Welcome to Renfrow Farms, a facet of the Renfrow Hardware business in downtown Matthews, North Carolina.
David Blackley, owner of Renfrow Hardware, purchased the hardware store from Frank Renfrow, the last generation of the Renfrow family, back in the 1980s. Mr. Frank Renfrow remained a business partner until his death in 2010, when he left his home estate to the hardware store. The Blackley family decided to use that land to start a farm that would supplement and support Renfrow Hardware’s growing gardening business.
David’s daughter Pressly, upon graduating from NC State in December 2013, moved back to town to join the family business and become the resident farmer. A large portion of the farm’s 9 acres was cultivated for a few generations, but not during the past several decades. We are working hard to rejuvenate the soil and bring things back full-circle.