Winter Garden commences work on cemetery expansion

The city of Winter Garden has officially commenced work on the expansion of the Winter Garden Cemetery. 

Adjoining Lake Roper and located off Lake Butler Boulevard, Winter Garden Cemetery was first established as a municipal cemetery in 1924.

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The expansion of the cemetery is taking place across the road from the current cemetery, east of the Braddock Park Athletic Complex and west of Clarice Court.

Winter Garden Assistant City Manager Steve Pash said the 7.92-acre expansion of the cemetery will create about 5,000 new spots, including burial plots and niches.

Prior to the expansion, the previous cemetery area had 8,579 ground spaces, 432 niches and 104 crypts. 

The expansion project has been in the works for about four to five years and will cost about $2 million.

Pash said the expansion was determined as a necessity following the large amount of spaces occupied during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The contract for the cemetery expansion was approved by the Winter Garden City Commission at its meeting July 22, and work started on the project the week of Aug. 19.

For more information on Winter Garden Cemetery, call (407) 656-4682.