Who is Inhale?

From left to right: Olivia, Dean, Haley, Selah, and Lyje holding little Adaline

"Hi there! We are a small family business, and we are so glad you found us!

"Hi!

I (Haley), am a 3rd generation florist with over 20 years of experience, and along with my daughter Olivia, and the rest of my wonderful family, are the faces of Inhale.

We have deep roots in floristry; Julia, my grandma, was a florist for 25 years and she still designs for her church today, in her 80's! My mother, Jackie-Marie, runs the B.C division of Inhale Floral out of Invermere, B.C. Over the years she, and my dad, have traveled to help Olivia and I set-up and design on many large events. With our family's combined 75 years of experience, expertise and passion for flowers, we are confident that we can make your floral dreams a reality.

The tribe around Great, Great-Grandma Julia, who started our love for all things flowers. Five generations altogether!!

My journey began as a young, stay-at-home mom, with three beautiful babies in a lovely little flower garden. As I learned to arrange my home-grown blooms into bouquets for brides at church, my personal love for floral design and entrepreneurship was ignited. Somehow, I transitioned from selling gerbera daisy stems in my tiny flower stand by the road, to designing for movie stars and movie sets in Vancouver, and flying to remote private islands to design for corporate retreats. Inhale has now been a part of award-winning, multi-day, multi-themed, multi-million dollar events, with celebrity performances, for thousands of international guests. (I just reread that sentence for the dozenth time, and forgive me as I choke up.) What an unbelievable journey it's been so far.

Humble beginnings. Olivia helping me in our little flower stand ~age 10

Whistler, BC & Maui, Hawaii event set-ups:

Inhale Flower bouquets in the "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Netflix series:

Inhale arrangements for various galas, retreats and private functions:

I'm thankful for this "About Us" page. I'm not one to journal, so writing this, and looking through past event photos, has forced me to sit still and reminisce about where we've come from, and I'm so in awe looking back. I feel overwhelmed with gratefulness for my life, and my family, who has supported me and worked alongside me. I wouldn't have wanted to do any of this beautiful life without them!

The kids thru the years, happily helping mom. My joys!

My mom and dad at various events with me over the years. To this day, always as involved as possible, supporting me with the brainstorming, logistics, building, prepping, loading, styling, designing, coffee runs, and bringing the Taylor guitar to supply the background music. Love them to bits!

So that brings us to fall, 2024. My husband, Dean, had a work opportunity in Red Deer, so I have found myself back where I grew up. My parents pastored a church here when I was little, and I am happy to have come "home", but I wondered where Inhale could fit into this new landscape.

After making some wonderful new relationships in the industry, we heard the requests for high-end faux florals and responded with our whole hearts.

We offer both FRESH flowers as well as ARTIFICIAL rental options, so our clients can choose to customize their event and enjoy the ease, cost-savings and simplicity of one company handling it all.

Knowing that we had found our niche, needless to say, we are so inspired!

Dreamy Dean~ My Rock and the backbone of the business. The guy who never applied for the job and works for free, but can’t quit, even though he jokes about it constantly...never seriously, lol (right babe?) Love him like crazy!

I remember back to when we were planning our own wedding and realizing that the lush, romantic floral arch and aisle flowers were beyond our budget...even as a florist, buying wholesale, and doing the work ourselves...not that I wanted to!

Besides the expense, knowing that it would all end up in the trash at the end of the night is the absolute WORST feeling for a florist!! Over the years, seeing the waste after every event, our family has become more active finding and using more sustainable practices. I read somewhere that the average wedding of 100 guests generates 400-600lbs of garbage. Sounds right as we've seen it first hand, and the idea of a circular economy (renting, instead of one-time use) is a big move in the right direction.

Secondly, knowing how absolutely INCREDIBLE faux flowers have become over the last few years, we are excited to embark on the challenge of transferring all of our expertise in fresh floral installations over to faux, rentable pieces. The designing and building of the actual arrangements is the easy part. For us, it's the sourcing of the best quality, most REALISTIC flowers that was the big challenge. We have ALWAYS had very high standards for quality, and that's not going to change. Refusing to put our name behind anything that even remotely says 'cheap' or poor quality, we began tracking down the flowers that are exact replicas of real flower varieties that we know and love.

Our aim is to have every event unique and not cookie cutter copies.

Inspired by our deep roots in this gorgeous wild west, you'll recognize our Collection names, for sure, but the collections are just inspiration, so let us know what you're dreaming of! We can't wait to work with all the local wedding vendors, and venue owners to serve you and have you all join our family.

I hope you will follow our wonderful life on social. Look for all five generations behind the scenes; from our adorable Grandma Julia to our mischievous granddaughter, Adaline, it truly is a family biz!

“ Hi, I'm Olivia, and I'm proud to say that I'm a 4th generation florist. I just got back from crossing off one of my bucket-list items, volunteering internationally for the past 3 months, and now I'm ready and excited to launch a new division of our Alberta based business in the Columbia Valley, B.C.!

Me at a flower farm and nearby cliffs outside La Paz, Mexico

Growing up with both my mom and dad as hard-working entrepreneurs in their own businesses has inspired me to be self-motivated, resilient and hard working. I have seen how hard you have to hustle and I love the challenge! My first memories are watering the flower garden, passing tools to my dad, and washing buckets or de-thorning roses with my mom. I am so thankful for the strong work ethic they instilled in me and my siblings. I appreciate the opportunities, but deep down it's the encouragement they gave me to be confident and open to those opportunities, that I'm truly grateful for.