About an hour and five minutes from Lakeland
Lakeland is about 53 miles and an hour and five minutes east of the estate on I-4 and I-75. Polk County has good rental barns and one all-inclusive hall; Saxon Manor is three climate-controlled venues on one Brooksville estate at a published all-inclusive price that includes the photographer and officiant.
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Is it worth the drive?
Polk couples have two kinds of venue close to home. Rental estates and barns: Uliana Estate (venue package from $8,000 for 2027), Still Creek Farm (site fee from $3,800), Bonnet Springs Park (site fee $4,500 to $5,500 plus bar). And one all-inclusive hall, Haus 820, whose packages run $22,975 to $44,345 and include catering, bar, photography, DJ, florals, and a coordinator. Cross Creek Ranch in Dover, the all-inclusive venue many Polk couples had on their list, closed permanently in March 2026.
Saxon Manor is the all-inclusive model at a lower top line. The Barn and the Garden Room are $15,000 to $21,000 for up to 150 with the ceremony site, reception, coordinator, in-house chefs, bar and staff, photographer, DJ, cake, and officiant included; the BoHo is $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55. Florals are the one thing booked separately. An hour on I-4 and I-75, and the day is one contract.
Your other options
Rental model: Uliana Estate (seven acres, up to 110 indoors, from $8,000 for 2027 and $8,500 for 2028), Still Creek Farm (rustic barn, up to 125, site fee from $3,800), Bonnet Springs Park (168-acre park, up to 450, site fee $4,500 to $5,500 plus bar from $20 a person), Oak-K Farm (Zola from $5,300). Add catering, bar, photographer, DJ, cake, officiant, and someone to run the day to each of those. All-inclusive model: Haus 820, an industrial hall downtown, $22,975 to $44,345 by package. Whispering Meadows Estate is semi-inclusive with in-house catering and no published prices.
Put a $4,500 to $8,000 site fee next to seven vendor contracts and the total usually passes $20,000 with you managing it. Put Haus 820’s $22,975 floor next to Saxon Manor’s $15,000 to $21,000 Barn and the difference is the drive. The honest comparison is the inclusion list; ours is itemized on What’s Included.
Three venues, one estate
Luxury chic
Our largest space. Draped interiors, vintage detail and a private wooded setting — climate controlled, and built for a full guest list without ever feeling like a hall.
*The Barn can accommodate up to 200 guests maximum, and a $50 per person charge will be applied at any party size over 150.
Illuminated
Bright and light-filled, with garden views, an outdoor ceremony site in the butterfly garden, and enough light to photograph all afternoon.
Micro-wedding
A covered, climate-controlled corner of the estate for a smaller guest list with a bigger personality. Not a scaled-down wedding — a different one, chosen on purpose.
One number
The Barn and the Garden Room run $15,000 to $21,000 all-inclusive for up to 150 guests. The BoHo runs $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55. Those numbers cover the ceremony site, the reception room, a coordinator, in-house chefs, bar and event staff, photographer, DJ, cake, and officiant. The full list is itemized here, and the pricing page explains where you land in the range. To see how that compares with other Florida venues, the all-inclusive comparison guide puts five side by side.
All three venues are climate controlled, and the rain plan moves your day indoors on the same estate at the same price. In Florida that is not a footnote.
Getting here
From Lakeland: I-4 west to I-75 north, exit 301, then SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) west into Brooksville. One calculator puts it at 53 miles and 67 minutes in normal traffic; confirm your own route in Google Maps. We are in downtown Brooksville, 45 minutes from Tampa and 90 from Orlando.
Parking is on site. Ceremony and reception are on the same grounds, so nobody drives between them. The guest planning page covers accessibility, dietary needs, and timing for people driving home in the dark.
For family staying over, the hotel cluster at I-75 exit 301 on Cortez Boulevard (a Hampton Inn, a Holiday Inn Express, a Quality Inn, and a Microtel, ten to eleven miles east of the estate) is the one to block for guests coming up I-75 from I-4. Your coordinator sends current rates for your date.
Before you ask
About 53 miles and an hour and five minutes: I-4 west to I-75 north, exit 301, then SR 50 west into Brooksville. The hotel cluster at exit 301 is on the way.
The Barn and the Garden Room run $15,000 to $21,000 all-inclusive for up to 150 guests. The BoHo runs $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55. Where you land depends on guest count and date, and you get your exact number on the tour.
Your day moves indoors on the same estate at the same price. All three venues are climate controlled and your coordinator makes the call while you are getting ready.
Florida gives you four kinds of place: the Gulf and Atlantic beaches, the Keys, the Orlando resorts, and the inland estates and ranches north of Tampa. The beaches and resorts price by the plate and depend on the weather; the inland venues are where all-inclusive packages and climate-controlled rooms live. Saxon Manor is one of those, in Brooksville, 45 minutes from Tampa, with three venues on one estate and published prices from $9,500 to $21,000.
Not by themselves; the pricing model is what moves the total. A barn rental around Dade City lists a site fee of about $8,000 to $11,000, and catering, bar, photographer, DJ, cake, officiant, and coordination are separate contracts on top. An all-inclusive barn package in Tampa Bay runs about $15,000 to $30,000 for 100 to 150 guests with most of those inside it. The Barn at Saxon Manor is $15,000 to $21,000 for up to 150 with all of them included.
For the building alone, yes; a $10,000 site fee is roughly a third of what the wedding ends up costing once vendors are added. For an all-inclusive package it is the low end. The BoHo at Saxon Manor is $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55 guests with the ceremony site, reception, coordinator, chefs, bar, photographer, DJ, cake, and officiant included.
Booking 2027 & 2028
A tour takes about an hour. You’ll see all three venues, the Bridal Suites, and leave with real pricing for your date and guest count — not a brochure.
103 S Saxon Ave., Brooksville, FL 34601 · 45 minutes from Tampa · 90 minutes from Orlando
