Pineola Farms & Gardens

We were told that what we now call the cottage was originally a squirrel house. We think they raised squirrels for meat. It had been turned into a garage at some point. We ran our business from this building and later added a large room in the back. We had already removed the garage door and added the red door.

On the south side of the house, there was a large screen porch. We removed the screen to open up that side of the house. This phot was taken at an early wedding here at the farm.

Azaleas have been a part of Pineola for a very long time.

This is what the front looked like when we moved in.

This was our first attempt at the front walkway. It was beautiful but required a lot of upkeep and replanting. We eventually decide on boxwoods.

Simone Bassett was our first contact with the Bassett family. It was the start of a wonderful relationship. Simone came back to Pineola and spent the night with us in the room where she was born.

This is shortly after we purchase the farm… Sitting on the north side porch. We were so young!