Southall Farm & Inn

Character and identity

Southall Farm & Inn sits on more than 500 acres of working farmland in Franklin, 25 minutes south of Nashville, and the agriculture is the architecture: a 2,000-tree orchard, hydroponic and traditional greenhouses, kitchen gardens, an apiary producing the honey used across the property, and a seven-acre lake that doubles as irrigation. Opened in 2022, the inn keeps a low, eco-chic profile across rooms and 16 hillside cottages, the latter with wrap-around decks and swing beds. The signature restaurant, January, leans hard on what's harvested that morning. A 15,000-square-foot spa rounds out the picture.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What makes Southall distinct is that the farm isn't decoration: the orchard, apiary and greenhouses feed the restaurants and the spa, and the activity programme is built around them. Book a hillside cottage if you want privacy and the best vantage, plan at least two nights to make the farm tours and January's tasting menu land, and aim for spring or late summer when produce peaks.