While I am still youngish, at 32, I've thought about it a few times and always hoped a gardener with conifer interests would buy the house/property and enjoy all the wonderful plants when I am gone. My property certainly isn't large enough to warrant an arboretum designation, but to the right person/couple, it should at least represent a great piece of land to call their own.

Will

it wont be my problem ..... lol ...

i would probably contact hidden lakes in advance ... and ask them if they had any interest ...

but most likely they would say no.. as the stock would be too big ...

ken

I can only hope that my partner Lynne can flog a some off and make a few quid as compensation for all her indulgence ans self-sacrifice over the years regarding my obsession.

ya know.. there is actually an advert in the back of the ACS journal.. that offers to buy BiG mature plants up to 6 inch trunks .. east coast.. no clue how far they will actually drive.. for them ...

ken

I have the delusion that maybe by the time I'm gone, I'll have figured out how to build up enough momentum and interest that someone will step up and operate my property as an arboretum. Right now, I'm operating on the faith that things will somehow work out. I give quite a bit of thought as to how to make things happen, but realize I don't have it even close to being figured out yet. I also never dwell on the possibility that things won't eventually work out.

I have seen quite a few examples of wonderful properties lost after the death of their owner. What is probably the world's largest holly collection is located near here. Very few people even know about it now. The previous owner's children realize they have something of great value, but it is also a burden to take care of and, from what I hear, they have no real idea of how to transform it into anything self sustaining or even practically sustainable. There's another very famous collection of magnolia cultivars and other plants not far from here in about the same condition. The problems seems to be pretty common, unfortunately.

I just hope that my woods/tree farm property will be held onto by my two sons when I check out. That's the plan at least;^)

I've also mentioned to them that by the time they are my age (early fifties), some of the hybrid larch we're planting could well be large enough to provide some really nice cabin logs.

+oM