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Flower Delivery to Blairgowrie, Same Day Before 2pm
Order before 2pm on a weekday and the flowers are delivered in Blairgowrie that afternoon. After 2pm they go the next working day, Saturday the cutoff is 10am, and there is no Sunday delivery. The arrangement is made up that morning by a florist in or close to Blairgowrie, so nothing has been sitting in a box on a truck. Worth knowing before you order: through January the only road in is Point Nepean Road and it is at its worst around the middle of the day, so a peninsula order is better placed the day before than on the morning. Not sure what to send, or not sure the house is even occupied?
“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 what sets it
The cutoff is 2pm weekdays, 10am Saturday. A bench-and-drive window, not an office rule. No Sunday.
Where orders land
Occupied dwellings here are separate houses, 99 per cent of them. No apartments, no intercoms, no concierge.
The thing about this suburb
Point Nepean Road is the only way in, and through January it carries about 20,000 vehicles a day past Blairgowrie, worst around lunchtime. Order a day early over summer.
Who makes it
We have no shop here. The order goes to a florist in or near the town with stems and bench space that day. The trade is set out below.
What "Delivered by a Partner Florist" Means Here
There is no florist shop in Blairgowrie and we do not pretend to run one. The benches we work with down this way are at Rye and Rosebud, and that is where your order is built the morning it goes out. What you give up is real: you are trusting a bench you will never stand in front of, and you will not see what leaves it. What you get is an order that does not hang on one shop being open on a Tuesday. If the first florist cannot take it, the order moves, and we ring you.
The Hard Stems Go on the Outside. That Is a Fence, Not a Look.
Anna, qualified florist | fifteen years of secateurs, wire and cold-room mornings
On an exposed address I build the outside of the arrangement out of the hard stuff, banksia, leucadendron, a bit of gum, and let that take the weather, with the soft stems inside where nothing gets at them. Woody stems are lignified, meaning the cell walls have stiffened, so they hold water where a rose loses it through every torn petal edge. A rose head on a front step in a steady breeze transpires faster than the stem can draw.
Where people go wrong is picturing a heatwave. This end of the peninsula gets about one day a year over 35C. Heat is not what takes a bouquet down here. The wind is, and it blows on more than nine days in ten through winter. The clifftop shrubs have been pruned into a low hedge by it, and that is the same force working on a bouquet nobody has brought inside. So: hard perimeter, soft centre, and a box rather than a tall vase if it may sit outside a door. Once it is indoors the wind stops counting and the room takes over, and a living room down here runs cooler than a Melbourne one for half the year.
How Long Each Stem Actually Lasts in a Blairgowrie Room
Vase life in days, at the two bands this suburb actually sits in
From our climate-stem reference, in a domestic room with clean water. Cool, 15 to 18C, is a Blairgowrie interior April to October. Moderate, 20 to 24C, is November to March. The warm band above 28C does not apply on this coast.
Stem
Apr to Oct
Nov to Mar
What you are buying
Leucadendron
21 to 42
14 to 28
Woody. Takes the wind on an exposed step and outlasts the rest of the vase.
Chrysanthemum
18 to 30
14 to 24
Ignores ethylene, so a bowl of fruit on the bench will not finish it early.
Carnation
18 to 24
14 to 21
Waxy petals, and the buds keep opening into the second week.
Lisianthus
14 to 22
10 to 17
Opens in stages over a fortnight, so it suits an address nobody may reach for a day.
Rose
10 to 14
7 to 10
What most people send. Soft head, so it belongs inside the arrangement, not on the edge.
Tulip
10 to 14
4 to 8
Close to double what it gives in a warm room. Send it here, not to Brisbane.
She will not ring the day it arrives. Most people sit with a bouquet a day or two first. Send the one still worth looking at when she does.
From the Epping Market Floor to a Blairgowrie Door
The Melbourne flower market at Epping trades three mornings a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, from half past three. So a Wednesday bunch comes out of the cool room a day older than a Thursday one, and the 2pm cutoff has a build and a drive inside it.
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Order by 2pm
2
Sent to a florist near the town as a paid job
3
Built that morning from cool room stock
4
Out along Point Nepean Road
5
Handed over, or left where you told us
What People Send to Blairgowrie, and How to Get It Right
Nearly four in ten residents are over sixty-five, most senders are adult children in Melbourne, and two thirds of the houses are somebody's second one. That produces a particular order book, and the flower arrangements that suit each part of it differ.
