Nestle in the heart of temperate Florida, right at the center of Hillsborough County, Plant City offers a wealth of plenty - abundant natural resources and well endowed farmlands. If you are looking for the right location for growth and opportunity that provides a great deal of land, plant City is your choice. Here in Plant City, opportunity abounds especially in agriculture. The best citrus fruits and berries in the country are produced here for local and worldwide market. As you drive all the way through this agricultural landscape, you will see acre of orchards and various copious fields of produce. All these farm produces are in high demand and there are constant stream of goods vehicles transporting these crops to various destinations.
Plant City is located just twenty four miles from the cosseted sea at Tampa Bay and is just ten miles west of Lakeland. There are various access points including Interstate 4 or US Highway 92 and visitors are welcomed warmly to the beautiful streets that are surrounded with ancient oak trees and packed with fascinating shops and picturesque buildings, especially in the downtown district where past come across present, providing an environment that is as quant and as it is appealing. There were some previously unattractive older buildings which have been restored and transformed, thus effectively capturing their original beauty in matching with modern demand. An abandoned hospital and drug store now house the idyllic Camellia Rose Tea Room. Also, an abandoned railroad station has been converted to the Plant City history exhibit where locals and visitors are educated about the town’s history.
Plant City is mainly renowned for agriculture, with its patchwork quilt layout of field after field, filled with crops, nursery farms, pasturelands, groves of citrus fruit and row after row of berries. Talking about strawberry, it is by far the most frequently harvested crop associated with this area. Most of the strawberries are grown for use all over the U.S in the winter season. Farm produces that originates from these farmlands spread over eight thousand acres. The produce every winter months are by no means coincidence. They are grown in large quantities thanks to the fertile soil which is rich in vitamins and minerals.
This area has a long history of prosperity for every reason that dates back to the Civil War time. When the war ended there was an influx of people seeking opportunities to work the land and set up homesteads in the area including Henry B Plant, after whom the city was named. He envisaged a dynamic future for the land with its prospect of cotton, logging, phosphate and citrus industries after land became available in 1842 when the federal government provided acres to pioneers through the Armed Occupation Act. Early 19th century, Plant City was largely a wasteland territory inhabited by the native Seminole tribe who occupied the land after the Spanish relinquished the state of Florida to the U.S in the early 1800’s.
Today, the structure of Plant City is aided by a wide infrastructure of transport systems as well as highways and railroads interlacing to convey farm produces to markets around the world. As a result of this growing industry, there is a high standard of living in Plant City.
Outside farming, education also thrives in Plant City. Some schools that are rated high in this City are: Plant City HS, Durant HS, Strawberry Crest, Bloomingdale High School among others.
Key features
· Largely a farming city mix with commerce
· Good and well organized transport system
· Rich historical background dated back to early 1800
· Fertile soil and hard-working people
· Thriving education sector etc.
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