Our Beginning
In 2015, Sarah Chen opened Pretty Petals Flowers on a quiet corner of Maple Street after her mother passed away. Mom had spent her last spring tending an overgrown garden—roses, peonies, dahlias—and Sarah found herself spending Saturday mornings at the farmer’s market, buying flowers just to fill the house with what her mother had loved. It wasn’t a business plan. It was grief and flowers and a leased storefront that seemed to have her name on it.
The first arrangement Sarah sold was a $35 hand-tied bouquet to a nervous guy buying flowers for his first date. He came back three weeks later with his girlfriend—now fiancée. That moment, standing behind the counter watching someone’s life shift because of flowers, made Sarah understand that this wasn’t just about honoring her mother anymore. It was about showing up for people when they needed beauty most.
Meet Sarah & the Team
Sarah studied landscape design in Portland before moving back to the neighborhood where she grew up. She’s obsessed with texture and negative space—you’ll notice almost nothing about our arrangements feels crowded. Every bloom has room to breathe.
Marcus, our lead florist since 2019, trained under a Dutch master florist and has a signature trick: he can tell you the exact village a rose comes from just by touching the stem. He’s the reason our wedding work stands out in the region. And then there’s Yuki, who handles design for events and has an almost supernatural ability to know what someone wants before they say it.
Our Signature Style
We work in a deliberately limited palette: cream, sage, dusty rose, and deep green. You won’t find shocking neons or novelty foliage here. Our favorite flowers are garden roses (especially ‘Juliet’), ranunculus, hellebores in winter, and peonies when they’re in season. We believe a bouquet should look like it could have grown up together in the same garden.
Where We Source
Everything starts with the growers. We work with three farms within 50 miles—Hillside Farm in the valley grows the bulk of our seasonal stems, and we supplement with specialty growers for roses and imported varieties during winter months. This isn’t just about freshness (though our arrangements last 2-3 weeks longer than typical shop flowers). It’s about knowing who grows what, understanding the soil and weather these flowers survived, and building real relationships. Sarah knows the Hillside crew by name. That matters.
What We Believe In
Flowers aren’t luxury. They’re oxygen and beauty and a tangible way to say things words can’t. We price fairly because we want flowers to be accessible to everyone in our community, not just for big occasions.
Seasonal matters. Yes, we could import peonies in December. We don’t. When peonies are gone, they’re gone. That scarcity makes them precious.
Relationships matter more than transactions. We remember your favorite colors. We know you’re usually a eucalyptus person but you’re trying something new today. We text you reminders about Mother’s Day because we care, not because we want your money.
Our Community
We sponsor the elementary school’s spring garden project every year. We’ve donated arrangements to every major event in the neighborhood for over a decade. When the community center burned down in 2022, we filled the temporary space with free flowers for three months. This street raised us; we raise it back up.
Visit Us
We’re at 247 Maple Street, open Tuesday through Saturday, 10am–6pm. Come smell something real. Ask about our wedding portfolio. Bring your partner’s favorite color and we’ll design something they’ve never seen before.
