REI WEALTH MONTHLY issue 40 | Page 33

Greens Bring in the Greens
GROWING PROPERTY INVESTMENTS WITH PRODUCE LARA HERMANSON

Greens Bring in the Greens

Now imagine you place your property on the market, the photo gallery is streaming with brick & mortar images alongside a thriving garden ripe with plums, cauliflower and employees or residents getting their hands dirty in the soil. Compare this to an attractive building surrounded by a few weeds and a sad looking, solitary fir tree craving companionship. The second example property may be in a more attractive location yet the first opens new doors for growth since Farmscape confirms that for every property they maintain, nearby owners want in on the action. They regularly see nearby homes and office sites jumping on the bandwagon for a full Farmscape renovation, and edible garden they can proudly own. This accumulates to naturally increasing the full neighborhood property prices since everyone has kept up with the Joneses. When it comes time to flipping that property selling switch, neighbors are more than chomping at the bit to see the listing price, now higher than average. Green fingers producing edible gardens confirm that money can grow on trees … and broccoli.
Lara Hermanson, Co­Founder & Principal, Farmscape
Lara Hermanson is co­founder and Principal at Farmscape, the nation’ s largest urban­farming company. Farmscape has worked on over 600 urban farming projects including Levi’ s Stadium, AT & T Park, and Oracle. Select clients is available on https:// farmscapegardens. com / portfolio