River of Hope Labradoodles

05/20/2026

Sarah would love if you followed along in her new venture into the world of cut flowers and veggies!

I’m so excited (and a bit nervous!) to officially introduce Arching Willow Bloomstead, my new adventure into the small business world. Arching Willow has grown out of a deep dive into horticulture - specifically my absolute love for dahlias, cut flowers, and home-grown vegetables.

What started as growing a few plants for my own backyard has quickly bloomed into a true passion. Over the last couple of years, as I’ve immersed myself in the world of cut flowers, I felt a strong calling to turn this time-consuming "hobby" into something more: sharing that joy and beauty with our community.

While my primary focus will be specialty cut flowers (including peonies, dahlias and more!), I also have a deep love for seed starting and homegrown produce - which brings me to my next big step!

🌱 The Official Seedling Sale 🌱
This Friday, May 22nd, is my official seedling sale, and I would love your support as I take this big, exciting (and slightly scary 😅) step! I dipped my toes in the water with a few early starts a few weeks ago, but this Friday features a much fuller line-up of healthy, ready-to-plant offerings. (See the flyer for all the details!) I'm praying the rain holds off, but if not the sale will be moved under cover!

Even if you can’t make it out in person, sharing this post means the world to me as I launch this new chapter. Thank you so much for supporting my brand-new small business and this little bloomstead of mine. 🌸🌿

— Sarah
Arching Willow Bloomstead

P.S. For those wondering, yes, I am still working full-time as a child life specialist! Arching Willow is my passionate side-adventure for now, and I appreciate your patience and support as I balance both worlds!

To follow along with the bloomstead's growth, lots of beautiful flower updates, and future flower sales, come find me on social media!

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👉 Facebook: Arching Willow Bloomstead

11/05/2022

Today is a sad day for us as our sweet Duchess passed away just after 5am this morning. Duchess brought so much joy and happiness to our family over the years. And to many families through all her puppies. She was one of the best mamas to her four beautiful litters! She had such a sweet, calm presence and was so easy going and mannerly. But she never missed an opportunity to referee when the other dogs got too rowdy.

It's hard to believe we saw her take her first breath almost 15 years ago on Dec 1st. She instantly became a part of the family. As sad as we are, we're grateful she was with her family today when she passed naturally and peacefully, taking her final breath. You'll be dearly missed sweet Dutchie-dog ❤️

09/05/2018

In loving memory of our dog Hope. We had to say good-bye to her today, Tuesday, 9/4/2018. She has brought love and joy to our lives for 14 years. Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, looking back in memory of her helps us know how much joy she was to have around. What we have enjoyed, we can never lose. These pictures portray her sweet and loving nature. She will truly be missed. We love you forever Hope!

04/30/2017

One of our puppies had puppies! These are Ya-Ya's (Kacy) puppies. Ya-Ya was one of Duchess' puppies. These pups will be smaller, around 30-40 lbs. If you are interested call Rachel @ 513-652-1843.

10/18/2014

I thought Yong and yang were supposed to be different colors!

10/14/2014

I am so excited that by this time on Thursday, October 16th, I will be enjoying my first grandchild, Aiden Jacob O'Neal. Most of you know that our house has lots of four legged animals. We are looking for someone that might be able to provide us some 'paid' help during the day while we are in Dayton. The C-Section will take place at 7:30am and we will be there much earlier than that. If you, or you know someone that can, help us, please call Lydia at 513-503-4448. Hope all of your puppies/dogs from one of our adorable litters are doing well. We would love to hear from you and/or see pictures :)

09/04/2014

Play Ball!

08/25/2014

We are (somewhat) sad to announce that this will probably be our final litter. We have now had 10 litters totaling over 100 puppies! It has been an incredible journey and we have loved raising these amazing dogs for so long. It is bittersweet to think that we won't have any more bouncing puppies... but we won't miss the work we put into each litter! We know that all of our doodles have made great additions to their families and love to hear from you to see how they are doing!

For those of you that might be interested in a puppy, we still have 3 left unspoken for in our current litter. Serena, Tiana and Mulan are still looking for their new home. If you'd like to come see them send us a private message or an email ([email protected] or [email protected]).

Thank you all for making this a wonderful experience for our family and for taking care of our babies!

08/25/2014

Out for a hot picnic!

08/25/2014

They all did great for bath time! They will probably get many more baths before they go home!

08/19/2014

They are not thrilled with being outside yet, but they are getting better! (PS - They are only out with us for short periods of time, not all day!)