An Outdoor Wedding Venue Near Jacksonville With Four Ceremony Backdrops.
Live oaks, flower fields, open pasture, and a blackwater river — choose your light, 35 minutes from downtown Jacksonville.
Choose your ceremony site. Keep the whole ranch.
River & Roots Ranch is an outdoor wedding venue near Jacksonville, Florida, set on 246 private acres in Bryceville with 1.2 miles of St. Marys River frontage. Couples choose from four distinct outdoor ceremony settings — beneath a grand live oak, in the flower fields, on the lawn beside the cypress lodge, or on the riverbank — with capacity for up to 150 guests and venue rental from $5,000.
Most outdoor wedding venues around Jacksonville give you one lawn and a tent. Here the land itself is the venue: open pasture light for golden-hour portraits, oak canopy shade for a warm afternoon, and a river's edge that photographs like nowhere else in Northeast Florida. And because the property is exclusively yours, there is no second event on the other side of the hedge.
Outdoor ceremony sites across the property.
Your photographer will have opinions about every one of them.
Outdoor wedding pricing at a glance.
Up to 13 hours
Up to 13 hours
Two consecutive days
Fri–Sun with lodging
Full package details on the Weddings page.
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Everything else — call 303.946.5768 or send an inquiry.
The primary ceremony site is The Clearing — a paved aisle to a permanent timber arbor, framed by tall pines. Also on the ranch: the Oak (vows beneath a live oak canopy), the Riverbank (above the St. Marys), the Flower Fields in spring bloom, and the Lawn beside the lodge. Each offers different light and framing.
The lodge's 3,913 square feet of covered wraparound porches shelter weddings up to 100 guests. For weddings over 100, couples rent a tent so every guest stays dry. Tent vendors are on our preferred list.
October through May offers the most comfortable weather — lower humidity, cooler evenings, and long golden light. Spring brings the flower fields into bloom; fall offers firelight temperatures.
Up to 150 guests with tables, chairs, and linens included; up to 200 with the extra-guest add-on at $40 per guest.
Yes — every wedding has exclusive use of all 246 acres. There are no shared dates, no overlapping events, and no other guests on the property.
Yes. Live bands and DJs are welcome; amplified outdoor sound ends at 10 PM under the Nassau County ordinance, with a late-night extension available indoors.
The ranch is in Bryceville, FL — about 35 minutes from downtown Jacksonville and 40 minutes from Jacksonville International Airport. Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach are 55 minutes east.
Walk all four ceremony sites in one visit.
Private tours any day of the week, timed to the light if you'd like to see golden hour.