 In 2016, Johnson bought a 575 acre farm in Burgaw, North Carolina and started Penderlea Farms.Johnson purchased the farmland with a goal to grow and preserve historic Live Oak trees, namingly those mentioned in the Live Oaks Society—one of which was the Airlie Garden Live Oak, famously rooted in Wilmington, North Carolina.Johnson intends to carry on the DNA of these heirlooms into new generations.