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Flowers at an Amaroo door this afternoon, ordered by 2pm and made that morning by a Lily's Florist partner near the suburb. Most of these streets are empty until three, so the delivery note is worth thirty seconds: name a spot, say it can be left, add a mobile. Under an eave beats the front door, and both beat the driveway. Pick something below and it goes out today, or ring us and we will set it up with you.
“From start to finish easy to deal with... the flowers were delivered exactly 60 minutes after I placed the order” Mark
“I live in WA and required a Vic flower delivery for a birthday. Panic. They lived up to their promise of same day delivery” Julie
“I made my order at 1.50pm on a Wednesday... my daughter received the flowers that afternoon” Maria
“I ordered late and the flowers were delivered same day... I received a photo from the recipient and they were beautiful” Bee
“I am in Canada... I ordered during NSW night time, my day time. Delivered same day. Still looked fresh after a week” Chris
“I tried ordering from the UK... had no joy at all with another florist. Lily’s came through like champs” John
“I live in England and wanted to send flowers to my daughter... she was over the moon with them” Cheryl
“My go to for interstate floral gift shopping... not a single issue in over 10 years” Marcia
“Always fresh, beautifully arranged and delivered on time. They even write my silly messages on the card” Kelly
“They know the stress of ordering flowers for interstate people when you don’t have the details or times right. They get it” Britta
“A bouquet sent to a friend two days away from a family funeral I could not attend. Thank you for being there when I could not” Julie
“Really grateful for the flowers they put together for my friend’s funeral... easy to pick during a stressful time” Viv
“The flowers I ordered were out of season. Lily’s sent me an email to advise me of this and let me choose again” Dee
“They weren’t home at delivery, so they were very appreciative to get a call letting them know where the flowers would be left” Sara
“Beautiful bouquet that looked exactly like the photo on the website. Perfect gift to send to a patient in hospital” Heeni
“Our very ill friend received her flowers the morning after I ordered them after hours, even though we didn’t know which ward” Geoff
“She especially mentioned the bright pink gerbera in the centre. Perfect size for the shelf at the hospital” Janice
“They made an effort to deliver on the day of my sister’s birthday rather than the day after. The teddy was my hug for her” Liz
“I’ve ordered from several florists in the area over past years and Lily’s has been the best” Kate
“I typed a message for a card in German. The card was handwritten with the words I typed in German. Mum was so happy” Stig
“My mother cried all day. A photo would not do justice, she informed me. Very happy with the outcome” Helen
“Promptly sent to celebrate the birth of my friends’ new baby... a florist I can rely upon” Kathryn
“Ordered for my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary. My aunt sent me photos, they were absolutely stunning” Karyn
“They were beautiful, even better than the photo we chose them from. The flowers were so fresh and vibrant” Tina
“Still in great condition, which is fabulous given they were delivered 8 days ago. Still holding shape, and have not wilted” Peter
“It is now 9 days later and the rose is still beautiful and has not lost a single petal” Edel
“Recipient said flowers were beautiful and still very good 10 days later. Delivery person was very polite” Denise
“I do not like to order online so will only do phone orders. I spoke to Louisa, who was friendly and helpful” Toni
“The staff member was so helpful to me over the phone, I think her name was April. My sister was overjoyed” Thalia
“You didn’t have the flowers I selected, so you contacted me to advise. The replacement was loved by the recipient” David
“I was very impressed that you communicated about the different flowers being changed. They arrived on time” Serena
“I was concerned the gift would not reach its destination, being rural. It arrived within the promised time” Robby
“Great care shown to ensure they were delivered to the correct student in a large UQ College” Nicole
“A special thankyou to the delivery man for ringing my daughter to let her know he had put the flowers in the shade” Suzette
“From start to finish easy to deal with... the flowers were delivered exactly 60 minutes after I placed the order” Mark
“I live in WA and required a Vic flower delivery for a birthday. Panic. They lived up to their promise of same day delivery” Julie
“I made my order at 1.50pm on a Wednesday... my daughter received the flowers that afternoon” Maria
“I ordered late and the flowers were delivered same day... I received a photo from the recipient and they were beautiful” Bee
“I am in Canada... I ordered during NSW night time, my day time. Delivered same day. Still looked fresh after a week” Chris
“I tried ordering from the UK... had no joy at all with another florist. Lily’s came through like champs” John
“I live in England and wanted to send flowers to my daughter... she was over the moon with them” Cheryl
“My go to for interstate floral gift shopping... not a single issue in over 10 years” Marcia
“Always fresh, beautifully arranged and delivered on time. They even write my silly messages on the card” Kelly
“They know the stress of ordering flowers for interstate people when you don’t have the details or times right. They get it” Britta
“A bouquet sent to a friend two days away from a family funeral I could not attend. Thank you for being there when I could not” Julie
“Really grateful for the flowers they put together for my friend’s funeral... easy to pick during a stressful time” Viv
