The donkey crew
Tater Tot, Elihu, Chloe, Mocha and Dominic. They hear the gate before they see you, and they will all arrive at once.
Island Time VillageBokeelia, Florida
Pine Island · Bokeelia, Florida
Donkeys, pigs, cows, goats, chickens and one very unhurried tortoise, in a tropical garden on Stringfellow Road. Come feed the herd, throw a birthday party under the tiki hut, and in December, walk the whole place lit up for Christmas.
Gate status
Closed Saturdays
until Saturday, October 3, 2026
Eggs, honey and private group visits carry on as usual — call or send a message and we'll set it up.
Everybody here has a name, and a bag of feed makes you very popular very quickly.
Tater Tot, Elihu, Chloe, Mocha and Dominic. They hear the gate before they see you, and they will all arrive at once.
A whole speckled crowd of them, from full-grown down to piglets. Nothing on the farm is more interested in snack time.
Hereford cattle who share the barn with the pigs and will lean right into a scratch behind the ears.
The shade specialists. They'll investigate a stroller, a hat, or anything else you bring within reach.
A sulcata who wanders where he likes and sets the pace this place is named after. Usually somewhere with hay.
Laying hens out back, and something small and new most of the year — piglets, baby donkeys, whoever arrived last.
Pet and feed the animals, play a round of something on the lawn, sit in the shade with a cold drink. That's the whole idea.
Bring closed-toe shoes and watch where you step — it's a working farm, not a petting-zoo trailer. Strollers and wagons do fine on the gravel paths.
There's no set route. Feed the donkeys at the gate, walk back past the pigs and the barn, and let the kids loose on the lawn games while you sit under the tiki hut. Cold drinks, snacks and popcorn are at the snack shack, and eggs and honey are for sale by the front porch.
Come early if you want the animals at their liveliest — by mid-afternoon most of them have found their favorite patch of shade.
Whatever the hens, the bees and the trees are giving that week.
Hand-gathered and free range, by the dozen — brown, white and blue-green in the same carton. Available even on closed days: call or send a message, and there are always some in Cape Coral.
Three sizes on the shelf: a small jar with a dipper at $4.25, an 8 oz at $7.50, and a pint at $11. The little ones make good party favors.
When the trees come in, the mango table goes out front on Stringfellow Road. They go fast, and they only last as long as the season does.
Logo hats and tees in the front building, including long sleeves for the sun. Kids' shirts come in white on purpose — you can bleach them without hurting the logo.
The tiki hut, the lawn, and a hundred animals who are thrilled you came.
Every December the whole farm gets lit — palms wrapped trunk to frond, a gingerbread arch, nutcrackers on the path, and the animals still out to meet you.
2026 dates go up on the Facebook page as soon as they're set. Nights vary week to week, so check before you drive out.
Parking: there's room on Ficus, the side road, plus parking on the farm along the fence and past the entry between the palms. A dirt road runs down along the fence and out the double gate. On busy nights we run a buggy to pick people up.
The garden doubles as the display yard. Every palm and plant on the property is available to buy through Palm Source of Pine Island, the family's wholesale palm and tree company next door — and Sheppard Landscaping can put it in the ground for you.
Palm Source of Pine Island · (239) 283-9500
North end of Pine Island, under the sign with the donkey on it.
13100 Stringfellow Road
Bokeelia, FL 33922
(941) 216-5745 ·
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Right now: closed on Saturdays until Saturday, October 3, 2026.
Florida weather closes the gate sometimes. Check the Facebook page the morning you plan to come, or call ahead.