Swing by Carmel Farmers Market for all of your fresh produce in the Carmel area.

The Carmel Farmers Market is truly one of the best locations in the area where you are bound to see your neighbors, friends and even co-workers all gathered to buy the best and freshest foods and produce in the area.

Known for their deliciously fresh food and vegetables, as well as their meats and cheeses, the Carmel Farmers Market and its vendors strive to always take care to provide exceptional foods. If you have a taste for fresh pastries, then you are in luck because the Market sells Danish pastries, breakfast sandwiches and Belgian waffles to name a few.

There is also entertainment provided for customers while they shop and visit with their neighbors and friends.  So this weekend, head over to the Carmel Farmers Market and have an excellent time!

Check out what is happening in and around town by heading to our Carmel Landing Apartments community blog!

Contact Gone to the Dogs for all of your local pet grooming needs in Carmel.

Pet grooming in Carmel just got easier thanks to Gone to the Dogs Mobile Pet Salon. Mobile pet grooming offers the same benefits as taking your favorite pooch to a standard pet groomer, along with a few other perks standard groomers cannot provide.

• Diseases and Parasites: With mobile grooming, your dog will not be caged and muzzled, nor exposed to the diseases and parasites caged environments can produce. Your four-legged friend will not be near other anxious dogs, nor will it be given drugs pre-grooming.

• Focus on Quality: Gone to the Dogs is all about quality over quantity and will ensure your dog gets the special treatment and care it deserves. Dogs are groomed and ready to go within an hour and a half, and while mobile grooming services are more expensive, you are definitely getting your money’s worth.

• Service Area: Services are exclusive to The Villages area of Florida.

Give your dog the special treatment it deserves! For more tips related to apartment living, please visit the Carmel Landing community Facebook page!

Try something cool and yummy at these frozen yogurt shops in Carmel.

We have a great selection of frozen yogurt shops and confectioners in Carmel. When you’re on the lookout for a sweet, cool treat that’s healthier than ice cream, try one of these three places serving up frozen treats:

• Orange Leaf Carmel is a fantastic place to get amazing flavors of fro-yo, such as cotton candy, peanut butter, and 14 other flavors with 36 different toppings. Just six-tenths of a mile from our community, you can find Orange Leaf on East 146th Street.

• Huddles Frozen Yogurt is just two miles from Carmel Landing on West Main Street. Head on over to enjoy mouth-watering flavors such as cake batter, cappuccino, maple bacon donut (it’s wildly delicious), and Georgia peach.

• Cold Stone Creamery has frozen yogurt in addition to ice cream, with lots of mix ins to choose from. They’re located at Clay Terrace Boulevard, just eight-tenths of a mile from our community.

Got a craving for something sweet? Check out these places to get frozen yogurt in Carmel, and enjoy a guilt-free treat that won’t kill your diet!

Planing a neighborhood or river clean up is another easy way to volunteer in Carmel.

One way to make a difference and give back to the community is to volunteer with Change the World, as a volunteer for Youth For Understanding (YFU). By being a part of this excellent organization, you will have the chance to work with families and young people as a mentor of international students.

Be the difference in the life of someone in hospice who needs a comforting hand or smile by volunteering with Nightingale Hospice. Your volunteering will enhance the quality o life for those who are at the end of their life, by reading, visiting or even baking for those in their Golden years.

Another wonderful volunteer way to give back to the community is to be a part of the Give Hope Ride which benefits St. Jude.  You can assist in greeting, directing traffic or registering new folks among other responsibilities.

For great entertainment and fun filled activities, check out our Carmel Landing Apartments blog!

Combine good food and a beautiful setting for a fabulous picnic at Central Park in Carmel.

This winter may have left you with cabin fever. You are more likely than not just about done with the indoors. Why not do something fun like visiting one of the parks in Carmel?

Central Park in Carmel is a great place to go get lost and “enjoy your escape.” You and the family can even come here and have a picnic this summer. If you need any kind of an excuse to get outside and enjoy the spring and summer weather, a picnic is just as good of an excuse as any!

Central Park has areas which are closed periodically due to activities and weather incidents like flooding. Parts of the park are also always being made more beautiful, and this can be an issue from time to time. But any sacrifice is a small price to pay for a more beautiful park.

Stop in to Bruno’s Market & Deli for all of your picnic supplies, sandwiches, juices, chips, sodas, and whatever else means picnic for you and your family! Then get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather!

Soon enough it will be cold and dreary again and you’ll be wishing you had done more when you had the chance!

For more fun ways to get outdoors in Carmel, check out the blog at Carmel Landing for more ideas.

Partake in a few of these free events offered to Carmel residents.

When you’re strapped for cash and looking for something to do, don’t forget to take advantage of free things to do in Carmel! There are numerous free or inexpensive options near Carmel Landing that are fun for you and the special people in your life.

