Jacobs Berry Farm

What a gorgeous venue! Dropped in to enjoy the delicious blackberries and raspberries. Easy to find and the owners are so friendly. Don’t miss this gem as you are passing through!

I have officiated a wedding at the Jacobs berry farm, beautiful location but unfortunately the owners/​staff were highly unpleasant individuals. They frequently followed guests around like they were escorting inmates to and from a prison cell, even to the bathrooms where they would awkwardly be waiting outside for you to come out… They made it clear to everyone how much they disagreed with and despised the festivities at the reception. This was accomplished by openly making comments and even asking the guests absurd questions such as «Why do you feel the need to drink?» or «How can you stand smoking cigarettes?», as if this was all new and unheard of behavior at a wedding for them. They also chose to confide and bad mouth the wedding party with a much more judgmental tone to me personally, that is until they realized I only became ordained to officiate my friends wedding and was not an actual practicing minister. I found it quite humorous how much they distanced themselves from me after they had shared their criticisms about anything and everything even down to the choice of music being played, but then learned who I really was. If you and your friends are boring, bland, unexciting individuals, or maybe the church on Sundays, bible study on Monday, and youth group on Wednesdays type of person, you’ll fit right in, the Jacobs berry farm will be a wonderful venue for your wedding! However if you want a normal wedding where everyone can cut loose, relax, and enjoy themselves without being looked down on and judged by uptight, out of touch with reality back woods farm people, who look to have had a touch of inbreeding sometime back in their family tree, look elsewhere.

The venue and location itself is beautiful and everything you could hope for in a wedding location. It’s unfortunate that it’s ran by people who feel the need to treat their paying brides and grooms more like annoyances than customers. It really doesn’t seem like they know how to properly manage an event venue. The expectations they have of the events are unrealistic. They expect the guests not to drink, the DJ not to play music, and things to be left spotless. It’s a WEDDING for goodness sakes! People are supposed to dance and have fun. You really shouldn’t host weddings at your place if you’re not prepared to deal with the things that come along with them. Guests will drink, people will want to dance to music, and things are going to get a little messy. The owners completely disregard the bride and grooms wishes on THEIR special day that they are paying for in order to do things according to their own agenda. Unless you are willing to be treated like a child, belittled, and told exactly how to run your own wedding, I suggest you look else where. Your wedding is supposed to be the most amazing day of your life and as stress free as possible. Don’t add more stress to yourself and choose a different venue.

