Wild Oak Farms

THE STORY

God's Country, Built by Hand

There are properties you find. Then there are properties that find you.

In 2017, Corbin and Sarah Dickson spent the night in Lincoln County, Georgia, and woke up knowing they'd never leave. The next morning, standing at the edge of a raw cow pasture on a hilltop 500 feet above sea level, Corbin saw the vista stretching toward the horizon and made a decision on the spot. This was the place.

What followed was eight years of building — a home, a family, a nursery, and a community — all from the ground up. Every fence post was set by hand. Every piece of gravel was laid. Corbin and Sarah built the house together, right down to the hardwood floors Sarah hammered in herself.

Wild Oak Farms is the rare offering of a property that has been genuinely loved into existence.

"When I came out to this property the first time, I knew it was something special. We call it coming to God's country — and that's truly what it is for us." — Corbin Dickson, Founder & Owner

THE LAND:

50 Perfectly Proportioned Acres Atop Lincoln County

The property is a clean, rectangular 50-acre tract — deceptively simple on a map, extraordinary in person. Sitting 500 feet above sea level, the farm commands sweeping 360-degree vistas of the Georgia Piedmont, with clear-sky views that extend toward the Atlantic on a clear day. Thunderstorms roll in from the west like theater. Snowfall across the open pastures is something you don't forget.

Below the hilltop nursery, the land drops approximately 150 feet down to a year-round hardwood creek bottom — 15 degrees cooler in summer, alive with black walnut, hickory, oak, beech, ash, persimmon, and native pine. The creek holds crawfish and small fish. Turkey roost along its banks. Deer trails thread through the bottom daily.

The pastures above have never been treated with herbicides or harsh chemicals. They are clean, natural, and ready — whether for horses, livestock, or continued agricultural use. Wild Oak's biodiversity is remarkable: this is not a monoculture farm but a living landscape of native species woven together into something the next owner will spend years discovering.

PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS

What Makes Wild Oak Unlike Any Other

• Hilltop Vistas: Sitting at 500 feet above sea level — 170 feet above nearby Lake Thurmond — the farm commands sunrise views, star-filled nights, the Milky Way, and even the Northern Lights on rare, remarkable evenings.
• 4,000 Sq Ft Farmhouse: Seven bedrooms — including a full finished basement with living area — wrapped in wrap-around porches and designed to look like a 100-year-old farmhouse. Built by the Dicksons themselves, with custom cabinetry and hardwood floors laid by hand.
• Commercial Nursery: 13,000+ sq ft of greenhouse space producing 500+ plant varieties annually. Open just 35 hours a year across seven Saturdays — and generating over 20,000 plant sales per season. Fully Wi-Fi controlled and remotely operable from anywhere in the world.
• Wildlife : Deer and turkey are year-round residents. The hardwood creek bottom provides natural habitat corridors, and deer have been harvested from the porch itself. Dove hunting over the nursery fields is a seasonal bonus.
• Year-Round Creek: A spring-fed, hardwood-lined creek runs the length of the lower property. Native black walnut lines the banks. The family uses it as their "city park" — Low Country boils, crawfish hunts, and fishing with the kids.
• Lake Thurmond Access: Just 10 minutes from the boat ramp, with 77,000 acres of striper and bass fishing, beaches, and camping. One of the Southeast's great recreational lakes — practically in the backyard.
• No Mosquitoes: Due to the constant hilltop breeze and elevation above the Georgia gnat line, Wild Oak Farms is virtually insect-free — even in summer. The porch needs no screen. This is rarer than it sounds in the rural South.
• Native Biodiversity: Hickory, oak, beech, persimmon, pine, ash, and black walnut grow wild across the property. Chemical-free pastures maintained naturally for over 50 years. This land has been stewarded, not stripped.
• Turnkey Operations Manual: Corbin has developed a comprehensive 52-week nursery playbook — covering propagation, planting schedules, fertilization, sales events, and customer management — so the next owner can step in with confidence, even with zero nursery experience.

THE BUSINESS:

35 Hours a Year. A Full Season's Income.

When Corbin Dickson Googled "most profitable small crop farming," trees came up first. He had never touched a plant in his life. Today, Wild Oak Farms is a thriving commercial nursery with seven greenhouses, 13,000 square feet of growing space, and over 500 varieties moving off the sales lot across just seven Saturdays a year.

The model is deceptively simple: open five hours per sale day, 35 total hours annually. On each of those Saturdays, upwards of 1,000 customers arrive — cars stretching the length of the farm road — and they move through the operation like a market day. The inventory turns. The community shows up. And when it's over, the gates close until next time.

After Hurricane Helene tore through the region, Wild Oak was positioned perfectly. When the gates opened for the next sale, 20 to 30 people lined up and ran straight for the Tea Olives. Three hundred sold in 60 seconds. That is the loyalty this nursery has built.

This is not a hobby farm with ambitions. It is a proven, income-producing business with a loyal repeat customer base, a complete 52-week operational playbook, and infrastructure designed to run itself — all ready to hand off to the right next steward.

