Award-Winning Olive Farm Hits the Market for $6.7 Million—Bringing a Slice of the Mediterranean to Rural Georgia

A rare opportunity to own a slice of Mediterranean-style paradise has cropped up in rural Georgia, where a breathtaking 282-acre olive farm is on the market for the first time in more than 170 years.

The expansive property, which has been in the same family since 1954, is listed for $6.65 million—but with that price comes not only the potential to venture into a fascinating new industry, but also the chance to experience a lifestyle unlike many others in the U.S.

Known as Woodpecker Trail Olive Farm, the enormous plot of land—home to a picturesque farmhouse surrounded by 11,000 olive trees—has been producing award-winning olive oil for several years now, having been repurposed by its current owners, Tracy and Curtis Poling, when they took it over.

The Glennville, GA, land has been in Tracy’s family since 1854, passed down from generation to generation, until she inherited it from her father. However, before Tracy and Curtis took it on, the property was used to grow pine timber.

When it fell into their hands, the couple decided there was ample opportunity to do something a bit different.

“Curtis is a big researcher, so he started researching what would grow here besides pine timber, because that’s what we have been doing in the past,” Tracy Poling tells Realtor.com®. “That’s what led us down the olive tree path.”

In 2015, the couple planted their first olive trees, and four years later, they completed their first harvest.

(There are 11 varieties of olive trees. Realtor.com)

(The first trees were planted in 2015. Realtor.com)

(There are multiple structures. Realtor.com)

(A farmhouse is on the property. Realtor.com)

“When we started, we started with 4,000 [trees], and I put up 2,000 more, then I put 1,000 more,” Curtis Poling jokes. “The number keeps changing because I keep adding more, and I can’t stop.”

Now, after almost 10 years, the duo have become the producers of some of the finest olive oil in the world. Mr Poling reveals: “We’re one of a few places on the East Coast where the Mediterranean meets the East. We’re an award-winning olive oil grower and producer. It was considered one of the world’s best olive oils.”

(Everything conveys with the sale. Realtor.com)

(The oils have won many awards. Realtor.com)

(The home has three bedrooms. Realtor.com)

(The kitchen is updated. Realtor.co

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