Green Meadows Petting Farm is a farm animal learning center company. It was founded by Bob and Coni Keyes in

Waterford, Wisconsin Waterford is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,542 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has an area of , of which is land and is water. Climate Wate ...

in 1964 as a petting farm. In 1988, they moved to

Kissimmee, Florida Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

and opened a second operation, notable for featuring a

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

railroad for its guests. The locomotive on this railroad was the same model as the locomotive used on the Gatorland Express in nearby

Gatorland Gatorland is a theme park and wildlife preserve in Florida, located along South Orange Blossom Trail south of Orlando. It was founded by Owen Godwin on former cattle land in 1949, and is privately owned by his family. Billed as the "Alligator C ...

. The Kissimmee location closed in January 2018. Members of the Keyes Family have opened eight additional Green Meadows Farms with total attendance of 500,000 people per year. As of 2018, the family operated in: *

(Charlie Keyes) * Sherwood, Wisconsin (Pat and Bonnie Keyes) *

Hazlet, New Jersey Hazlet is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is located near the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region. It is located in the New York Metropolitan Area and is a bedroom community of New York. As of th ...

(Tim Keyes) *

Orange, Connecticut Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 14,280 at the 2020 census. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen. History The Paugusset, an Algonquian people, once lived in the area that is now Orang ...

(Dan Keyes) *

Bayside, New York Bayside is a neighborhood in the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Queens. It is bounded by Whitestone, Queens, Whitestone to the northwest, the Long Island Sound and Little Neck Bay to the northeast, Douglaston, Queens, Douglasto ...

(Dan Keyes) *

Floral Park, New York Floral Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island. The population as of the US Census of 2010 is 15,863. The Incorporated Village of Floral Park is at the western border of Nassau County, and is ...

(Dan Keyes) *

Old Bethpage, New York Old Bethpage is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located on Long Island in the Town of Oyster Bay, New York, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, New York (state), New York, United States. The po ...

(Dan Keyes) *

Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, Ar ...

(Dan Keyes) *

Jessup, Maryland Jessup ( ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard and Anne Arundel counties, about southwest of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 10,535. Geography Jessup is located at (3 ...

(Ken and Gail Keyes) *

Grand Prairie, Texas Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties of Texas, in the United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It had a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census, making it t ...

(Ken and Gail Keyes) *

Naperville, Illinois Naperville ( ) is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage and Will County, Illinois, Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is in the Chicago metro area, west of the city. Naperville was founded in 1831 by Joseph Naper. The city was ...

(Ken and Gail Keyes) *

Frederick, Maryland Frederick is a city in and the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area. Frederick has long been an important crossroads, located at the intersection of a major north–south Native ...

(Ken and Gail Keyes)

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Green Meadows Farm Wisconsin websiteGreen Meadows Farm Kissimmee website
1964 establishments in Wisconsin Entertainment companies established in 1964 Farms in the United States Zoos established in 1964 {{Florida-stub

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