My name is Rachael and I'm the florist and owner of Sage Valley Floral in Pocatello, Idaho. I started doing weddings when a friend asked me to put together some bouquets for a wedding, and I was hooked. 

However, from the beginning, I saw how 70% of our flowers come from Columbia, traveling thousands of miles to get to our events here in Idaho. I also saw how many of the farms in Columbia and other South American countries function with little regulation, often giving their workers very long hours for little pay. These monocrop flower farms have begun replacing local agriculture and trade in some areas and stressing local communities for enough ground water. Not to mention the unnecessary fossil fuels and CO2 emissions to get flowers from Central/South America to Idaho. For these reasons I love to support the flower farms here in Idaho and Northern Utah to get the most local flowers, knowing I am supporting ethical and sustainable practices, and drastically reducing the environmental footprint, in getting flowers to our events. I also use flowers from my own expanding flower garden- flowers like clematis, feverfew, yarrow, bachelor buttons, sunflowers, and more. 

If you want unique, local flowers for your wedding you have come to the right place. You'll know your flowers have a good story behind them and are grown right here in our beautiful high desert. 

Check out the farms I work with the most!