Learn more about John and this amazing garden here: www.houzz.com/houzz-tv/a-california-dream-garden-brings-healing-and-wholeness-stshtvvw-vt~112016806?vm=list
To the Whole team that produced this episode; What a beautifully captured and masterful crafted ode to nature. From the story and the man to the property, transformation and of course the power of rejuvenation alongside nature. Well Done Everyone involved. Bravo!
A life’s story that transformed a space into a paradise. Very brave to share his personal experience with HIV to explain the healing that can be achieved by gardening and taking care of something special
Just a little heads up: a lot of the views for this video will be me watching it again and again, whenever I need a booster shot of this perfect vision of a dream home.
Oh my, I saw this video because I subscribe to the Houzz channel, but I didn’t even expect this nice surprise - I am also HIV positive since 2001, and two years ago I began to turn my lawn into a flower garden. I don’t know what I’m doing, but it is so therapeutic and I spend most of my earnings on plants. His gardens are so beautiful; I’m jealous. I hope someday I can create something similar. Actually, this video has definitely inspired me to do better.
Awesome! I just quit my career to work in a nursery and am doing something similar...I hope my garden is even a fraction of this property’s beauty wow. What a dream to own such a property!
My favorite part was “I’d find a plant I love..bring it home.. and wonder around with it & find a perfect place for it” I really thought I was the only one who did that like a physco.
...the fox came because he saw your energy as part of nature...a few happy tears as I so appreciate y’all sharing this unique/stunning property that has helped you heal...
God bless John Calhoun and what he has created...it brings tears to my eyes when someone really "gets it" and passes it forward like he's doing. So beautiful!
Roaming through the property, listening to John's soothing voice, hearing & feeling his life's journey, I almost felt like I was experiencing a Fairytale. They I thought that this is a ' Souls Sanctuary'. My Grandfather said ' When you take care of the soil and plant something, hoping it to flourish, you in turn will flourish'. I personally know this to be true. The part when John said 'He brings home a plant and wanders around to find it's spot' Touched my Soul and showed the Character & LOVE this man has in his Soul. Not only has he enriched his own life, he has enriched the life's of everyone who watches this video and who happens to be in his life. John you are a true Inspiration & Warrior! I Commend you on your decisions & life's journey. I will Pray for you, your health and your journey. I wish you many amazing moments in life, for you definitely deserve them. I have watched this video SO many times already, and this will be my ' Comfort' video, as life is what we make of it. Stay Strong, Stay Healthy, and Stay Positive....Blessings ❤ Thank you for this amazing video!
Wawwww, The garden is heaven! So many beautiful details, harmony, colours.. You instant wish to live forever bere! The landscaper, amazing! IT is so overwhelming that i burst in tears!
So happy that you are taming the beast and loving your life as an accidental gardener....you've done a splendid job of it, John....my partner and I salute your spirit and your lovely gardens! J. Pyke
Never seen such a beautiful multi-dimensional look of a garden. What a beautiful scenery to see every morning, you really don't get bored on looking at it because it has it's own characters on it. Hoping to see more beautiful garden looking like this in the future.
This brought me to tears I lost my God father 💔 to aids and I garden and it's beyond soothing you've seriously made heaven on Earth this is stunning ty for sharing your story and place ❤️
This was very touching I love being outside. But I would like waking up to this beautiful oasis. Being outside with the beauty is always breathtaking. Thanks for sharing your beautiful home and garden. Very cool👍🏾👍🏾✌🏾🌻🌻🌻🌻👌🏾
This garden and house just draws my breath away! To be able to landscape such an expanse of land and to be able to meld it seamlessly with nature is such an achievement.
What a lovely lovely homeowner-to quote Field of Dreams, if you build it they will come. Wishing many more years or health, happiness and tending your magical space
This is so gorgeous! I love everything you have created. Mr. Calhoun could teach others. :D Thank you for sharing such a beautiful, peaceful place with us, and thank you Mr. Calhoun for opening up to the world about what inspired you to do this.
This story and short "film" is so inspiring that there's a kind of joy springing inside me and my tears just welled... This provides me an insight on what I do with the remainder of my lifetime... Thank you Houzz and Mr. Calhoun for sharing this magical personal life-affirming experience...
Beautiful, moving piece. John is an amazing soul who’s created a magical and beautiful place. Houzz did an exceptional job of portraying both the man and the Shangri-La he created.
absolutely beautiful.. so serene and thank you to this lovely gentleman sharing his love and passion.. may God bless you with many more years to come enjoying your fruitful... peaceful and joyful life...
