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When you buy from a small business, an actual person does a little happy dance.
Little Beehive supports small NZ business and local Nelson talent
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HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Little Beehive Co-Op was founded in 2014 by two Nelson creatives, Paula Ossevoort & Rachael Brown. Both looking to connect & collaborate with other artists and have a place to showcase their work. The idea was sparked, the perfect building was found, we had a bunch of local talent & within weeks the doors were open to the public.
Our Hardy St premises where it all began
Wooden beer crates came in handy for shelving
OVER THE YEARS
When we opened the doors in 2014 we had a small 4m sq shop space, two rooms with six work stations & a hallway space for exhibitions as well as an area to run workshops. Over the years we evolved, members came & went and the shop took off to be a great success. The beer crates were slowly replaced with proper shop fittings and eventually we took out two walls to more than double the shop space.
