What are we?
An informal, farm resort, in the Graves' hollow of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

- Modest in cost.
- Huge in natural ambience and rural welcome.
- And definitely not "showy".

Our 1800 acre working farm with three guest lodges  that have five in-lodge meeting spaces, then the Main Lodge with three meeting spaces, two large stream side closed pavilions, and 19 cabins with living room break-out spaces -  all allow for focused meetings and buy-outs.

Cuisine - The Farmhouse Restaurant & Group Catering

The Farm restaurant and catering serves southern homestyle cooking, using local foods, some organic and local wines and spirits.
Service is a joyous, pass-around family style or buffet service in a welcoming environment.

Please see group meetings menu and details in this PDF >

Complete Meeting Package - CMP
Full Day or half Day

We have a "Meal Plan" for three or two meals a day.
The Meal Plan price can be added to guest room rates to create a CMP.

The Farmhouse Restaurant and Group Catering
Menu and Core Details

Technology

We have 150 GB Fiber optic internet service with full cell calling and receiving via WiFi, which most cell plans include. There is no actual cell tower transmission.

Country Experience

In winter, fireplaces are burning.
In summer the porches of all the lodges host lines of rocking chairs - poised for the mountainside views.

We are not luxury. No spa or golf course here. Rather hiking, fishing, riding, monopoly, camp-fires, s'mores, local music, and front porch rocking chair life.

Where Are We?
Syria, VA. In heart of Blue Ridge, right next to Shenandoah National Park on Rose River.

. . .  Washington DC - 2 hrs, 92 miles
. . .  Charlottesville - 1 hr, 38 miles
. . .  Richmond - 2 hrs, 95 miles
. . .  Charleston WV, Raleigh -Chapel Hill-Durham 4.25 hrs
. . .  See map and position  >  

Team Building  by Andy Nichols

Indoor and/or outdoor training locations.
Andy will build exactly to the group's goals, time allotment, and budget.

Read more about Team Building here >

Build Your Own Meeting Escape-retreat here with our team's assistance

Meet Our Sales Team Here>
Missy Graves - Sales Director 
Melissa Whaley - Sales
Gail Ford - Catering & Conference Services
Connie Knighting - Facilities & Liaison

 

All there Is To Do
20 outdoor activities - from hiking, to fishing (2 streams and 5 ponds) on to nature walks and a local musician concert with camp fire and s'mores.
Just no golf here.

Adventuring in the Blue Ridge

• • Nature & History Hikes – for group as programmed, regular Sat 11 AM
  • Stream and Pond Nature Explore - for group as programmed
  • Farm Explore - for group as programmed
  • Fly Fishing – classes, learning, guiding
  • Horse-back trail rides
  • Get to know the horse – lessons
  • Guided Hiking  - on our property or into park – Dark Hollow, White Oak Canyon, Old Rag
  • Yoga and Meditation – as programmed
  • Guided Mountain Biking – easy to killer
  • Guided Road Biking – easy to killer
  • Guided flat water kayak – needs driving (coming 2024)
  • Watercolor Class by local landscape artist Lou Messa
  • Soap Making Class
  • Line dancing Class and Night
  • Survival skills  - by TeamLink
  • Tean Building – by TeamLink
  • Rock Climbing – by Shenandoah Guides (TeamLink)
  • Live Bluegrass Music – Sat nights or as programmed
  • Open Mic Night by the Fire – Fri Nights or as programmed
  • Star-gazing at the fire-pit -  with marshmallows, using a star gazing app
  • Night cat-fishing at the Meadows pond with equipment and our fishing guide- beer, wine, and moonshine can be added

7 Indoor group activities

From Monopoly tournament, movie shows, to wine and beer tastings and vineyard trips on to just hanging out by a fire in a rocker, or having a Team Building session.

Off-sites - Living LOCAL

Wines
DuCard Vineyard trip with the wine maker and tasting flights.
The vineyard is on the site of one of our apple orchards. - just two and half miles into the neighboring hollow.
- can add in a wine tasting dinner with catering from us.
Beer Tasting Junket to Bald Top Brewery
11 miles drive, sitting on a meadow top with an excellent choice of crafted beers by the team on site.

Giving Back to Our Communities

Graves Mountain Charitable Fund 501(c)(3) and Graves Mountain Farm and Lodges both give back to our communities for youth development and education.

Here at Graves Mountain Farm, we believe in supporting the future of our community - our youth.
Read more here about our social community care >