“The flowers I ordered were out of season. Lily’s sent me an email to advise me of this and let me choose again” Dee
“They weren’t home at delivery, so they were very appreciative to get a call letting them know where the flowers would be left” Sara
“Beautiful bouquet that looked exactly like the photo on the website. Perfect gift to send to a patient in hospital” Heeni
“Our very ill friend received her flowers the morning after I ordered them after hours, even though we didn’t know which ward” Geoff
“She especially mentioned the bright pink gerbera in the centre. Perfect size for the shelf at the hospital” Janice
“They made an effort to deliver on the day of my sister’s birthday rather than the day after. The teddy was my hug for her” Liz
“I’ve ordered from several florists in the area over past years and Lily’s has been the best” Kate
“I typed a message for a card in German. The card was handwritten with the words I typed in German. Mum was so happy” Stig
“My mother cried all day. A photo would not do justice, she informed me. Very happy with the outcome” Helen
“Promptly sent to celebrate the birth of my friends’ new baby... a florist I can rely upon” Kathryn
“Ordered for my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary. My aunt sent me photos, they were absolutely stunning” Karyn
“They were beautiful, even better than the photo we chose them from. The flowers were so fresh and vibrant” Tina
“Still in great condition, which is fabulous given they were delivered 8 days ago. Still holding shape, and have not wilted” Peter
“It is now 9 days later and the rose is still beautiful and has not lost a single petal” Edel
“Recipient said flowers were beautiful and still very good 10 days later. Delivery person was very polite” Denise
“I do not like to order online so will only do phone orders. I spoke to Louisa, who was friendly and helpful” Toni
“The staff member was so helpful to me over the phone, I think her name was April. My sister was overjoyed” Thalia
“You didn’t have the flowers I selected, so you contacted me to advise. The replacement was loved by the recipient” David
“I was very impressed that you communicated about the different flowers being changed. They arrived on time” Serena
“I was concerned the gift would not reach its destination, being rural. It arrived within the promised time” Robby
“Great care shown to ensure they were delivered to the correct student in a large UQ College” Nicole
“A special thankyou to the delivery man for ringing my daughter to let her know he had put the flowers in the shade” Suzette
The cutoff, and why
In by 2pm weekdays, 10am Saturdays, no Sunday. It is a bench-and-run window. The stems still have to be bought, built and driven.
Where they land
Detached houses, nearly all of it. Everything that is not a house needs a name on the order: a Mass at Holy Spirit on Burdekin Avenue, a committal out at Mitchell, a ward over in Bruce.
Aim for after three
One school here holds about 1,700 students, so the streets refill near three. Afternoon drops get handed over. Morning ones wait on the tiles, if your note lets them.
Who makes it
No premises of ours in Amaroo. It goes to a florist near the suburb with the stems that day. The trade-off is set out below.
Where an Amaroo Order Is Actually Built
We have never had a shop in Amaroo and there is no point pretending otherwise. The order goes to a florist in or close to the suburb, who builds it the same day. The honest cost: the photograph on a product page is the premium size, ours included, and the standard build is smaller. What you get back is a second bench when the first is shut or flat out before Mother's Day, which matters more here than in a capital. Canberra sits at the end of a three-day-a-week line out of Sydney, and one shop on an off day works from the cool room.
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Order in by 2pm
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Matched to a florist near Amaroo
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Built the same day
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Out on the afternoon run
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Left where your note says
Heat you can sometimes undo. Frost on cold tiles you cannot.
Anna, qualified florist | fifteen years on the bench, the Australian half starting at a small shop at Salt
Everyone sending to Canberra worries about the summer. Summer is the half of the year you can rescue. A rose that sat in January sun comes back with a fresh cut and cold water. One left out on a July night does not. The July overnight average here is a tenth of a degree above freezing, and frost bursts the cells, so the petal edges brown and stay brown.
So the instruction here is about shelter. Under an eave, behind the screen, off the tiles, in any month. For stems that ignore both ends of it, ask for leucadendron, chrysanthemums or the natives; they hold two to four weeks in a heated room and none of them mind ducted air. In July, roses want somebody home to take them in.
The stems come up the Sydney line whoever you buy from. What does not travel is the built arrangement, and that is the half that bruises.
What the Delivery Note Changes in Amaroo
Four orders, four outcomes
What our partner florists report from weekday runs through Amaroo.
The note you write
Safe to leave
Where it ends up
Better
Left blank
No
Card in the letterbox, flowers back on the van
Name a spot, add a mobile
"Leave at front door"
Yes
Open tiles, full sun by ten in January
Say which door
"Under the eave, fine to leave"
Yes
Shade all day, off the tiles
Nothing. This one works
"After 3pm please"
Yes
Into somebody's hands
Worth writing
You will not be standing there to see which one happened. The note is the part you control.
