A Barn Wedding Venue Near Jacksonville — With a Whole Ranch Around It.
Every rustic detail couples love about a barn wedding, on a 246-acre working ranch 40 minutes from Jacksonville.
Better than a barn: a hand-built cypress lodge.
River & Roots Ranch is a barn-and-rustic style wedding venue near Jacksonville, Florida — a 246-acre working ranch in Bryceville (Nassau County) that hosts up to 150 guests, with venue rental pricing from $5,000. Instead of a pole barn, your reception centers on a custom cypress and heart pine lodge: soaring cathedral ceilings, twin stone fireplaces, heart pine floors, and 3,913 square feet of covered porches.
If you've been touring barn wedding venues around Jacksonville, you know the trade-off: rustic charm, but shared property lines, gravel-lot views, and a barn that's really a rental hall. Here the rustic setting is real — horses in the pasture, cattle on the land, a blackwater river at the property's edge — and the whole ranch is exclusively yours for the day.
Everything couples want from a barn wedding.
The warmth of timber and firelight, without the compromises of a converted barn.
Rustic wedding pricing, plainly stated.
Up to 12 hours · tables, chairs & linens for 150 included
Up to 12 hours · exclusive use of lodge & grounds
Two consecutive days
Fri–Sun · two nights in the lodge
Full package details on the Weddings page.
Answers, plainly stated.
Everything else — call 303.946.5768 or send an inquiry.
River & Roots Ranch is a rustic ranch wedding venue near Jacksonville built around a custom cypress log lodge rather than a converted barn. Couples searching for a barn wedding choose the ranch for the same reasons — timber, firelight, pasture views, and a working-farm setting — with a fully finished, climate-controlled lodge instead of a pole barn.
Up to 150 guests for a full ceremony and seated reception, with tables, chairs, and linens included in every package. Up to 200 guests with the extra-guest add-on at $40 per guest.
River & Roots Ranch is in Bryceville, Florida — about 40 minutes from Jacksonville and under an hour from Jacksonville International Airport, in Nassau County.
Yes. River & Roots is vendor-open: you bring your caterer, florist, DJ or band, and photographer. All vendors must be licensed and insured. We share a preferred vendor list of Jacksonville-area teams experienced with outdoor and ranch venues once you book.
The lodge's 3,913 square feet of covered wraparound porches can host a full ceremony and reception under cover, so the day is never lost to weather.
Yes — River & Roots is a working ranch with horses and cattle. Horses in the pasture make a frequent (and much-photographed) appearance at ceremonies.
At River & Roots Ranch, venue rental starts at $5,000 for a Sunday–Thursday date and $7,000 for a Friday or Saturday, including tables, chairs, and linens for up to 150 guests. Two-day and full-weekend packages run $8,500–$16,000.
Come walk the land.
Private tours Thursday–Sunday. Bring your planner, your family, or just your partner.