A Gardener's Paradise

Proden Lane Property – Offered to you at $790,000 - Buyers agents protected.

This piece of paradise is a gardener’s dream come true. In the country, yet 14 miles from Eugene Oregon. With extensive food gardens, culinary and medicinal herb gardens, flowers, orchards, vineyards and berries. It is a ready-made work-of-art that any gardener would adore. The lush gardens have been tended organically. This is a one of a kind piece of heaven where you can feed yourself from off of the land, enjoy the hawks and eagles while watching the sun rise and set, enjoy a drink by the waterfall with dragonflies flitting around or partake of good conversation with friends you have invited to stay in the guest house. Pictures are included here so you can fathom the incredible beauty that this property has to offer. (Appointment necessary to view property.)

Assessor’s parcel number: 18023600 Tax Lot 700
84537 Proden Lane, Pleasant Hill, OR 97455
Acreage: 24.6 acres – fenced and cross fenced. Fencing in good condition. Electric fence also.
House #1: Two Story with attached two car garage – garage 447 sf
Square feet of house: 2529 (total of 3372 sf living space counting cottage and guest house)
Age: built in 1992 according to Lane county assessor’s records
4 bedroom, 3 bath. 1 bedroom downstairs, 3 up – two bathrooms downstairs, 1 up
Rooms and Room features
Bedroom 1 – Downstairs Master: Approx. dim: 18’ x 14’
Bedroom 2 : Approx. dim: 10’6” x 11’6”
Bedroom 3 : Approx. dim: 10’6” x 11’6”
Bedroom 4: Approx. dim: 10’6” x 11’6”
Dining Room/Living Room : Approx. dim: 34’ x 31’ – vaulted ceiling with tongue and groove wood
Kitchen : Approx. dim: 14’ x 15’ – sliding door to greenhouse, extensive cabinets and under counter built-in recycling center
Family Room: Approx. dim: 26’ x 12’, upstairs
Bathrooms: 3 – two downstairs, one shower, one slipper tub and one upstairs with shower.
Addl Room (1)Laundry and mud room
Addl Room (2) Pantry
Foundation: Concrete, Crawlspace
Exterior Description: Hardiplank siding (Fiber Cement), painted metal gutters and downspouts, windows are double paned vinyl sliders (many of them replaced recently), storm/screens, 5 sliding glass doors to enhance ease of movement in and out of house as well as light and beautiful views. Three of the sliders go out to deck areas. 2 decks – one large deck off living room and master bedroom. A second deck off the second story family room. There is also a 8’ x 16’ ft Greenhouse off the kitchen (There is also a larger greenhouse in the front field.)
Heat: Electric forced air/heat pump and wood stove
Cooling: Heat pump
Hot Water: Passive solar and backup electric hot water tank, electricity
Insulation: Blown in insulation to code
Interior Features: Hickory tongue and groove floors downstairs except for vinyl in mud room,  and tile in bathroom, hickory stairway, fir vaulted ceiling in living room/dining room, insulated shades on almost every window of the house – many are up/down shades, Hi-speed internet connection, soaking slipper tub in one bathroom, showers in other two. Great views from most rooms, large pantry, a mud room and indoor laundry area.
Kitchen Features: In-counter range, free-standing refrigerator, microwave
Living Room Features: Vaulted tongue and groove ceiling with walls of windows and great views.
Master Bedroom Features:  Great views, hickory floor and cedar walled closet as well as cedar enclosed built-in chest.
Laundry Room & Mud Room: Washer/Dryer hook up with oversized deep sink as well as area to hang clothing and sitting bench for taking boots off.
Roof Type: Steel – with a 40 year guarantee from 9/15/92 so  still has 21-22 years left on the guarantee. Gutters are long lasting galvanized aluminum.
Sewer: Septic (separate septic for guest house)
Tax deferral: Yes, $3,344 in 2009 with farm deferral.

House Photos:

