Country Charm: 9 of Alabama’s Best Barn & Farm Wedding Venues


You can't go wrong with a country wedding in a barn, on a farm, or both. What's not to love? You'll usually find a combination of beautiful grounds and charming indoor spaces. And barns are a major attraction, be they weathered and historic or updated with all the modern amenities you could want. The following Alabama venues offer a variety of farm/barn settings, and many boast other assets like a home, gazebo, pond, river, or chapel. Whether you envision a place that's full-on rustic or one that leans more towards elegant, one of these is sure to fit you perfectly.


Red Gates at Kelly Creek

Odenville, AL

Style: Beautiful family-run venue with acres of meadows dotted with moss-covered oaks, and a fabulous rustic-modern barn with an attached covered patio.

Catering: BYO
Price: $ • $$

Rockhurst Farm Weddings and Events

Wilsonville, AL

Style: Beautiful, woodsy 400-acre property with a romantic ceremony site under a 150-year-old oak tree and a fully modernized reception barn.

Catering: Preferred list
Price: $ • $$

Southern House and Garden

Knoxville, Alabama

Style: Charming country home set on six private acres of pasture, highlighted by the open-air Southern Bella Chapel and an elegantly rustic barn filled with iron and crystal chandeliers.

Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$ • $$$

The Sunset at Smallwood Farms

Altoona, AL

Style: Gracious farm and rustic barn set on lovely landscaped fields with a large pond, offering two-day rentals to allow plenty of time for decorating and a welcome dinner.

Catering: BYO
Price: $$

Sweet Seasons Farm Event Barn

Valley Head, Alabama

Style: Family-owned farm and event venue that combines vintage charm and country elegance, and includes a barn, bar area, and lovely grounds.

Catering: BYO
Price: $ • $$

The Barn at Shady Lane

Bessemer, AL

Style: Nestled on 8 pastoral acres, this rustic barn adds a bit of glam with a towering iron-and-crystal chandelier plus antique and vintage touches.

Catering: Preferred list
Price: $$

Stone Bridge Farms

Cullman, Alabama

Style: This 78-acre, landscaping award recipient is a garden of eden come to life, with stunning venues like Bella's Garden, an amphitheater-style site beside a pond, Bella Vue Hall overlooking a lake, trees and rolling hills, and a vaulted Chapel with jasmine-covered pergola.

Catering: In-house
Price: $ • $$ • $$$

Russell Lands on Lake Martin

Alexander City, Alabama

Style: Lakeside celebrations in multiple venues like The Stables, which offers sweeping vistas and corrals as your backdrop, the glorious elevated Heaven Hill, and The Springhouse's five unique spaces with details like a stone hearth, carved granite, and hand-forged ironwork.

Catering: In-house, Preferred list
Price: $ • $$ • $$$

The Barn at Twin Valley

Prattville, AL

Style: Gorgeous 2000-acre farm boasts rolling pastures dotted with towering oak trees, a picturesque barn, 2 covered pavilions, and landscaped grounds.

Catering: BYO
Price: $ • $$


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