For a few months now I have told myself I wasn’t going to write a review because maybe I was still heated up about MY WEDDING at this venue. It has been 3 months since my big day and I will never forget it, wish I did it elsewhere!!! The venue is beautiful and breath taking, the owners are the most uptight people I have ever met who have no clue what they’re doing when it comes to hosting weddings. They need to stick to growing berries and selling them.
We started getting a bad vibe after we had already giving a deposit to the owner. Mr. Jacobs would even talk to us about his other clients (previous weddings) that were «a problem». One was because the DJ was too loud, can you believe it? The DJ! So make sure your Dj doesn’t bring a mic or speakers! As a business owner I WOULD NEVER talk bad about any clients, especially not to other clients! I’m sure our wedding day is now the highlight of his rants.
Mr. Jacobs told my wedding coordinator that she was no longer allowed to work a wedding at his venue because she couldn’t keep over 80 people in line. He told her this not even halfway through my day. Apparently we hired her to babysit us, the bridal party, and all of our guests… she didn’t do a very good job. He also told Reno’s best award winning photographers what they could and could not do, that they should know better than certain things. Guests were cut off from the bar with some random pick and choose order apparently, one got cut of who doesn’t even drink! How does that happen??? As he approached the bar the bartender said «The owner said no more for you.» My guest had come up for a water. One of my guests (a 19 year old girl) was followed back and forth to the bathroom. She must have looked suspicious of something. She told me later how awkward the evening was for her. One of my guests thought he could whip out his marijuana card where no one was looking and got caught, he was thrown out, this is the only part I will say was acceptable on the owners part because it was inappropriate what he was doing regardless if he was allowed by law or not. Guests and vendors were told what they could do and not do the entire day and evening, he went against everything I setup and asked for, all my months of planning and preparations went right down the drain!!! The following morning first thing was first, I got an ear full from Mr. Jacobs about how we were the worst wedding to ever come on his property. Then we cleaned up everything we brought in as well as any lingering trash. When we completed that task we asked him to do the walk through with us and he said we still had to sweep and mop the barn as well as rake the dirt!!! SO PLEASE NOTE EVERYONE: NO CLEANUP CREW whatsoever! You are not just picking up what was brought in or left behind, you’re to scrub, scrub, scrub after your big day.
A huge part for me was when Mr. Jacob’s son pulled out a folded chair and sat in the middle of the barn of which we were cleaning up, to supervise us while he told us how bad we were the night before. He went on and on about my bridal party and guests and started every sentence with «you kind of people». Now it was personal because they were talking down to my guests and my FAMILY! Can you believe this!!? «You kind of people!»
I can honestly go on and on here, after 3 months it still upsets me when I even think about that place or the owner.
To have our wedding there, be babysat, watched like a hawk, and then downgraded the next day it was $ 4,000.00 venue alone. So if that’s your idea of a good time and you have that kind of money to throw away then this is the place for you. If not, the only thing I suggest going on at this venue is maybe a funeral or retirement party. Do not have one of the biggest days of your life held here, not your wedding. I wish I hadn’t :(
I’m a wedding photographer myself, I know how important this day is, if you’re considering a wedding here you can contact me and I will personally help you find something else with the same feel as a barn yard wedding. Don’t remember your day the way I get to :(
If I could give this venue a 0 star rating I would but as you can see that is not an option, I guess I have to give it a 1 star.

Beautiful barn. Lousy owners. If you want your wedding here, make sure the bride knows she is expected to pick up trash, rake the dirt, and MOP THE BARN FLOOR the morning after her wedding!
Seriously, this guy is off the charts! He even threatened to keep the bride and groom’s deposit for a month «just in case he finds something later.» And this was after they cleaned up, picked up trash, and mopped and raked THE BARN! Ha! It was nuts!
Seems the owner got a little upset because there was a lot of drinking at the reception? Imagine that! Then he said there was some «illegal drugs». (One guy tried to smoke some pot. We got him out of there and back to the hotel.) There were kids, in-​laws, grandparents, and all had a good time. But the owners had these weird «volunteers» that followed the guests around, even to the bathroom! And they were odd… kind of creepy. The «monitors» even tried to insert themselves into conversations. It was surreal.
The «recommended» bartender cut off many guests, even though the wedding party had arranged for limo transportation for anyone — free! They tried to shut us down prematurely and offered no explanation.
The next morning I arrived to find the groom picking up trash, while the bride’s father raked the barn, the groom’s mother was asked to mop the barn floor, and the bride was hurriedly trying to clean so that they could get their deposit check and go home and relax. (He wouldn’t give them their deposit back even though he said he couldn’t find anything wrong. They finally got it back yesterday, 10 days later.)
This dude tried to ruin their wedding but he and his creepy cousins didn’t succeed. We were better than them. We left it better than we found it. And we enjoyed ourselves despite this weird guy and his oddball group of monitors.
Don’t have your wedding or event here. Unless you like creepy, weird, oddball owners that charge $ 4500 and make you rake and mop their barn.

Attended a wedding here and it was fabulous. The grounds were perfect, the barn was perfect. The whole venue is perfect. Staff was great and I loved every minute if it. Highly recommend!!!