• Central Park: As the largest park in Carmel, there is plenty to do at Central Park. Enjoy exploring its wetlands, boardwalk, fishing lagoon, stunning tree groves, garden, urban-style skate park, miles of trails, and complimentary seasonal events. Access to the aqua park is available for a small fee.

• Arts and Design District: While you can certainly patronize the many galleries, shops, and restaurants in Carmel’s Arts and Design District, you can also simply enjoy the stunning architecture and other visual delights this area offers.

• Coxhall Gardens: This unique sculpture garden features plenty of well-lit paths for exploring the many shrubs and bushes that have been trimmed to reveal unusual shapes.

Enjoy these and other free things to do in Carmel with your favorite people! For more ideas on what to do in and around Carmel, visit the Carmel Landing community Facebook page!

Escape outdoors with a trip to Cool Creek Park.

One of the convenient amenities of our Camel Landing Apartments is the unique and convenient access to Cool Creek Park and the Monroe Trail. When you’re hoping to go hiking in Carmel, you need look no further than Cool Creek Park this spring.

The Cool Creek Park and Nature Center is one of the most popular outdoor activities in all of Hamilton County. There is so much to see and so many different trails to take that you can literally come here again and again and always see something new.

Not only is Cool Creek Park a fun place to come for adults, but it’s also a family friendly park. You and your whole brood can come out and make waves at the more than 90 acres of parkland. It’s available and accessible year round so you can come here over all four seasons.

The park has four miles of wooded trails for hiking, biking, or jogging and there are scores of paved roads around too. If you have kids who don’t want to hike there’s also a playground, soccer fields, basketball courts, and a softball park that someone can stay behind and play with them there.

Come out and enjoy the park all spring and summer long!

Follow these basic pet care tips before running off to adopt a dog.

Before adopting a dog it is essential to evaluate your lifestyle to ensure you can handle taking care of a pet. Factors such as your job, family life, and how active you are need to be taken into consideration before adopting a pooch. After all, the decision to rescue a dog from a shelter near Carmel apartments is not one to be taken lightly!

Owning a pet is a full commitment that has to be weighed! Here are two of the most important things to do in preparation of adopting a new dog:

1. Activity Level: If you are an athletic person who enjoys exercising, playing sports, and other outdoor activity, look for a dog with a higher energy level. Dog breeds/mixes with lower energy levels will probably get boring after awhile! Conversely, if you have a job that requires a lot of time and commitment, a dog with a low energy level that is satisfied with a walk each day is probably more your speed.
2. Make A List: Following your lifestyle evaluation, make a list of the characteristics you want in a four-legged friend. Think about size, temperament, energy level, age, breed, and anything else that factors in.

For more information on shelters and service providers in the area, visit the Carmel Landing community Facebook page!

Fill up on brunch at one of these popular Carmel restaurants.

Are you looking for fun places to sit down to brunch in Carmel on Mother’s Day? If you’re looking for a great place to eat brunch, we’ve picked three great locations, all varying in budget, but not in taste! Here are our top three selections for your enjoyment.

• Brunchies: Open on Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Brunchies offers delicious and affordable brunch options, including their signature crunchy French toast, eggs Benedict, and steak and eggs. Prices for menu items are around $6-$8 each on average.
• Café Patachou: Enjoy Sunday brunch here or at their sister restaurant, Petite Chou Bistro & Champagne Bar. They have wonderfully delicious choices — omelets, broken yolk sandwiches, and fabulous coffee — for moderate prices. Prices for menu items are around $10-$11 each on average.
• Grille 39: This upscale restaurant has gourmet pancakes, incredible bakery selections, and Indiana eggs Benedict to enjoy. Prices for menu items are about $12-$14 each on average.

Take Mom out to brunch in Carmel on Mother’s Day at one of these three fantastic locations — no matter which one you pick, it will be a deliciously memorable experience!

Push the kids outdoors with a fun educational summer camp in Carmel.

The summer will be upon us before we know it, and now is the time to start signing up for summer camps in Carmel! If your child is aged 5-15, there are plenty of summer camps with Clay Parks & Recreation. A wide variety of camps exist for your children to choose from based on their interests.

• Play Camp: Ages 5-9 years can enjoy learning while they play in a structured and supervised setting, with different themes for each week.

• Theater Camp: Ages 8-14 years get to experience the theater post- and pre-production. You child will get a chance to put on productions and learn the fundamentals of acting and drama, along many other fun activities.

• Science Camp: Ages 5-8 and 9-11 will get to learn about different branches of science, including geology, space exploration, and forensics.

There are even more listed in the brochure for you and your child to select. Summer camps in Carmel fill up very quickly, so make sure to get your children signed up now for a fun-filled and educational season, where they can learn and grow in a fun and social environment!

For additional family friendly activities in Carmel, check out the blog at Carmel Landing.