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From our farm to you.

Longleaf pinestraw grown, raked, delivered and installed by one family — from our tree farm in Lexington and Aiken County to your beds.

A mature, open stand of longleaf pine in morning mist at Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
Longleaf stand, Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, SC. Photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (public domain).
A longleaf pine seedling in its grass stage, one year after planting
A longleaf seedling in its "grass stage," one year after planting. Photo: Dot Paul, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (public domain).

Rooted in longleaf

Longleaf pine once covered millions of acres across the South. It grows on only a fraction of that ground today, though it's making a comeback — and our family's history with longleaf began in the 1990s when we started growing it on our tree farm in Lexington and Aiken County.

We count ourselves privileged to be stewards of this land. We're active in the SC Tree Farm Association, the Lexington County Landowners' Association, and other organizations dedicated to managing our forests well. Man's first vocation was to tend a garden — nature isn't meant to be left "natural" but cultivated and maintained. Our aim is to do that with excellence on the portion of Creation under our care.

Managing longleaf means managing pinestraw.

Longleaf drops needles a little all year, then heavily in late summer and again in the fall. Our operation started by supplying pinestraw harvesters; today we rake, bale, deliver and install it ourselves, direct to you. We serve wholesale distributors and landscapers, and we deliver and install for homeowners throughout the Midlands.

The pinestraw we sell is raked almost entirely from our own farm, and managing those stands is the work behind the product.

Whether we're managing the longleaf forest or installing pinestraw at your home, our aim is excellence and integrity in all we do.

Rolls of freshly raked longleaf pinestraw in the stand on our tree farm
From our farm to your beds
A young longleaf pine flagged beside a roll of pinestraw on our tree farm Our crew blowing off the edges after an install Finished pinestraw beds around a home in the Midlands
Members of
SC Tree Farm Association
Lexington County Landowners' Association

Learn more about longleaf

For the history, ecology, and restoration of longleaf, we recommend the Longleaf Alliance. To learn how to steward your own forest well, reach out to SC Tree Farm or your local Clemson Extension agent.

Our Longleaf Guide
What longleaf is, why fire matters, and how it's managed — on this site.
Read the guide →
The Longleaf Alliance
History, ecological significance, and restoration across the South.
longleafalliance.org →
SC Tree Farm
Stewarding your own forest well in South Carolina.
sctreefarm.org →
Clemson Extension
Find your county's forestry agent.
clemson.edu/extension →
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