moreNight-Blooming Cereus. It's a once a year blooming that is amazing. The trails are an easy walk and quite beautiful. I highly recommend it.

A huge blessing to the staff and immediate families of staff to garden, especially if you can't…read morecreate your own garden where you live. There's direct sun, water and a fence to protect you from large animals (deer) but the birds, rabbits and smaller critters find their way in. I miss it - was part of the garden off and on since 2009 and left in 2017, sadly prime soil and raised beds as well as accessories will benefit the other gardeners as there was no more room in the moving truck!

Lake Druid Park is primarily an open field. Yes, they have a volleyball court and a few other…read moreamenities that you get used to seeing at parks, but this seems to be more so and open field. That is not necessarily a bad thing, I seen a lot of people bring their dogs here and there's also a bicycle path that looks kind of interesting. There is a decent amount of parking and while it is off the beaten path, I'm sure that is a plus for the neighborhood and the people that choose to come here. The only restroom facilities that I seen on the property was a porta-potty at the parking lot. The park also looks relatively well maintained. All in all, as an overall rating, I will give Lake Druid Park four stars. Well there are certainly bigger parks with more stunning views and more to do, Lake Druid Park does have its own appeal.

Went here for the first time this weekend and was extremely pleased. We have two small dogs, one is…read morevery social and the other we just adopted and is extremely shy. We are working on socializing her but have found the other bigger dog parks to be very overwhelming and also very messy. This dog park had the two separate fenced in areas, one specifically for small dogs. It was well grassed and had plenty of space. Even if you don't have dogs, Lake Druid park seemed like a great place to go. There was an adorable community garden, a dirt bike path, and sand volleyball. We will definitely be back!