We draw inspiration from the world of fashion but also art, design, architecture, photography and beyond.
Olga Sahraoui
Our flower design, your personality
Sahola Flowers is highly international in its outlook, reflecting the rich and colorful journey Creative Director Olga has travelled in acquiring her technical skills and unique and daring artistic vision.
Flowers reflect our personalities. It’s our privilege to be allowed to transform the flowers you love into the perfect arrangement. Whether it’s a dramatic centerpiece to mark a special occasion or an elegant little spray to cheer up a wet Wednesday. We make sure it will be admired by everyone, but capture your unique personality alone.
Olga
Odessa
Marrakesh
Amsterdam
New York
About Olga
Sahola Flowers was founded by creative director, Olga Sahraoui.
Olga and her colleagues draw inspiration from the world of fashion but also art, design, architecture, photography and beyond. Sahola is also highly international in its outlook, reflecting the rich and colorful journey Olga has travelled in acquiring her technical skills and unique and daring artistic vision.
The pearl of the Black Sea
Olga grew up in Odessa, a major port on the Black Sea that for over 2,500 years has been a crossroads of cultures and influences. The surrounding nature, but especially the stunning cyan-blue of the local sea were early, almost sub-conscious, influences on the young Olga.
A second love on honeymoon
For a couple on honeymoon in Marrakesh, it was an obvious choice to visit Jardin Majorelle, the iconic gardens designed by French artist, Jacques Majorelle, and later the home of fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent, whose ashes are scattered in the rose garden.
Yet entering the gardens, Olga couldn’t know how the exotic plants, Matisse-inspired blues and North African designs were about to form a turning point in her life. “I was so inspired, overwhelmed by the beauty, sophistication, colors, textures… it was love at first sight. I wanted to create my own world from flowers. There and then, I decided to become a floral designer.”
Dutch design, Dutch technique
Her drive to be the best took Olga to the Netherlands, to learn from the best, graduating from the Dutch Floral School as a Master Designer.
In Holland, Olga learnt the finer points of her craft. There she was exposed to a contemporary approach to floristry as an art form, but also to the whole world of flowers, from seed to vase. Olga spent every spare moment visiting nurseries and greenhouses to learn from the world’s leading growers, breeders and other experts in the floral industry.
New York, new beginnings
To realise her dream, Olga moved to New York, where in 2012 she launched the Sahola Flowers.
Sahola serves local and international clients with looks ranging from edgy street to spectacular haute couture. Alongside a highly original prêt-à-porter collection, Sahola produces limited-edition collections inspired by iconic designers such as Coco Channel and SomeOne Else.
Our vision for flower design
The vision behind everything we do at Sahola can be captured in six words:
Spectacular
Our floral arrangements grab you. Creations that bring a gasp or smile of disbelief. From the stunningly extravagant to the stylishly simple, we dare to be different.
Artistry
The basis of great floral design is technique. Only then can you realise your vision. Like a dancer, our designs are elegant because they are strong. If we can imagine it, we can create it.
Haute Couture
We see a close relationship between our type of floristry and fashion. We work at the cutting edge, both in the quality of work we produce and the expectations of our clients.
Open
We dare to be different. We have developed a strong personal signature, but one that is always evolving. Inspired by the world around us, alert to changing trends, open to fresh ideas.
Loving
We put our hearts into every single design, every last bouquet. For us, anything less would be unthinkable.
Amiable
Our designs may be prima donnas, but we’re not. We love making people happy. We can advise or simply listen to your needs. Because we realise that in the end, it’s all about you.
