Meet Raleigh

My Story and Product

I was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains - in Boone, North Carolina to be exact. That’s where I live and work today.

I created this line of garden products from natural materials native to my hometown, referencing designs from the Arts & Crafts Movement and Classical Art & Architecture.

My team and I work with several different types of local wood: locust, poplar bark, rhododendron and sugar maple to name a few.

The locust has been used by generations of families in my area. Typically this hardood is used for fences and railings: in fact, before codes became so strict, it was even used to buttress the foundations of homes. The wood is so unusually hard that it has to be cut with a chainsaw.