Haven & LKLD

06/04/2026

📸The photos are up, the drinks are chilling, we’re almost ready for the show Friday night! Meet the photographers & see the work up close from 5-8 pm at our office.

326 Ave C SW
Winter Haven

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06/03/2026

🐾Congratulations to the Great Polk Pet Showdown winners!!! Hundreds of votes later ... and here are the winners:

INDY - Best Dressed
LOIS - Best Cat
STORMI - Best Dog
FERDINAND - Best Farm Animal
ZARA JOLENE - Best Hair
ERIN - Face Only a Mother Could Love
PHINEAS - Best Alternative Pet
TEDDY - Our sponsor, Doodle Haven's pick!

Read about the individual pets at havenmagazines.com

🎉Thank you to Danette Karnes DoodleHaven-DogTraining for sponsoring this year's contest!

💕Thank you to all of the sweet pet parents out there who submitted a photo!

06/02/2026

🏳️‍🌈Wishing everyone joy, kindness, peace, and plenty of reasons to be proud of who they are. Happy Pride EVERY month from Destroyer Media! 🏳️‍🌈

06/01/2026

⏰ IT'S TIME!! 🎉

Best Of Haven & Best Of LKLD voting has started! Who has the best pizza? The best burger? The best chicken? Who's the best electrician? Where's the best salon? Best barbershop?

Hundreds of categories, and you just need to write in your vote.

No nominations, no rounds of voting, no pay-to-play, a true people's choice!

Voting ends July 26, winners will be announced in the September issues.

Good luck!

We are a large format monthly magazine with 16,500 circulation (8,000 mailed direct to homes). Our motto is “Live in the Moment & Support your Community”. Haven features a rising tide style of hyper local journalism, the largest calendar of events in the area, lead champion of the arts, and prof...

06/01/2026

June issues are here! Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo for our photography issues! We had 142 photos and could only choose 30 to use, it was such a hard decision!

Congratulations to the 2026 cover artists, James Vanvakas for "Golden Eagles" and Sarah Lindley Farnsworth for "Little Speed Rider."

Pick up the June issue and see the other photos chosen and then stop by our office this Friday and meet the photographers and see the photos in person. We're located at 326 Ave C SW, Winter Haven. Stop by 5-8 pm, some photos will be available for purchase.

In June we also talk with local author, Dwight MacPherson; Koreen Hobbs is the owner of Richard's Fine Coffees and writes about their 30th anniversary; Bob Gernert reflects back on Biltmore Shores; Jeremy Gardner writes another short story, this time it's a little more gruesome; Shannon Carnevale teaches us about invasive species and how to deal with them; Anne Yasalonis gives us tips on how and when to plant palms, IV Horn talks about John Titor and his time travels; we have book selections, Top Ten lists, the calendar, and so much more!

Thanks for picking us up!

05/27/2026

🏆GET READY!!!🏆

BEST OF HAVEN & LKLD voting begins on Monday!

No nominations
No "pay to play"
No rounds of voting

Stop by havenmagazines.com, choose from Best Of Haven or Best Of LKLD and write-in your picks for each category. Voting is a simple & meaningful way to show your support and appreciation for local businesses. Don't let their hard work go unnoticed!

You can vote once a day from June 1 - July 26.

Winners will be announced in the September issues.

Thanks!

05/27/2026

"If you stop and watch a patch of flowers for five minutes, you will realize that the little cartoon bees we all drew as children is an over-simplification of what our bees look like. Our native bee species are some of the most beautiful insects in Polk County and also, vary widely in appearance!"

This month, Shannon Carnevale teaches us about native bees. Did you know ... "our native bees can be as small as a grain of rice or as large as the width of a quarter; fuzzy or almost bare; brown and red or metallic blue and green ..." Visit havenmagazines.com to read the full story!

05/26/2026

📷You're invited!💕 Hang out with us on June 5 during First Friday and check out the photos chosen for the June issues, see which two made the covers, and meet the photographers.

It's going to be a FUN night!

Destroyer Media and Marketing
Central Florida Photo Club
First Friday Winter Haven

05/26/2026

📖Read anything good lately? 📚 Need a summer book recommendation?

Thank you to the Lakeland Public Library & the Winter Haven Public Library for May's book selections! Find the full lists at havenmagazines.com.

What are you currently reading?

05/25/2026

🇺🇸In honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, we honor their memory & their families.