Magnolia Blossom’s Farm
Premiere recreational property in the Upper Suwannee Valley that has been exceptionally managed with great aesthetics and abundant wildlife.
- 236 +/- acre recreational and timber property in Hamilton County, Florida
- Small Quail Plantation in the heart of the Suwannee Valley
- Abundant Whitetail, Wild Quail, Wood Duck, and great Turkey population
- Feels like a Red Hills Quail Planation yet easily accessible off I-75
- Combination between highly productive, intensively managed pine stands and untouched hardwoods
- Heavily managed for wildlife & recreation
- 6,000+/- feet borders 378 acres of Suwannee River Water Management District conservation land – essentially buying over 600 acres of wildlife habitat.
- Adjacent to the Alapaha River, a tributary of the historic Suwannee River
- Entire Property is located within federal designated Opportunity Zone
- 2,800 sq. ft. home with a beautiful view overlooking a hardwood valley
- Two barns with a working dog kennel
- 35 miles from Lake City
- 33 miles from Valdosta, Georgia
- Halfway between Tallahassee and Jacksonville
Magnolia Blossom’s Farm is a 236± acre high-quality recreational and timber property located in Hamilton County, Florida. One would think that this property has been transplanted from the Red Hills, with its high-quality features and aesthetics. It is located in the highly-regarded Suwannee Valley less than 40 minutes from both Lake City, Florida and Valdosta, Georgia.
Magnolia Blossom’s Farm has one of the highest wild quail populations in North Central Florida, for a property this size. The habitat here is far beyond what one might expect and features beautiful rolling topography and diverse ecotones. Frequent prescribed fire has been a key management tool implemented on this property for decades. Great whitetail genetics and an abundant turkey population make for great hunting opportunities.. Magnolia Blossom’s Farm is adjacent to the Alapaha River, a tributary to the historic Suwannee River. Protected on two sides by conservation land owned by the Suwannee River Water Management District, this property is very safe and protected.
There are approximately 137 acres of planted pine that are exceptionally managed for income. 79 acres of hardwoods with two ponds located throughout left untouched for decades to enhance the wildlife. 30 acres were planted with slash pine trees in 2020. This provides excellent timber crop rotation with sustaining timber revenue for decades to come. Throughout the property, there are food plots, totaling 20 acres, plated year-round. In the middle of the property sits a 2,700 square foot home overlooking a beautiful ridge. Next to the house are two barns as well as a working dog kennel.
Located less than 30 minutes from both Valdosta, Georgia and Lake City, Florida, and right on Interstate 75, allows easy travel from South Florida or Atlanta.
This is a unique opportunity for a property this size in the Suwannee Valley that has such great aesthetics, recreation, and timber.
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Bruce Ratliff is a retired elected official (Property Appraiser Taylor County). Bruce brings years of experience in ad valorem tax knowledge. His property tax background gives JKA Associates & clients a unique insight into the complicated tax process. Bruce held several positions in the Florida Association of Property Appraisers, including member of the Board of Directors, President, Vice-President and Secretary, and served on the Agricultural & Legislative Committees for the Association. The real estate business has been part of Bruce’s life since childhood. His mother, Shirley Ratliff owned Professional Realty of Perry, Florida and his father, Buster owned Ratliff Land Surveying which Bruce was General Manager of before his political career.
From murky farm ponds to pristine glacier-cut lakes and everything in between, Knox Daniels’ expertise stems from a lifelong fascination of water and the creatures that live in and around it. He recognizes and helps clients appreciate the value water features bring to a property. “My goal is to help buyers realize and sellers maximize the value different water bodies bring to a property, not only in a recreational sense, but also for social storm reasons.” After extensively traveling the country for collegiate BASS fishing tournaments, Knox graduated and worked for the Southeast’s finest fisheries and wildlife biologist, Greg Grimes. With Grimes’ company, AES, Knox managed many of the southeast’s finest private lake estate/impoundment properties, and learned the intricacies of upscale property management. Learning from Greg and other biologists, Knox honed in on the specific conditions and habitat needed for optimal gamefish growth in private lakes. He has also worked as a property manager on several thousand acres and for a commercial developer, facilitating the dirt work and builds of several apartment complexes, but his true passion has always been in the outdoors. “I’ve always had an insatiable fascination with ponds/lakes and am grateful to be able to help to place clients on the properties of their dreams and make their personal fisheries/wildlife goals reality with JKA.” – Knox Daniels
As a landowner of his own family farm, Lick Skillet, along with family land that has been passed down and enjoyed together at Keaton Beach for 40 years, Jon knows what it means to be a steward of the last best places. As a third-generation land broker with more than 30 years of experience in advising landowners in this niche, Jon is known for his innate ability to harvest a land’s unique intrinsic value. Touting several notable sales under his belt, Jon personally closed Rock Creek/Molpus – 124,000 acres of premium timberland at $142,000,000 – which was known as the largest timberland land sale in the Southeast for eight years running. He is a co-founding member of LandLeader and achieved the real estate industry’s highest honor, “2022 National Broker of the Year – Recreational Land Sales,” by the Realtors® Land Institute.
Prior to joining Jon Kohler & Associates, Walter Hatchett served for 30 years as a land manager to several of the south’s most esteemed properties, including Rock Creek. As a former property manager himself, and a consistently ranked “Top Sales Producer” nationwide and achieved “APEX Top 20 Land Broker” multiple times, Walter has a keen eye for the best in habitat management.
With Madison County roots, Lori grew up on her family farm at Pettis Springs along the historic Aucilla River. A love of the land was instilled in Lori very early on by her father who was a local farmer. Lori understands the importance of good land stewardship and has witnessed first-hand how her own father, a former 2-term member of the Florida House of Representatives whose district encompassed many rural counties of the Red Hills Plantation Region, with a little bit of sweat equity, so lovingly worked their own family land. These are core values she carries with her today, and nothing gives her more personal satisfaction than to represent some of the south’s best land stewards.
Hailing from a long line of outdoorsmen, Tim learned a great deal from his father and grandfather. He saw first-hand what it means to be a good land steward. He believes land is so much more than a place to hunt, fish, and grow timber or crops. “It’s an identity, a resting place, a safe haven and a way of life, said Tim.” Tim’s family ties to Alabama run deep. During his grandfather’s first term, Governor James was responsible for signing into law Alabama’s first state duck stamp which helped to ensure funding for the procurement, development, and preservation of wetlands for migratory waterfowl habitat. He also established Alabama’s lifetime hunting license, so it is no surprise that Tim is an avid outdoorsman with a keen eye as to how best to improve habitat for the greater good of its wildlife.
Jason has been assisting landowners for the last 28 years in Georgia and South Carolina obtain achievements the owners did not realize were possible. His degree in Biology from Georgia Southern stemmed from the desire to know how things in nature work. His plantation roots began at just 16 years old outside of Albany, GA and the last 20 years were spent in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His entire career has been spent developing a global approach to plantation management. That plan included sales. Sales is in Jason’s blood- his mom had a 45-year career as a real estate broker. After college, he chose to pursue his passion of making properties great. In 2011, Jason sold his first plantation. Since then, he has assisted buyers and sellers with over $20 million in sales while most of that time working as a full-time General Manager of a large Lowcountry plantation. Today, he is committed to using his unique skill set and experience to guide landowners through the many challenges of plantation ownership.