Water - drinking and yard use: Two private wells on property – one gets about 5 gallons per minute and the other over 50 gallons per minute. (The guy’s equipment could not measure more but he said it was much more but could only guarantee the 50 his equipment could measure.) Both wells have pumps on them that were put in service in the last 4-10 years.
Water rights: Water rights to the Middle Fork of the Willamette River for irrigation of 22 of the 24.6 acres. Permit number #45702
Irrigation Equipment and Pump House: All irrigation equipment which includes irrigation pump, and electrical features, as well as irrigation pipes and usual connecters and risers come with the property as does the pump house.
Exterior Yard Features: Two ponds and a waterfall in one pond. Beautiful landscaping  and irrigation set up with timer. An outdoor bathroom with hot shower and an outdoor kitchen space as well as roofed party area (could be used for storage also). There is a new bench arbor with a rambling rose over it and there are three permanent arches in the yard as well as a long tunnel arch that has grapes and honeysuckle over it.
Creek: Rattlesnake creek (no rattlesnakes) runs through the west side of the property. It has older trees on each side, plus ten years ago we planted trees to extend the wooded area. We have kept the creek clean and useable for recreation.
Fields: Are fenced and cross fenced. All have electric line up. Many new posts were put into the fence line recently. Great grass field. Known in area to have quality hay for horses and other animals. 2009 was a poor hay year and only got 925 bales while in 2008 it was a good year and got 1540 bales. Sold them at $4 each in the field. Price has increased so they will cost more this year.
Trees: We planted trees both to extend the creek and around the perimeter of the property for privacy. They are natives by the creek  - mix of hardwood and Willamette valley ponderosa pine. The perimeter is Douglas fir and some painted maple.
Two other buildings: Cottage: approx. 700 sf, one bedroom ( I have a caretaker in this house currently) and building two is an apprx 144 sf day cabin with no plumbing but has electric. Also a bathroom with hot water/shower is available outside in the party area for outdoor guests to use.
Cottage: Approx. dim 700 sf. This has been used as a guest house while I lived here and the prior owner I understand used it for a daycare center. It was a part of the original home on this property and has been updated with new flooring (tile and laminate wood flooring.) Contains a full bath, kitchen fixtures, living and dining area and a bedroom. For the purpose of evaluation at the last sale of this property this building was considered a shop. It has its own septic.

Cottage Photos:

Barn: Approx. 66’ x 78’ barn/shop with hay loft as second story over part of the barn.The barn has 220 electric. The barn was built to last with many heavy duty steel beams and posts. Have to see to believe. Lots of storage in it. Great cattle barn.

Cabin: Approx. dim  144 sf - This is a building I used for apprentices that stayed here in the summer months. It has a loft in it and is cozy and cute. It is mobile in that the building can be easily moved if needed, although we have never moved it. There is electricity to it but no water.

Party/class area: There is an approx dim 48’x25’ roofed area over a concrete slab that has electricity and lights, and an additional attached area not counted in sf that also has electricity and lights as well as a stove outlet - We have used this smaller attached and roofed area for a stove and refrigerator as well as cabinets and a table for campers.

Outdoor Bathroom: Has hot water, shower, toilet and sink – attached to party area and guest house. We use it when we are outside or for campers, workers etc.
Outdoor sinks: We have a sink in the barn and have three areas set up outside that allow us to attach sinks to them as needed for events etc.
Chicken coop: Inner part inside barn with outside fenced area to run in. We have also fenced off areas for the chickens to run freely outside of their coop area.
Greenhouse: Approx. dim  1200 sf – 60’x 20’

Zoning: This site is zoned Exculsive Farm Use with  25 acre minimum acreage as pertains to the creation of new properties. Topography is mostly level with some gentle slope. The property is assessed under farm/forest deferral.
Possession: Not available for possession until August 2010. Possession four weeks after closing if it is August or later.

Additional Things about farm

Farmed organic for over ten years.
Irrigation rights to the Middle Fork of the Willamette River.
Solar hot water
Party Area: Roofed area in herb garden with cement floor has outdoor hookups for stove and refrigerator that we use for outdoor campers. There are multiple electrical outlets. We also have electric outlets in the front field for the NW Herb Fest we put on each year.
Automatic sprinklers to the yard and has irrigation set up to most of the garden areas.
Greenhouse Approx. dim  1200 sf – 60’ x 20’ (Smaller greenhouse attached to home), Chicken coop – available with chickens
Orchard of 50 trees includes apple, pear, asian pear, fig, plum, persmmmon, cherry, peach, nectarine, apricot, hazelnut, chestnut, black walnut.
Berry bushes include blueberry, 3 kinds of raspberries, marionberries,loganberries, lingonberries, edible honeysuckles, black current and red current.
Two vineyard areas: Both table grapes and wine grapes include pinot noir, chardonnay and gewurtztraminer.
High quality hay fields that horses and other animals love.
Year round creek runs through east side of property with area in the trees for swing and hammock. We planted many deciduous and evergreen trees as well as bushes along the creek to make the area much nicer. We also planted trees all around the perimeter of most of the property. They range from 4 years to 9 years old.
Two food garden areas and an extensive culinary and medicinal herb garden.
Herb garden is gorgeous and has two ponds in it. One pond has a waterfall and Koi. There is night lighting set up to highlight the pond area. The lights are set up on a timer.
There are multiple built-in arbors including a bench arbor under flowing roses.
Hay is sold each year from the excellent grass fields. 2009 was a poor hay year and only got 925 bales while in 2008 it was a good year and got 1540 bales. Sold them at $4 each in the field. Price has increased so they will cost more this year.
We host an herb gathering each year on the farm called the NW Herb Fest that may be available if the party is interested.

You can call us at 541-736-0164 to make an appointment or get additional details.