(New location | Photo courtesy of Instant Landscaping)
Instant Landscaping is holding a grand-reopening on Saturday, May 25 at their historic Nels Andersen Farmhouse new location at 63291 Nels Anderson Rd. The event features live music by the Desert Sons Band, complimentary hot dogs and door prizes.
The grand reopening is part of National Historic Preservation Month. The farmhouse was built by Bend pioneer and Danish immigrant Nels Andersen. Andersen arrived in Bend and filed for a homestead in 1915. He established the Lilly Dairy named for his bride Lillian. They built their Tudor style stucco home in 1929 and lived there until selling their property to the Bradetich Brothers Dairy in the late 1940’s.
Instant Landscaping owners Tim and Julie Larocco have rescued the Andersen Farmhouse twice. Soon after purchasing the house, they undertook an award-winning restoration, and again in 2022 when the house was threatened by the ODOT Hwy. 97 Realignment Project. Wolfe House and Building Movers worked with the entire crew of Instant Landscaping to relocate the farmhouse 700 yards north to its present site at 63291 Nels Anderson Rd.
