Blackberry Farm

Need to know

Rooms

59.

Rates

US$745–US$2,045 a room; the three-bedroom farmhouse is US$4,500–US$4,950 a night. Rates include the ‘Full American’ meal plan of three meals a day and snacks from the pantry. Tax and service charges are extra.

Check-out

1pm. Check-in is officially 4pm, but guests are welcome to arrive at the farm at any time.

Facilities

Fitness room, spa, library, tennis courts, croquet lawn, hiking trails, DVD library, free WiFi throughout. All rooms have CD players; Singing Brook suites and Hill Cottages have minibars and flatscreen TVs – Singing Brook Cottages have DVD players.

Poolside

Atop the hill, not far from the main house, Blackberry Farm’s smallish pool is surrounded by loungers and flowers, with views of the Smoky Mountains stretching into the horizon.

Also

There’s a two-night minimum stay, except in September and November, when it’s three nights, and Thanksgiving, when there’s a four-night minimum.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Fine dining is on offer in the Barn, reconstructed 18th-century Amish building centred on an open kitchen. The Main House is cosier and less formal.Made from the farm’s own produce, ‘Foothills Cuisine’ is more nouvelle than traditional Southern.

Dress code

Southern-belle style for ladies, jackets for gents if you’re eating in the Barn. The Main House has a more casual, less ‘vacationing CEO’ sartorial vibe.

Top table

The Barn’s booths are elegant and intimate, but you can take a meal anywhere you wish on Blackberry Farm – we like lazy lakeside lunches at the boathouse and early evening barbecues at the Yallarhammer pavilion by the trout pond.

Last orders

The Barn’s last dinner reservation is at 9pm – ditto the Main House, but there are snack-filled pantries throughout the farm available for the pilfering throughout the night. You can get a drink at the Dogwood bar between 4.30pm and 11pm.

Room service

The in-room dining menu covers everything from standard Stateside snack fodder such as popcorn and milk and cookies, to full gourmet meals.

Hotel bar

Tucked away in the Main House, the wood-panelled Dogwood Bar is a tea room by day, and a traditional cocktail spot by night, with a huge range of signature drinks and a passion for artisanal bourbons.

Also worth knowing

Children

The farm’s a dream-come-true for outdoorsy young uns. Over-10s are welcome at any point; under-10s during ‘family time’ – 15 June to Labor Day, the Thanksgiving Holiday, Christmas (15–29 December), Easter, and Memorial Day. More…

Smith Members offer

A private picnic lunch for two either beside the creek or in the Yallarhammer Pavilion

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