At Kornegay Design we believe that truly sustainable products combine fine, timeless design and enduring structural integrity. This philosophy of providing products that are both beautiful and have a long life is at the very heart of our business. With an emphasis on creating quality products, we instinctively gravitate toward manufacturing processes and materials that minimize our company's impact on the environment.

Our Products

It begins with our products. We make all of our planters and receptacles from cast concrete, a time-honored durable material. We use a by-hand casting process, not a motorized batch plant. We mix individual concrete batches for each piece and fill each mold by hand. This allows us to make an extremely dense concrete mix that uses less water, requires little electricity and results in minimal waste.

98% of the materials used in our Standard Mix are extracted within a 500-mile radius of our facility.
We use fly ash (a recycled post-industrial material that is a by-product of coal-fired electric generating plants) to replace 20 percent of the Portland cement in our mix. Fly ash also helps reduce the amount of water in the mix. Our Sonoran Desert location makes us particularly sensitive to our company's water usage.

We design our products for a long life for use in high-traffic areas and harsh environmental conditions. Our Standard Mix has a psi of 6500 (pounds per square inch), far above the industry standard of 3500. Moreover, at the end of use, cast concrete is 100% recyclable.

Our Phoenix Building

In 2005 we purchased our current facility, a 1960s building located in an old industrial area near downtown Phoenix. Our goal is to achieve the highest environmental standards for our facility. In 2009 Arizona State University graduate students in landscape architecture used our building as a case study. They designed roof rainwater reclamation plans to supply water for our manufacturing process and for use in a planned landscape project. We were delighted when two of those students received Arizona ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects) awards for their design proposals.

Our Company

We recycle all concrete waste, concrete bags, sand and office materials. All of us at Kornegay Design work together to minimize waste and recycle whenever possible. Despite our continued growth, we have reduced our garbage by 50% since 2007.

Creating a healthy work environment for our staff is a company priority. We provide excellent health insurance, paid holidays, vacations, sick and personal days.

Kornegay Design is a corporate member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and we belong to the Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. In addition, we are members of the Arizona Nursery Association and Arizona Landscape Contractors. In 2009, the Arizona Chapter of the ASLA honored co-owner Paula Kornegay with the Friend of Arizona Landscape Architecture award.

Kornegay Design is pleased to donate planters to many charitable fundraising events throughout Arizona and supports several international and community organizations with financial donations.