The farm

The history behind All 4 One Farms

How a poultry farm outside Jacksonville became a family wedding venue, told by the family that built it.

First published on all4onefarms.com, November 2024. Edited for length and house style.

We are Glenn and Diane. Diane grew up on this land and met Glenn in high school, and we married right after graduation and settled into our first home on the property. The farm had raised broiler chickens for Tyson Foods, a business we took over after Diane's father sold us the land. We raised broilers until 2004, when the farm began changing into what it is today.

When we decided to buy the farm, we called a family meeting to make sure everyone was ready for what it would take. Diane had worked alongside her father for years raising broilers, so she knew the work ahead, and she wanted the whole family behind it. After an open discussion, the vote was unanimous. It was then we realized it would take all of us to make the farm work, and the name All 4 One was born.

Our oldest daughter Jessica, who had worked as a wedding planner, is the one who suggested we host weddings here. In 2017 we turned our 110 acres into a wedding venue, and it became a popular choice for rustic, relaxed celebrations.

It was then we realized it would take all of us to make the farm work, and the name All 4 One was born.

In 2022 we added cut flowers to the farm. We now grow fields of flowers for a u-pick operation and a roadside stand, so visitors can pick their own bouquets or buy ones we have already arranged. It has become a favorite with brides and with our neighbors, adding color to the farm.

Walk the property and you can still see the original barns we used to raise chickens, a reminder of where the farm started. Both barns are visible from the parking lot, and the cows are usually behind them or out in the hayfield.

Beyond the wedding venue and the flowers, All 4 One Farms is still a working farm. We raise cows, hay, backyard chickens and horses alongside everything else.

Our children, Nathan, Jessica, Timothy, Zachary and Rachel, Christina and Jubilee, all live on the property and help carry the farm forward.

All 4 One Farms is more than a place to live and work for us. It is where community, family and hard work come together, and we are committed to the values that built this farm and keep it going today.

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5937 John Wilkinson Rd

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