The Nursery by Numbers:

• 7 Greenhouses · 13,000+ sq ft total
• 500+ Plant varieties annually
• 1,000+ Customers per sale day
• 35 hrs Total public hours per year

WHAT GROWS HERE:

A Living Inventory, Seven Categories Deep

Wild Oak is not a single-crop operation. Over eight years, Corbin built a diverse, rotating inventory that meets nearly every landscaping need a homeowner, contractor, or developer could bring through the gate. The product mix is what keeps 1,000 people coming back every spring — and what makes the business resilient through any single growing season.

• Signature Trees: Summer Red Maple — a staff favorite that shows red new growth all summer, not just in fall. Eastern Redbud for understory planting. Murray Cypress and Green Giant for privacy. All grown and hardened on-site for this climate.
• Shrubs & Roses: A wide rotation of proven-winner edible roses, Tea Olives — which sell in a frenzy and smell extraordinary in bloom — and a curated selection of shrubs timed to show different profiles from March through May.
• Perennials & Annuals: Hot Pokers, Daisies, Salvia, Angelonia, Petunias, Zinnias, and deer-resistant varieties like Sally and Saucy Red Salvia. Hostas grown two full years to flush out beautifully. Begonias producing spectacular blooms all spring.
• Fruit Trees: Peaches, pears, plums, apples (including Anna Apple), blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. All grown with minimal chemical input — neem oil and natural treatments only — because Corbin knows families take these trees home to eat from.
• Herbs & Vegetables: A fully dedicated, pesticide-free greenhouse for food production — rosemary, thyme, mint, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and vegetable starts. Treated with neem oil only. Customers know exactly what went into every plant they take home.
• Succulents & Natives: Multiple varieties of Sedum for low-water, full-sun applications. An expanding selection of natives for Lake Thurmond area replanting — a booming post-hurricane market that Wild Oak is uniquely positioned to serve.

INFASTRUCTURE:

Built to Run From Anywhere

The engineering behind Wild Oak Farms is what makes the business model possible. Corbin built a nursery that a single person — or couple — can operate remotely, monitor in real time, and adjust from a phone on the other side of the world.

The irrigation system runs miles of underground drip pipe across the entire nursery, controlled by four Wi-Fi-enabled digital controllers that integrate directly with an on-site weather station. If it rains an inch on the other side of Lincoln County but not at Wild Oak, the system knows. Watering schedules adjust automatically — or Corbin adjusts them manually from overseas via the same app that runs the pan-and-zoom camera network.

Fertilization is delivered through the irrigation itself — a Dosatron liquid injection system runs a triple-20 fertilizer blend through the drip lines, feeding every plant on a consistent schedule without manual application.

The four primary 2,000 sq ft greenhouses, plus a dedicated 1,000 sq ft food-production house, are equipped with auxiliary heaters, ventilation fans, and shade cloth — holding 55–65°F overnight in winter and venting heat on sunny February days that climb to 85°F inside with no additional heating required.

• Irrigation: Miles of underground drip pipe · 4 Wi-Fi controllers · Weather-station integrated · iPhone app controlled from anywhere in the world
• Fertilization: Dosatron liquid injection system · Triple-20 fertilizer delivered through irrigation lines · Automated, consistent feeding all season
• Climate Control: Auxiliary heaters & ventilation fans in all houses · 55–85°F maintained year-round · Shade cloth installed seasonally · Plastic covers from January through Masters Week
• Monitoring: Remote pan-and-zoom camera network · On-site weather station · Full visibility into plant health, sprinkler zones, and site conditions from any device

LOCATION:

Centered in the Southeast's Best

Lincolnton, Georgia is one of the Southeast's best-kept secrets — four near-full seasons, a tight-knit community, clean air, and a geographic sweet spot that puts everything within reach without the noise of city life.

Wild Oak Farms sits at the intersection of recreation, culture, and country living, with quick access to the best the region has to offer.

• 30–45 min: Augusta, GA (shopping, dining, medical)
• 45 min: Augusta National / The Masters
• 45 min: Athens, GA (UGA Game Day)
• 2 hrs: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport
• 3 hrs: Georgia Mountains
• 3 hrs: Atlantic Coast Beaches
• 10 min: Lake Thurmond Boat Ramp (77,000 acres)
• On-Site: Miles of Horse Trails at Bussey Point nearby

WHY IT'S AVAILABLE:

A Greater Calling

Corbin and Sarah didn't plan to sell Wild Oak Farms. They built it to keep. But two years ago, a friend invited Corbin to Liberia, West Africa — and what he found there changed everything. He fell in love with serving the Lord overseas and discovered that every skill he'd built at Wild Oak — plant propagation, drip irrigation, agricultural systems — could be translated into life-changing work overseas.

Today, Corbin and Sarah lead a well-drilling ministry, a cocoa nursery, and drip-irrigation farming projects across Liberia, returning every three months for weeks at a time. The nursery's remotely operated design makes short trips manageable — but months-long missions are a different matter.

Wild Oak Farms is being offered not because it has failed, but because it succeeded beyond expectation — and because something even greater has called its builder away. The proceeds will fund continued mission work around the world.

The Dicksons are not just selling a property. They are passing a stewardship.

Wild Oak Farms is suited for the family seeking country life with purpose, the investor looking for an income-producing rural property, or the retiree ready to trade the commute for a porch, a creek, and 77,000 acres of lake just down the road.

The Dicksons would love to sit down with the right buyer and walk them through the operation personally. This is a handoff, not just a transaction.