Avery is the inspiration and energy behind everything we do! Avery is a mom, gardener, entomologist, outdoorswoman, artist, and world traveler, and loves finding beautiful products that delight the consumer and support an artist or producer. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area with an artist dad and interior designing mom, Avery spent her childhood surrounded by art and learning about design aesthetics. Her early years were spent living in Japan and travelling the world with her parents and siblings. Having witnessed extreme poverty since an early age, Avery went on to work as a volunteer in both Mexico and Nicaragua and since founding Apiaria has travelled extensively with the goal of sourcing products that support artists, cooperatives and organizations that help people thrive.

Steven served as a beekeeper in the Peace Corps in Paraguay where he taught impoverished farmers how to produce honey as a secondary income generating activity and subsequently worked in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Nicaragua, spending a total of seven years working with bees and rural people in Latin America. Since then, he built a career as a professional benefit auctioneer and fundraiser, and he is known as a powerful force in raising funds for charities, having played a key role in generating many millions of dollars. Steve’s other passions are sports, travel and art, all of which are well represented in Apiaria.