Customer Stories

Dear Raul, Ricardo, Adan and the Forever Redwood family, We continue to love our pergola and talk about your restorative practices with our students. The garden lab has been a huge success and grown even more with what it has to offer our students and staff. Attached are some new pictures that you are welcome to use. We think of you often and so appreciate all you did to make our pergola a reality. It is already keeping us cool and comfortable! All our best, Marykirk and the entire FDE school community

Hi Raul It all worked out great- the storms even worked in our favor. The crew worked very hard to do the install perfect. We love our Pavillion and look forward to expanding it. Thanks for all your help. JoAnn just told me that she likes going home to our Pavillion and sit out under the party lights.

Dear Forever Redwood, The table has been delivered to a very happy home. Thank you so much. As you can see from the picture happy times have already begun around the new table. Thank you to eveyone who had a hand in creating this table and getting it delivered. We are thrilled. All our best,

Raul Comments: Hi Raul, Finally got this up a few weeks ago. We put up the six legs freestanding in their boots as we added the 4 side rails, next three curved ribs (front, middle , then rear), then the corner and center trusses and then secured the legs in the boots. This allowed for minor adjustments to be made while assembling the beams. System was almost perfectly vertical when legs were secured. Then the first major hurricane hit with 80 mph winds and 31 inches of water. All the packages on the ground were soaked as the tarps were blown off and some warping occurred. Then we put up the rest of the curved ribs. Had to make minor widening of some of the notches to fit the top struts and used large clamps to hold the lattice panels and struts in place to overcome the warping. I still need to replace the 10 inch carriage bolts with the 9” on the trusses to clean up the product. Then the second hurricane hit with 50 mph winds and another 20 inches of water and absolutely no problems. We were within the path of the eyes on both storms. Pix enclosed. What made it fun was constructing over the top of the swim spa. I would recommend separating the hardware into marked packages by type. It would be great if you could incorporate the numbering of the parts in correlation to the diagrams in the installation directions and as I said before, numbering the legs and indicate on numbers on the diagram for the self-installers would be of additional help. Pergola looks great and we have received several compliments. Raul --Thanks,

Raul Comments: Raul Comments: For these barsBroke down and loaded much more easily than I expected. .. rebuilt this morning at my friends house, his 2 year old twins attacked them and were doing hanging leg lifts with no training whatsoever. ..

Thank you both for working through many obstacles to gel this project completed. The Gazebo was a big hit at our summer party. We love the functionality of the sliding panels, and the panoramic views it affords. The wood coloration is beautiful. Attached are a number of pictures throughout the project, and during its inaugural use by my band for the party. Below are some things I thought may be useful for you for future projects. Overall we are very happy with the structure. It has greatly enhanced the use of our back yard. Thank you for all of your work.

Dear Raul, Ricardo, Adan, and all the staff from Forever Redwood, We want to thank you for all you have done to make our new pergola possible. Our students, parents, staff, and community were speechless when they saw the pergola complete. The pergola is beautiful and stands proudly in the center of the garden lab. Attached is a picture of the pergola with more pictures to come. We are so proud to be partners with you and hope to stay in touch. With deep appreciation, Marykirk and the entire FDE school community

Very happy with our Pergola, and installers did a great job! Here is our submission for next year's contest. .. Thanks, Raul. ..

Well, it did start on the 15th but it took three days because your guys were so careful. And it's beautiful. We are absolutely blown away by the quality of the wood, the joints, and the construction. My contractor, who is detail oriented, excellent, and a friend from childhood had one comment; stunning. Adan did a great job and cleaned up the site completely when he was done. He put all the debris in a corner and said he would be back for it. We couldn't be happier. When we finish the landscaping in the backyard we'll send an updated picture. In this one you see your team, our parron' and our vineyards. Thank you!

Hi Raul, Thanks for the photo contest fun. My friends enjoyed seeing all of the cool furniture that you all work so hard in making. You have certainly put many ideas in the heads of viewers for the upcoming season. I had wanted to send you these pictures last year but totally forgot. I was inspired by another customer who wrote about making a tray stand from the shipping pallet, so my son Hunter and I lugged all of the pieces of the shipping pallet to the backyard (in the pouring rain) and went to work. We decided to make a storage unit for the winter seasons wood. We secured the top with plexiglass, put hinges on the sides and swing closures on the front. It turned out okay for a mom and son project :) Thanks again for sharing your forest and. .. initiating some mom and son time. Your work is beautiful even in shipping.

Raul CostCo had these greatly improved solar light, they give my Man Cave more appeal at night. .. light stay on after dusk for at least 6 hours. .. also had a Bocce Ball Court built on the hill above our Gazebo. .. life is good! !! Thoroughly enjoying your product! !!

Thanks so much to Raul, Paty and Alejandro for the gorgeous, monster 20x20 Pavillion and for all the advice and hand-holding on the design and ordering process. Not only was the Pavillion beautiful and very well-constructed, they even applied a custom stain of my choice so it matched my existing deck when it arrived. Assembly was a snap and all the pre-drilled pieces lined up perfectly. Special thanks to Adan for the tip on how to lift the giant, pre-assembled trusses into place, made the heavy part much easier. Here's a couple photos of their awesome work, although they don't do it justice. If you love redwood and can appreciate something truly special around your home or business I can't recommend Raul and his team strongly enough.

Victor and Alejandro We want to let you both know how pleased we are with our new table, chairs and benches. We broke it in with a party on the 4th of July and everyone loved the entire set. Thank you for your great work and keeping us informed along the way. It was much appreciated. We also ordered cushions for the chairs, but not for the benches. Do you know what size we'd need to order if we wanted matching bench cushions? Thank you

Hello Raul We have been faithful customers since 2006 and we LOVE the pieces we bought with Forever Redwood. We also appreciate the philosophy of the company and the service that was provided. We thoroughly enjoy your products and we think you are doing a terrific job! Take care,

Hello Raul It is a warm day in CT and we are enjoying our new Pergola the first time. We really love it, the material and the craftsmanship are superb. The pergola looks amazing and gives us the shade we desperately need in hot summer days to come. Your installation crew was courteous, professional and fast. Please convey our sincerest thanks to them all. It has been a pleasure working with you all and you, Raul, are running a great company! Thank you again.

Raul Thanks for a great customer experience. Your crew were amazing craftsmen and exceeded expectations. Many thanks! Jeff G. - Broomfield, CO

Hi Raul Just wanted to send you a picture of your bench at our new Asian Highlands exhibit. They look fantastic! Take a closer look and you’ll see one of our snow leopards in the tunnel of the building J Thanks for all your help!

Raul Here are several photos we would like to enter in the contest. We get so many compliments regarding the arbor. We are so happy with the purchase. Thanks!

Good morning! Love the table. Great work. Thanks!

Sorry, they are not good pictures but I love what you guys have done. Excuse the different colors of the gazebo and the extension, I think they may have used the wrong stain, but no biggie.

Hello! Thanks and thanks to Patty Vallejo who helped with the design of the perfect table for the tabletop fire pit. Definitely enjoying the furniture.