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Shop BySame Day Flowers to Birmingham Gardens
Flowers delivered in Birmingham Gardens today: order before 2pm on a weekday, or 10am Saturday, and they arrive this afternoon. Any other day, just pick it at checkout. Sending to a student on campus at the University of Newcastle next door? Pop their college and room number in the notes. Choose from our same-day range below, maybe the Simply Stylish With Chocolates & Vase (handy, because student rooms don't usually run to a vase), or call us and one of our friendly Australian-based team will help you pick.
“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
No vase at the share house? Clean water decides how long the flowers last
Anna, qualified florist | on jugs, pasta pots and milk bottles
In a share house near the uni, the water decides how long flowers last, and any clean container will hold it: a jug, a pasta pot, a milk bottle with the top cut off. In warm water, bacteria block the cut stem ends within a day, and the heads droop on stems that still look green.
Rinse the container in hot water. No flower food sachet? A few drops of bleach does the same job on the bacteria. Recut the stems at about forty-five degrees and change the water every second day. I learned all this scrubbing buckets in my first florist job, back in North Carolina.
Birthday, Graduation and Sympathy Flowers in Birmingham Gardens
Birthdays lead here, same as everywhere we deliver, for the students and for the people who've lived on these streets for decades. Graduations and sympathy follow, and our flower arrangements suit both ends of that age range.
A Birthday at a Share House, or at Nan's
Your daughter's first birthday away from home, or your nan's ninetieth, and you're interstate. Send the flowers to wherever they actually live: the share house, a college room, Nan's place. If nobody answers, in our experience the driver leaves the flowers in the shade and rings to say where. Start with birthday flowers for a daughter or for a friend.
In 2008 I took a birthday bunch to a share house by Griffith's Gold Coast campus, and four students in pyjamas came to the door with not one vase between them (they used a saucepan, and it looked lovely, actually). I think of that house whenever an order goes to a street near a uni.
Anna's pick: the 3 Gerberas In A Vase, which arrive already in water. Gerbera stems are hollow and clog fast, so fresh water every second day is the difference between five days and nine.
Send Graduation Flowers the Day Before
You're watching the ceremony in the Great Hall at Callaghan on the live stream, a long way from the stage. A delivery on the day can miss them between gowns, guests and photos, so send graduation flowers to where they live the afternoon before, with the ceremony date in the notes, and the flowers can go to the photos with them. A bright mixed bunch suits, with a card like "So proud of you. Wish I was there."
A bunch that gets carried around campus for an hour of photos needs a long drink beforehand. Stand it in water overnight and recut the stems before it leaves the house. Done that way, the Florists Choice Bright Mixed Bunch holds its heads up through the photos.
Sympathy Flowers Can Go to the Service or the Home
A funeral notice in the Herald, and a family you can't get to. For a service at St Patrick's on Macquarie Street in Wallsend, or graveside at Sandgate Cemetery, send a wreath or sheath with the start time in the notes. Unsure of the details? Flowers for the family home, a day or two later, are rarely wrong. Flowers won't change what happened, and the family will still remember who sent them. A card can say: "Thinking of you all, with love."
Anna, on wreath or sheath
A wreath sits in wet foam, so it keeps drinking at the graveside. A sheath is tied stems with no water, made to go home afterwards and into a vase. Graveside only, go the wreath. Service and then home, go the sheath.
Not Sure What to Send?
Some orders don't come with an occasion: a grandparent at Jesmond Grove, a friend halfway through exams. Thinking of you flowers or a just because bunch needs no reason. Anna has a view on this one.
Go with the Blue Mist Arrangement. It sits in wet foam inside its own mirrored cube, so nobody needs a vase or scissors, and it fits on a bedside table. Top the foam up with water as it dries out.
More to browse
Before 2pm on a weekday, a birthday bunch can go out on today's run.
Shop birthday flowersIf You Want the Flowers There Today
When to order
2pm weekdays for same day, which leaves time to make the flowers up and get them there.
10am Saturdays, for the shorter Saturday run.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
What the notes need
A share house: a mobile number. On campus: the college and room. Jesmond Grove on Mordue Parade, or SummitCare on Bent Street in Wallsend: the resident's full name and room. John Hunter Hospital: the ward.
Who takes it in
In our experience, care homes take flowers at reception and staff carry them through, and hospital flowers go to the ward desk. For a funeral, the start time does the work. Order before 2pm on a weekday and the flowers can be there today.
Once You've Pressed Order
You'll get an email confirming the order. To change anything, write to [email protected] or ring 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and from 10am Saturday, and one of our team will sort it out. If the person goes quiet afterwards, that's normal, I promise. Students forget to text home.
Andrew, on the hours between paying and the knock
The order goes to one of our partner florists near Birmingham Gardens, who makes the flowers up on the delivery day. If a flower in the photo isn't in stock, we contact you and you choose again before anything goes out. Then it's a car, an address and a name. Same idea we started with in 2009, minus the fax machine.
After that, it's over to the card you wrote.
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