Meredith May is a 5th-generation beekeeper, and author of the best-selling memoir THE HONEY BUS, published in 18 countries. Her debut illustrated children's book MY HIVE is about learning the art of beekeeping from her grandfather. She is a former award-winning reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle where she kept several rooftop hives. She lives in Carmel Valley, California, where she tends her bees and volunteers as a scuba diver for the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Garden communicator at her award-winning website, The Garden Diaries, Claire is a landscape/floral designer, garden travel leader, and has worked at the White House as a floral designer many times. She is a frequent presenter at Flower Shows, Botanic Gardens, and Master Gardeners. Claire practices what she preaches on her own Maryland two-acre property which includes a buzzing meadow, mixed hedgerow, vegetable garden, planting borders, and honey-producing apiary.