What People Send to Amaroo
Three orders cover most of what leaves for Amaroo, and an arrangement in its own water travels better here than a wrapped bunch.
The Birthday Is Today and the House Is Empty Until Three
The birthday is today, you are not in Canberra, and nobody is at that address until the school run brings them back. Ask for the afternoon. From what our partner florists run into here, an order timed late gets handed over at the door; one timed for ten waits on the tiles until somebody gets home. Put the number on it too. A fortieth and a twenty-first do not get the same bunch, and a bunch for Mum is not one for a ten-year-old.
Anna on what the season does to a birthday bunch
June to August, ask for low and tight. Tall soft stems catch the draught at a front door and go over. From October the same order carries lisianthus and holds ten days.
The Church Is in Amaroo. The Cemetery Is Five Kilometres Away.
A funeral here can want flowers at two addresses in one morning: the Mass at Holy Spirit on Burdekin Avenue, the committal at Gungahlin Cemetery over in Mitchell. I did hundreds of hospital and funeral home runs myself out of the Kingscliff shop between 2006 and 2010, so I know how little slack a service morning leaves. Tell us which address, and whether it is a service tribute or something for the family's place. The cemetery keeps separate Islamic, Jewish, Orthodox and Aboriginal sections, so if the family's tradition is not yours, say so on the order and name the person who died on the card.
A wreath is a small thing to set against a death. Families still remember which ones turned up.
Halve the height for a church. A tribute goes on the floor and gets moved twice before anyone sits down, and the tall one ends up on its side. White is safe across nearly every tradition buried out there, red is the one to keep away from, and for a Hindu family white is wrong too. Ask, do not assume.
Put the Mother's Full Name on a Maternity Delivery
They are buried in visitors and running on no sleep, so anything arriving in that room has to earn its place, which is why the new baby range runs small. Most Amaroo babies are born over in Bruce, in the Marian Building at North Canberra Hospital. Use the mother's full name: in our experience the ward desk matches an admission, and a newborn is not one.
Anna has a view on the format.
Send a vase arrangement or a box. I have never known a ward to keep spare vases, and nobody on that shift goes hunting for one, so a wrapped bunch sits in its paper until a visitor brings a container. Skip the lilies too. The pollen is airborne and travels on staff clothing into the next room.
Order before 2pm on a weekday and it is at the door this afternoon.
Shop flower arrangementsNot Sure What to Send to Amaroo?
Plenty of orders are not a birthday, a funeral or a first baby. A November thank you to somebody at the school. A housewarming for the people who just moved in.
Ask for natives and stop worrying about the doorstep. Leucadendron, banksia and kangaroo paw will sit in a porch for six hours in either season and not care. It is the order to place when you cannot ring ahead and check somebody was in.
Amaroo Questions, Answered Straight
Can I get flowers to Amaroo on a Saturday?
Yes, with the order in by 10am. Saturday runs are shorter than weekday ones and there is no Sunday delivery at all, so a Sunday birthday is really a Saturday order.
Is the Gungahlin Walk-in Centre a delivery address?
No. It is nurse-led and does not admit anyone, so there is no bed for the flowers to go to. If someone says they are at Gungahlin, send it to the house.
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Fresh Flowers Delivered in Amaroo
Same day
In by 2pm weekdays, 10am Saturdays. No Sunday.
Delivery
A flat, right across the suburb.
Phone
1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays, from 10am Saturday.
The three lines that matter here
Name the spot, say it can be left, add a mobile. Those three lines decide whether it gets handed over or goes back on the van. The eave beats the step, and both beat the driveway, which takes six hours of sun in January and a hard frost on a July evening. Nine per cent of Amaroo sits under a flood overlay against about two per cent across the rest of Gungahlin, and all of it is greenway along Pioneer Street, built to take the runoff, so a wet afternoon drains off the streets rather than across the porches. In by 2pm on a weekday, or 10am Saturday, and it is at the door the same day.
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After You Order
The order crosses to a florist near Amaroo as a paid job carrying your address, the timing and your card message, and an order number lands in your inbox. If it turns up wrong, photograph it that day and email [email protected], or ring 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and from 10am Saturday. Same day is fixable. Three days later is not.
Siobhan, on the question that used to come up most
A woman rang from Perth years ago, sending to her daughter at this end of Canberra, and asked me four times whether anybody would be there. She was right to ask; the deliveries that go sideways nearly always go sideways for that reason. The delivery photo usually lands inside the hour, and when it does not, somebody is at work or asleep or has walked past the porch twice without looking down. The flowers have already done their work in that house whether you have heard yet or not.
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