Wedding DJ at Oak Leaf Acres Farm in McLeansville, NC

The Space

Oak Leaf Acres Farm in McLeansville was a 300-acre tobacco farm worked by the Fishel family for four generations before it became a wedding venue, and the barn and farmhouse a couple tours today, built between 1919 and 1921, are the same structures that stood through all four of those generations. Abby and Jason Hilemn bought the property in 2022 and rebuilt it around that history rather than replacing it.

The Hilemns’ renovation kept the barn and farmhouse but added what a working event venue needs: a flower farm on the grounds, a workshop converted into The Workshop Cabin for on-site accommodation, a new greenhouse, and modern restrooms. Mature oak trees and natural woodland surround multiple ceremony and reception spaces, so a couple is not limited to one fixed layout, the property offers real choice in where the day happens.

Capacity & Layout

A barn built in 1919 to 1921 and still standing gives a reception space with real timber-frame character, the kind that does not come from new construction, and pairing it with woodland ceremony spaces under mature oak trees means a couple can keep the ceremony and reception visually distinct without leaving the property. The Signature Oak Package, available Friday and Saturday, runs $6,000, a concrete number worth planning a budget around.

Because the property offers multiple ceremony and reception settings rather than one fixed room, a couple with a larger guest list can spread cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing across separate areas of the farm, using the woodland and courtyard spaces to keep the evening from feeling packed into a single footprint the way a smaller barn venue sometimes does.

Amenities

The Workshop Cabin gives a wedding party or out-of-town guests a place to actually stay on the farm rather than commute in for the day, which matters for a rehearsal dinner the night before or a quieter morning-after gathering. Modern restrooms and the added greenhouse mean the historic structures are supported by present-day infrastructure rather than requiring a couple to work around a century-old building’s original limitations.

The flower farm the Hilemns established alongside the renovation means some of what is blooming on the property during a wedding season may be grown steps from where the ceremony happens, a detail a florist can build into arrangements. Between the barn, the farmhouse, and the woodland spaces, there is enough separation that photos, cocktail hour, and the reception itself can each have a distinct backdrop.

Location & Getting There

Oak Leaf Acres sits in McLeansville, close to Greensboro, making it an easy drive for guests coming from the wider Piedmont Triad without feeling like a suburban venue once they arrive among the oaks and old farm structures. The 300-acre history of the property, worked by one family across four generations, gives the grounds a settled, working-farm feel that a newer-built venue cannot replicate.

Guests driving in from Greensboro or nearby towns get a short trip that still feels like leaving the city behind once the farm’s oaks and open fields come into view. The barn’s timber frame and open interior, paired with the outdoor woodland ceremony spaces, mean a DJ typically runs two distinct setups across the day, a lighter outdoor system for the ceremony among the trees and a fuller system once the crowd moves inside the barn for the reception.