Learn more about John and this amazing garden here: www.houzz.com/houzz-tv/a-california-dream-garden-brings-healing-and-wholeness-stshtvvw-vt~112016806?vm=list
“I put my hands in the soil and I started to come back to life”. It warms my heart.
To the Whole team that produced this episode;
What a beautifully captured and masterful crafted ode to nature.
From the story and the man to the property, transformation and of course
the power of rejuvenation alongside nature.
Well Done Everyone involved. Bravo!
Thank you, it's one of our favorites as well and we got lucky with the weather
He just created a paradise for himself.
Spectacular. Give your videographer a raise! Beautiful place, filmed very, very well.
So PEACEFUL and beautiful. A talk from the heart.
Wowwww...stunning.. Everything about this video is so soul soothing...!!
A life’s story that transformed a space into a paradise. Very brave to share his personal experience with HIV to explain the healing that can be achieved by gardening and taking care of something special
Beautiful Man, beautiful garden and beautiful lesson on life. Thank you❤️
Just a little heads up: a lot of the views for this video will be me watching it again and again, whenever I need a booster shot of this perfect vision of a dream home.
Thank you.
Oh my, I saw this video because I subscribe to the Houzz channel, but I didn’t even expect this nice surprise - I am also HIV positive since 2001, and two years ago I began to turn my lawn into a flower garden. I don’t know what I’m doing, but it is so therapeutic and I spend most of my earnings on plants. His gardens are so beautiful; I’m jealous. I hope someday I can create something similar. Actually, this video has definitely inspired me to do better.
What a paradise !
😌This is everything. Quarantine would be welcome in this environment. Stay safe everyone!
Beautiful... So beautiful
He has created a paradise! It must be so relaxing to just sit and look at all that beauty.
My oh my, what beautiful piece of land that he has created. Would love just to walk through it to enjoy its beautiful.
Awesome! I just quit my career to work in a nursery and am doing something similar...I hope my garden is even a fraction of this property’s beauty wow. What a dream to own such a property!
My favorite part was “I’d find a plant I love..bring it home.. and wonder around with it & find a perfect place for it”
I really thought I was the only one who did that like a physco.
Those wisterias by the roof side is magical.
This is majestic. It almost makes me want to cry.
That is a masterpiece of a garden! I wish you many, many more years of enjoyment.
Such a gorgeous property! In my favorite corner of the world. And it’s so true that gardening can teach us such appreciation for life.
...the fox came because he saw your energy as part of nature...a few happy tears as I so appreciate y’all sharing this unique/stunning property that has helped you heal...
I imagined heaven would look something like this.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! What a gifted soul to be able to create such beauty out of his own suffering!
Thanks for sharing. Love it. Absolutely fabulous.
OMG this my dream home! Surrounded by nature and growing a garden for the wildlife! 😍😍😍 what a lovely guy!
What a lovely guy and a beautiful space.
This is even prettier than my mind has imagined the Garden of Eden!
its so beautiful----i can almost cry.......that's my dream garden!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing your garden with us.
What a beautiful serene and enchanting garden... Imagine waking up to this is... a dream 😍😍😍
I am really happy you are enjoying your life😀
His sanctuary is beautiful 💚💙♥️
God bless John Calhoun and what he has created...it brings tears to my eyes when someone really "gets it" and passes it forward like he's doing. So beautiful!
Wowwwwwww what an awesome garden 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
You are my hero, John Calhoun!
Wow, what a wonderful place he created. Truly magical!
Creating your home the way you want it takes time. Stunning.
beyond beautiful
Roaming through the property, listening to John's soothing voice, hearing & feeling his life's journey, I almost felt like I was experiencing a Fairytale. They I thought that this is a ' Souls Sanctuary'.
My Grandfather said ' When you take care of the soil and plant something, hoping it to flourish, you in turn will flourish'. I personally know this to be true. The part when John said 'He brings home a plant and wanders around to find it's spot' Touched my Soul and showed the Character & LOVE this man has in his Soul. Not only has he enriched his own life, he has enriched the life's of everyone who watches this video and who happens to be in his life.
John you are a true Inspiration & Warrior! I Commend you on your decisions & life's journey. I will Pray for you, your health and your journey. I wish you many amazing moments in life, for you definitely deserve them. I have watched this video SO many times already, and this will be my ' Comfort' video, as life is what we make of it.
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy, and Stay Positive....Blessings ❤ Thank you for this amazing video!
Wawwww, The garden is heaven!
So many beautiful details, harmony, colours.. You instant wish to live forever bere!
The landscaper, amazing!
IT is so overwhelming that i burst in tears!
This is life. Nature is life, Garden is life. You are a Beautiful soul. God bless you always and Thank you.
