I’d be happy to even get back what I paid for my house. With so many foreclosures still on the market, demand for houses is still flagging. But Greg Brand had 5 offers in 48 hours after people toured his 2.6 acre property in Nebraska. His asking price? $415,000.
The key to this property’s appeal is its incredible back yard, which is broken up into different garden “rooms”. His 9 gardens embrace many themes, including a woodland garden, an English garden, a Japanese garden featuring a magnificent $150,000 cedar tea-house, a rock/succulent garden, and even a “sand volleyball” garden. The property is packed with plants, including 205 trees, 980 perennials, 550 annuals, and 8,000 bulbs! Of all of these, Brand says the most unique ones come from Wayside Gardens.
The themed gardens are also wonderfully appointed, decked out with stone from Thailand, a koi pond, a heated saltwater pool, a stream with 3 waterfalls and 4 turtles, and some whimsical statuary, including a samurai, a family of panda bears, and a life-sized dinosaur (the article calls it a raptor, but it looks like a Parasaurolophus to me).
*The garden walkthrough starts at 6:00.
The whole garden is a labor of love that the Brand family spent decades building. Greg’s parents bought the property in the 1960s, and it took decades to define all the different garden “rooms”, landscape them, and establish the thousands of plants it took to make each a lush and gorgeous garden. For the past 3½ years the property has even had a dedicated groundskeeper working on it for 20+ hours a week to complete Brand’s vision.
So most of us might never be able to achieve this kind of garden grandeur. But it’s a goal to strive for. And one that’s worth hundreds of thousands of dollars if we can ever achieve it.
Read the full article here.
**Update: It looks like the house sold. Congratulations to the new owner! I certainly hope they maintain this work of art, and maybe even show it off. If the house is opened up for a Garden Walk again, I’d love to see it in person!