Sympathy Flowers, and the Two Different Addresses They Go To
Somebody has died and you are two hours up the road. Two addresses here, not one. Condolences go to the family home, where in our experience somebody is almost always in. Service flowers go to the funeral director, addressed to the person who died, with the chapel and service date on the order. Dromana cemetery takes no new graves, so burials at this end concentrate at Sorrento and Rye.
On a lawn section a vase tips on soft turf; a wreath or sheaf sits better. White is the safe default, but this is a secular suburb and families here often ask for bright or native, so it is worth one question. On the card, "Thinking of you all" carries any service.
Is a Seventieth or an Eightieth the Most Common Order Here?
It is, by some distance. The largest single age group here is seventy to seventy-four, and most of these are lunches at home. Morning beats afternoon, because from what our drivers see a good number of the older locals are out on the foreshore mid-afternoon and the house is shut. If the recipient has moved into care at Rye or Rosebud, the flowers go to reception, never the room. See 70th and 80th birthday flowers.
Anna on why the low box wins a lunch table
Keep the centre of gravity low. A boxed arrangement sits where you put it and does not go over when the back door opens.
Many Blairgowrie Orders Carry No Occasion at All
The drive keeps slipping. School, work, a Saturday that fills up, and half a year has gone. A good share of what we send here is a thinking of you to a parent who retired down, or a just because from an owner thanking whoever watches the house. Ask whether anyone is in that week, and give us a written safe place rather than a mobile number that rings in Melbourne.
Anna's note on the wait. If it may sit a few hours before anyone finds it, send stems that open in stages rather than something at its peak. Lisianthus arrives half shut on purpose.
Order before 2pm and the flowers are on the peninsula this afternoon.
Browse Native FlowersWhen You Cannot Decide, Hand It to the Bench
Plenty of orders here are not planned around a category at all. The Florist's Choice Bouquet takes your colour preference and leaves the rest to whoever is on the bench. Anna’s answer for an address like this one:
Lead on natives, keep it low and wide, skip the tall vase. It holds together on a step and needs no vase the recipient may not own.
Blairgowrie Delivery Questions, Answered Straight
Is there a florist in Blairgowrie?
No. The village has a bakery, an IGA, a pharmacy and a post office. Your order is made up at a bench in Rye or Rosebud and driven down.
Does January traffic on Point Nepean Road affect delivery?
Yes. The freeway stops at Boneo Road in Rosebud and one road carries everything west of there. In January it runs heavy from about half past nine until six, worst in the middle of the day. Order the day before where you can.
What happens if nobody is home in Blairgowrie?
The driver follows the safe place written on the order: a covered veranda, a shaded side step, a porch out of the northerly. A card goes on the door. With no instruction the florist has to guess, and that is the version that goes wrong.
Where do Blairgowrie funerals actually happen?
Chapels at Rosebud, thirteen to fifteen kilometres east, burials at Sorrento or Rye. Put the chapel name and service time on the order rather than the suburb, so the florist builds backwards from the service instead of the afternoon run.
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How to Order Flowers to Blairgowrie
Phone
1300 360 469
7am to 6pm weekdays
Saturdays from 10am
Same Day Cutoff
2pm weekdays, 10am Saturdays, no Sunday delivery. Through January the Saturday slots go earliest.
Delivery
Flat delivery fee across 3942, and the same run covers Rye, Sorrento and Portsea.
When to Order, and Where to Tell Us to Leave It
Two instructions do most of the work here. In January and over Easter, order the day before and ask for morning delivery, because the single road in is worst around lunchtime. And write a safe place into the order: out of the wind, and not on a low porch, because this end drains to ground rather than to street drains and low spots hold water after rain. In summer, and on any funeral order, go in a day early.
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After You Order
Your order goes through as a paid job to a florist working that day's run, usually Rye, Sorrento, Blairgowrie and Portsea on one loop. If a safe place is on the order, the driver leaves the flowers there with a card. If it does not look like the picture, ring 1300 360 469 or email [email protected], same day if you can.
Andrew, on the summer call we used to get every year
Back when I was on the phones, up to 2013, the January complaint down that coast was almost never a bad bunch. It was a late one. We were booking peninsula runs as though it were March, the driver hit the road at noon, and the flowers arrived after the lunch they were meant to be on. The booking changed, not the flowers. Summer orders go earlier in the day now, and we say plainly that a same-day January order is tighter than a June one.
ABN: 17 830 858 659
We Also Deliver Nearby
Sorrento has the ferry terminal and one of the two cemeteries, Rosebud the hospital and the chapels the services run through, Rye the aged care campus. Portsea, Dromana and Tootgarook each sit on a different part of the same run.
About the Author
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