California dreaming on such a winter's day. Love the gardens beautiful and peaceful. A labor of love and it shows.
Amazing!!
You Sir is inspiration
What an incredible place by a lovely human.
So happy that you are taming the beast and loving your life as an accidental gardener....you've done a splendid job of it, John....my partner and I salute your spirit and your lovely gardens!
J. Pyke
This is paradise
Never seen such a beautiful multi-dimensional look of a garden. What a beautiful scenery to see every morning, you really don't get bored on looking at it because it has it's own characters on it. Hoping to see more beautiful garden looking like this in the future.
This is the most beautiful house I've ever seen. It is perfect. ❤
Oh my Gosh! Good to know John is not just living, but is alive! In reality, there is a besson to be learned from this.
Wow!!! This is amazing!!! ❤💚💛💚🤗
What an incredible blessing. Truly a slice of paradise, and an example of living holistically well. 💚
This is breathtaking!
This brought me to tears I lost my God father 💔 to aids and I garden and it's beyond soothing you've seriously made heaven on Earth this is stunning ty for sharing your story and place ❤️
This was very touching I love being outside. But I would like waking up to this beautiful oasis. Being outside with the beauty is always breathtaking. Thanks for sharing your beautiful home and garden. Very cool👍🏾👍🏾✌🏾🌻🌻🌻🌻👌🏾
Beautiful. Wish you peace, joy, good health!
My gosh it's magnificent
Absolutely beautiful.. Both your gardens and your wellness
What a beautiful serene garden!
Well done indeed!
Thank you for bringing such health and wholeness to our earth one acre at a time.
This garden and house just draws my breath away! To be able to landscape such an expanse of land and to be able to meld it seamlessly with nature is such an achievement.
Drooling! Dreams do come true with hard work, gratitude and a healing heart
All I can say is WOW! What you have done is amazing!!
What a calm organic stunning garden ! I would be honored to spend time here! Even honored to watch the video!
Really nice garden
This looks like a good place to go grounding. Beautiful.
A most beautiful wonderland of gardens!
How very beautiful
Beautiful video, thank you John and houzz ❤️ would love to meet you one day, sir.
What a lovely lovely homeowner-to quote Field of Dreams, if you build it they will come. Wishing many more years or health, happiness and tending your magical space
Living here would be a Dream Come True. Amazing Man, Amazing Nature. 💕💕
So beautiful...
Inspirational - in the 'now'. A wonderful episode - the man and the gardens, too! x
Beautiful Gardens, Wonderful story. May God continue to Bless you with health and love 🤗😍🙏
I’m seeing this a little late. Majestic indeed. How beautiful that life (in more ways than one) found their way to your home. I love it!
So beautiful 😍
What a beautiful video. Thank you!
What a beautiful place so peaceful
That's a dream garden. Sooooo beautiful. It's perfect. Good job there👏
This is so gorgeous! I love everything you have created. Mr. Calhoun could teach others. :D Thank you for sharing such a beautiful, peaceful place with us, and thank you Mr. Calhoun for opening up to the world about what inspired you to do this.
Absolutely love this property, excellent job and so peaceful! Just stunning! ❤️ So glad he found this spot to help heal himself!
You definitely found the perfect place for every plant, the whole place is stunning. What a journey you have been through x
Blessings of a beautiful journey...thank you for sharing Mr. John ...peace
Wow!!! Just stunning!, so happy that you feel great, health wise. xoxo
Absolutely stunning this is what O call heaven,so happy for your healing success too🇨🇦
This story and short "film" is so inspiring that there's a kind of joy springing inside me and my tears just welled... This provides me an insight on what I do with the remainder of my lifetime... Thank you Houzz and Mr. Calhoun for sharing this magical personal life-affirming experience...
Beautiful gardens, beautiful story. Thanks so much for sharing this. I've now decided I need my own Temple of Gratitude.
Breathtaking wonderful.
I wish I could do a stroll through this great place.
Spectacularly beautiful and serene!🌻🌼🌻
Simply beautiful.. mesmerising
Beautiful, moving piece. John is an amazing soul who’s created a magical and beautiful place. Houzz did an exceptional job of portraying both the man and the Shangri-La he created.
Spectacular...the garden and the journey. Congratulations!!
Beautiful, just beautiful!
wow... I feel just blessed having watched that video... thank you for sharing your paradise
absolutely beautiful.. so serene and thank you to this lovely gentleman sharing his love and passion.. may God bless you with many more years to come enjoying your fruitful... peaceful and joyful life...
Such a beautiful life ❤️ he created with 🌲
So moving! 💕
What an amazing place
Beautiful person and land.