The Chinese buyer scrapped the lot clean. Her Japanese gardener must have been heart broken.
The centuries-old hatred continues.
I am sorry about her garden. I'm a little heart-broken, too... It's painful when people bulldoze memories. Eventually, I will have to deal/cope with selling my parents' home and property. I have no doubt their 1970s "low-ceiling" home will be mowed down for the sake of a giant McMansion, as you say. Smooth stucco and Spanish tile seem to make the world go 'round these days.
I just want goats, chickens, and room to roam.
MrsB