The Novel Bloom — Restaurant in Savanna

RVD’s has great staff anytime I make it in. If I buy an arrangement it always looks great & lasts a long time w/ care. RVD’s also offers additional products such as houseplants, flower garden seeds, children’s books, etc, etc. It’s always a pleasure to shop here!

Sept 2020 Update:

Thank you for selling Wildflower seeds this past Spring.

I bought the Honey Bee and Butterfly seeds - to grow the types of flowers that provide nutrition for these vital plant pollinators.

Over the Summer I did two sets of planting in large 'temporary' movable containers - to keep inside my fenced vegetable garden in order to ensure growth & protect against feeding wildlife.

I'm happy to provide a photo of the variety of tall, colorful wildflowers that have grown so far, and additional growing flowers.

By the middle of the Summer I've seen Bees & Bumblebees in the garden, and I've seen Bumblebees AND Hummingbirds feeding on the Wildflowers. Since these are perennials, I'm looking forward to seeing them re-grow year after year - and seeing the return of our vital...

Before my now husband and I were even engaged, we knew we wanted River Valley Designs to help with our wedding florals. At our first meeting, about one year ahead of our wedding date, I gave Sam a rough idea of what I was looking for. Fast forward to about 3 months ahead of our wedding day, my vision had changed. Instead of bohemian, I wanted more color and a timeless look. Sam was so patient and flexible, and she helped us make the most of our limited budget.

Sam was quick to respond when I had questions, and we received cute surprises in the mail throughout our engagement!

Sam made my wedding floral dreams come to life. She used a variety of colors, shapes, and textures, and I could not have imagined a more beautiful wedding bouquet. We received so many compliments on our wedding florals!

For anyone wondering, paying for floral delivery was 100% worth it. The flowers were set up exactly how we wanted them at our reception venue by mid-morning. It...

My husband and I just got married June 9th and Sam did a FANTASTIC job on our flowers! We planned our wedding for a year and a half long distance from Colorado while our wedding was at Chestnut Mountain Resort in Galena, IL. Sam kept in constant communication with us during that time and she made us feel prepared, excited, and brought our vision and all of my pinterest ideas to life! We had 3 different types of centerpieces and she worked with us in making them look gorgeous with the gold vases we painted! My bouquet left me breathless, the other bouquets were beautiful, and the corsages were perfect! We also had gorgeous flowers on the arch at the ceremony and she personally moved these flowers to the head table at our reception tent to use as decoration after the ceremony and they looked amazing! I can't thank her enough for all of her hard work, quick responses, and kindness! Thank you Sam for helping make our...