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You’ll Never Forget A Visit To Pezza Farm, A One-Of-A-Kind Farm Filled With Goats And Horses In Rhode Island

Pezza Farm & Garden Center in Johnston, Rhode Island, offers a family-friendly experience with farm animals and a variety of plants and flowers.

Published Dec 1, 2021

Written by 

Melissa Mahoney

In Rhode Island, there are so many wonderful attractions to take the kids for some fun. Whether it's Roger Williams Park Zoo, Slater Mill, or any number of wildlife preserves around the state, we can always find a memorable place to spend time as a family. One place you may consider visiting at some point is Pezza Farm & Garden Center in Johnston. While it's become a go-to place for home gardeners to pick up a wide variety of plants and flowers, it also has numerous adorable farm animals that you are invited to visit.

Family-owned and operated Pezza Farm began as a dairy in 1947. Over the years, it added a roadside stand to sell fresh produce and a garden center where customers can purchase a wide variety of plants and flowers for their own gardens.

A rural scene featuring a farm with a red-roofed barn, wind turbine, and trees under a partly cloudy sky.
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Pezza Farm offers vegetable plants, herbs, annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs for your home landscaping and gardening needs.

A vibrant greenhouse filled with colorful flowers and plants, showcasing various pots and hanging baskets.
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In addition to plants and flowers, this delightful farm also has a wide variety of animals, including goats and horses. If you're looking for something to do with the kids, a trip to Pezza Farm is a great option!

A close-up of a horse with a reddish mane, seen through a wire fence in a barnyard setting.
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To enter the animal area, which is open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. daily, you must pay a small admission fee of just $1. Entry also includes food for the animals.

A horse stands in a pen next to a sign that warns not to reach for or touch the animals without food.
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Families will enjoy seeing goats, minature horses, ponies, and horses as well as sheep, cows, turkeys, and chickens.

Four goats in a pen, with two brown goats, one white goat, and one black goat, surrounded by wooden fencing.
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It's such a joy to pet and feed these adorable barnyard animals and to see their individual personalities!

A child feeding a donkey through a fence at a farm. The donkey looks curiously at the child.
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After having some fun with animals, spend some time at the farm store and garden center where you can pick up flowers, plants, farm-fresh produce, and local products like cheese, ice cream, and handmade soap. Pezza Farm & Garden Center is a wonderful place to bring the family!

A garden path lined with hanging flower baskets and potted plants, leading to a red barn in the background.
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Have you visited the animals at Pezza Farm in Johnston yet? Let us know if you have in the comments! For more information, visit the Pezza Farm website and Facebook page.

If you're looking for another family-friendly place with animals, check out Hope Alpaca Farm located in Little Compton.

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