12 years, 200 weddings, and a room sitting quiet Monday through Thursday.

The meetings page presents the same room to a completely different buyer, from board meetings and staff training to “anything that would be better somewhere that is not a conference room.”

Pricing is open at $900 a day, $600 a half day, or $150 an hour. The page gives bookers the practical information they need, including AV, load-in, and accessibility, then addresses procurement directly with certificates of insurance, W-9s, purchase orders, and net terms. That vocabulary can be the difference between an inquiry and an approved vendor.

Most wedding venues keep pricing behind an inquiry form, and there are decent reasons for it. Lauren and Donnie decided to publish theirs: $3,900 for 2 full days, stated on the homepage and again on the wedding details page. “That is the whole site fee. You choose your own vendors, and nothing is owed to us for recommending them.”

Publishing the number saves everybody an email. A couple working with a different budget finds out in four seconds instead of four days, Lauren and Donnie get their evenings back, and the no-kickback policy stops being a promise and becomes arithmetic you can check.

Rasberry Greene had spent a decade compiling a list of Mississippi vendors they'd trust, which they shared with couples as a PDF. We turned it into a searchable directory of more than 120 vendors across 13 categories, with filters, category counts, and a date stamp so couples know how current it is.

Couples can use it to plan, search engines have more than 120 local entries to index, and other local businesses have a reason to link to it. It also carries the venue's position in 4 words: never a dollar for a referral.

The old site never named Lauren and Donnie, even though they are the people who welcome couples, care for the land, and run the venue. The new owners section puts them into the story and explains their connection to the farm.

For a venue that is meant to feel like somebody's home, knowing whose home it is matters.

A “by the numbers” block puts the practical questions up front: 300 standing, 150 seated, up to 250 using the grounds, 2,900 square feet, 14 pews at 14 feet each — and mileage to Laurel, Hattiesburg, and Jackson, because a rural venue has to answer how far guests will drive.

The inquiry form does the same work in 8 fields. The first — “What are you planning?” — sorts weddings from meetings and photo shoots before anyone reads the submission. Guest count uses brackets and includes “Not sure,” so an early-stage couple is not forced to guess, and the note underneath makes the handoff clear: “We answer these ourselves.”