Attended a wedding here. Beautiful location. Barn and grounds are very nice. There isn’t anything else in the area like this which makes it a unique venue. Has the potential to be a really great place.
However, the owner and other staff were very unpleasant. Made it an awkward wedding. They patrolled the venue and watched over guests to make sure they behaved properly. They were overly strict which made it difficult to enjoy the party. I understand that certain rules should be instilled but this was a bit much. They frequently lectured and had a «talking to» many of the guests. They were very unprofessional in the way the did this by being rude and confrontational and numerous times threatened to kick guests out and shut down the reception.
I really wanted to like this venue however would strongly discourage anyone wanting to have an event here. It’s too bad because it really is a great place but just too restricting to be able to enjoy it.

A berry interesting education
As we wondering thru Gardnerville taking in the sights, we make one last stop– Jacobs Berry Farm. A farm set up a little like I remember in the Midwest except there are no chicken running around and no smelly pig lot. But a darling Victorian home, several out buildings, and fields of berries instead of corn and beans. If no one is around when you drive in, just honk and someone appears from one of the buildings. We were interested in some fresh berries. OK What kind? Blackberries and raspberries are in season now. We follow one of the owners into a small chilled building and he asks what kind of blackberries did we want? Huh? He has eight different varietals. With big eyes I said I guess I don’t know what I want now. He pulls out a tub filled with each variety to try– wow there is a difference. We narrowed down the two we liked and made our purchase. Then my husband (the city boy) started to ask questions about planting and growing these guys at home. Now we get more of an education– the gentleman explained where the plant come from and offered any help getting our plants started and if we have further questions to just email him. So incredibly nice and helpful. But I’m thinking it would be easier to go there for berries than have me try to tend several plants myself, we shall see

Who knew berries could grow in the desert? Not me!
Who knew there were 16 different varieties of berries? Not me!
Who knew 16 varieties of berries were being lovingly grown in the beautiful Carson Valley? Not me for the third time!
Wow! The agricultural scene here in Northern Nevada never ceases to amaze me! We live in the desert right? Well you couldn’t tell looking at the beautifully lush rows of berry bushes on Jack Jacobs farm! He grows 16 varieties of raspberries and blackberries there, along with a big ol’ hive of honey bees who help pollenate the plants. We had a chance to tour the farm and enjoy some berries right off the bushes, with Jack’s guidance of course. See he’s pretty particular about when his berries should be eaten, and only wants them to be enjoyed at their peak of ripeness. His standards yielded 3 – 4 of the best tasting pieces of fruit I’ve ever eaten, with the highlight being a Natchez Blackberry. This berry was literally bursting with sweet juice, and chewing it felt like drinking a glass of it!
In order to maintain standards and only pick fruit at the top of its game, Jack only sells berries on the farm. But trust me, you want to go there! The grounds are beautiful, the fruit so sweet and delicious, and the people so friendly and kind that this is just a great place to visit and spend some time. I suggest bringing some friends and a bottle of wine, picking up some berries or jam from the Berry Shop, and finding a quite corner or one of the beautiful trees to sit under for an afternoon. What a great way to enjoy the beauty of our local agriculture and the Carson Valley.
P. S. The farm is also available for private functions!

I had my wedding here in September 2013 and it was absolutely perfect. The owners do a remarkable job at maintaining the property and they are very accommodating. They will work hard to make sure you get the vision you want. For example, I wanted lights strung from the very, very tall barn doors and they figured out a way to make it happen. They also provided snacks and champagne while we were getting ready and really made us feel welcomed. I would absolutely get married here again… and I wish I could yearly :)

Amazing Location for a wedding or a big party. They have a great old barn, a huge area with beautiful lawn covered by trees, plenty of space and can accommodate at least 200 people in my estimation. They even have a nice garage with hot, very hot actually, running water and a work space that you or your catering company can use to prep food.
I haven’t really dealt with the owners, so I can’t speak to how they are, but the location is easy to find, set back a good distance from the road and very tranquil.
If you are getting married or are looking for a great place to put on a high-​end party for friends or family I would check them out.