Steve was a very successful restauranteur in Atlanta. In 1991 he sold his business and bought an old farmhouse and some property adjoining it. This farmhouse has now become The Inn at Serenbe. After years of living at the farmhouse, Steve and his daughter Garnie were out for a long run along the property only to see bulldozers tearing down 20 acres of land adjacent to his. This stopped him in his tracks and he worried what would become of that land and the remainder of the land around him. He wanted to protect it, he wanted to do something different. Steve and his daughter decided to set out to learn about design and more specifically biophilic design. He also knew that he had to step up and step into the unknown for what he had envisioned for what would become Serenbe.