The Bell Farm · Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County

Doodle Bug Nursery

Florida natives, pollinator plants, tropicals, herbs and succulents — grown on our own ground in Loxahatchee, and registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Call (561) 779-3213 What's growing now Ask about a plant

Registered Florida nursery — FDACS Firm No. 484042494. Inspected by the Division of Plant Industry and registered under Chapter 581, Florida Statutes and Rule 5B-2, F.A.C. The registration is held by Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation of Palm Beach County and is renewed annually. It means one simple thing for you: the plants you take home came from an inspected, documented source.
What's growing

About 940 plants are in the ground and in pots right now, laid out in three rows behind the farmhouse. Stock rotates, so call before you drive out.

Florida Natives & Shrubs

Row A · about 230 plants

Cocoplum, firebush, Simpson's stopper, wild coffee, coontie, beautyberry, Bahama cassia, muhly grass, necklacepod and saw palmetto.

The backbone of a landscape that survives a Palm Beach County summer without a sprinkler bill.

Colour & Tropicals

Row B · about 300 plants

Bougainvillea, hibiscus, ixora, croton, plumbago, ti plant, bird of paradise, heliconia, bush allamanda and bromeliads.

For the front of the house, the pool cage, and anywhere you want colour twelve months a year.

Herbs, Succulents & Pollinators

Row C · about 400 plants

Basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano, spearmint, parsley and Cuban oregano; aloe, kalanchoe, snake plant, agave, elephant bush and echeveria; native butterfly weed, blanketflower, blue porterweed, tropical sage and pentas.

Plus sugarcane cut from the farm's own stock.
Why buy from a registered nursery

Inspected stock, documented origin

A state plant inspector walks the rows. Stock must be free of pests of regulatory significance, and plants from an unregistered source cannot be certified at all. If you are a landscaper installing on a job you warranty, that paper trail is the difference between a callback and a clean handover.

Grown here, not trucked in

These plants were rooted and hardened off in Loxahatchee — the same sand, the same 10b heat, the same August rain your yard gets. Nursery stock shipped down from a shadehouse up north spends its first season in shock. Ours doesn't.

No citrus, ever

Citrus pulls in a separate and far heavier canker and HLB program with enclosed-structure requirements. We stay out of it deliberately, which keeps this block clean and keeps your plants clean.

No Category I invasives

You will not find Mexican petunia or asparagus fern here. Our milkweed is native butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), not tropical milkweed — the difference matters to the monarchs you are planting for.

Visiting the nursery

The Bell Farm — 16140 Okeechobee Blvd, Loxahatchee, FL 33470. Western Palm Beach County, a few minutes from The Acreage, Royal Palm Beach and Wellington.

The nursery is part of a working farm with chickens, ducks, sugarcane and guests staying on site, so visits are by appointment. Call or text (561) 779-3213 and we will tell you what is ready and set a time. Landscapers and contractors: call for quantity availability.

Also from the farm: fresh eggs, heritage-flock poultry and sugarcane. If you are after farm products rather than plants, ring the same number — same farm, same gate.
Ask about a plant

Tell us what you are trying to fill — a hedge line, a butterfly corner, a pool bed, a whole front yard — and we will tell you honestly whether we have it, when it will be ready, or where else to look.

Questions we get asked
Is Doodle Bug Nursery a registered nursery?

Yes. Registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Firm No. 484042494. Registration is renewed annually and the stock is inspected by a state plant inspector.

What kinds of plants do you grow?

Roughly 940 plants in three blocks — Florida natives and shrubs, colour and tropicals, and herbs, succulents and pollinator plants. The lists above are what is in the ground; stock rotates, so call first.

Where is the nursery?

At The Bell Farm, 16140 Okeechobee Blvd, Loxahatchee, FL 33470, in western Palm Beach County. Visits are by appointment — call (561) 779-3213.

Do you sell citrus trees?

No. Citrus falls under a separate and much heavier state program for canker and HLB, and we do not grow or sell it. We also do not grow Category I invasives such as Mexican petunia or asparagus fern.

Can landscapers and contractors buy here?

Yes — call for availability and quantity pricing. Buying from a registered Florida nursery gives your stock a documented, inspected source of origin, which matters on any job you warranty.

📞 Call (561) 779-3213 — Doodle Bug Nursery