About an hour from Plant City
Cross Creek Ranch in Dover, the all-inclusive venue eastern Hillsborough couples toured first, closed without warning in March 2026. Saxon Manor is about 49 miles and an hour north on I-4 and I-75: three climate-controlled venues on one estate, one published all-inclusive price, fifteen years of weddings.
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Is it worth the drive?
When Cross Creek Ranch closed on March 3, 2026, local news reported couples learning by email the morning it happened, some with weddings paid in full. The lesson Plant City couples took from it is the one we would give anyway: before you sign, know how long the venue has operated, whether the team is in-house or a vendor list, and what the contract says about the deposit. Saxon Manor has hosted weddings on this estate for 15-plus years, is family owned, and employs its coordinator, chefs, bar staff, photographer, DJ, and officiant.
The price model is the same promise. The Barn and the Garden Room are $15,000 to $21,000 for up to 150 with all of those inside the number; the BoHo is $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55. One contract, one deposit, payment plans available, and the number is on the website.
Your other options
The Wedding Retreat on Thonotosassa Road is the remaining local all-inclusive: an open-air barn on about ten acres, up to 200, with catering, cake, DJ, photographer, bar, and a planning team in its packages; the venue does not publish prices. Origins Ranch, a modern farmhouse barn on a working ranch, offers all-inclusive or venue-only and publishes no prices. Southern Magnolia Venue, a historic estate with a 6,000-square-foot climate-controlled hall, is rental model: The Knot lists it from $3,500 with couples typically spending about $12,500 once vendors are added. Willow and Pine rents by the half or full day. Wishing Well Barn lists from $9,999 on Zola.
If you are coming from a Cross Creek deposit, compare on the things that would have protected you: years operating, who employs the team, and what the deposit terms say. Then compare price. Ours are published: $15,000 to $21,000 for up to 150, $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55, with the inclusion list itemized on What’s Included. You get your exact number on the tour, in person, for your date.
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 Plant City: I-4 west to I-75 north, exit 301, then SR 50 (Cortez Boulevard) west into Brooksville. One calculator puts it at 49 miles and 64 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 49 miles and an hour: 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 for anyone staying over.
Same model, different estate. Cross Creek Ranch in Dover closed permanently in March 2026. Saxon Manor is all-inclusive, family owned, has hosted weddings for 15-plus years, and publishes its prices: $15,000 to $21,000 for up to 150 guests in the Barn or Garden Room, $9,500 to $12,500 for up to 55 in the BoHo, with photographer and officiant included.
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.
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
