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Shop BySame Day Flower Delivery Cairns
We deliver flowers across Cairns North today, to homes, units along The Esplanade and patients at Cairns Hospital. Order before 2pm on a weekday, or 10am Saturday, and they go out the same day. For the hospital, add the patient's full name and ward in the notes so they find the right bed. Over 24,000 verified Feefo reviews say we get it right. Choose from our expertly curated range below, our natives being the most popular to Cairns since 2009, and pay securely online, or call us and one of our friendly, helpful, Australian-based team will do it 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
What lasts in a warm Cairns North room, and what needs a hand
Anna, qualified florist | trained in North Carolina, then the bench at Salt in Kingscliff
Warmth speeds every flower up. In a room without air conditioning, chrysanthemums and carnations are the ones that go the distance, in my experience a week or more, and roses do beautifully in a cool, air-conditioned room out of the afternoon sun.
Lilies open early in the heat, and each open flower pushes out rust-orange pollen that marks a white sheet or shirt for good. Pinch the anthers off with a tissue as they open. I learned that on the bench at Salt in Kingscliff. For a shared ward, pollen-free Asiatic lilies skip the problem altogether.
Flowers for Cairns North Birthdays, Wards and Funerals
A Cairns North delivery can be a house off Sheridan Street, a unit or hotel room along The Esplanade, a bed at the hospital or a church for a funeral. Our mixed flowers suit nearly all of them. The notes are what change.
Get the Ward Name Before You Order
You've had a text saying they're in Cairns Hospital, and not much else. A short stay, send to the house. A longer one, send to the ward, with their full name and the ward in the notes. "Rest up, the good biscuits are waiting at home" is plenty for the card.
I know hospital front desks from the other side. One summer in the shop years we pulled up at Murwillumbah Hospital, back home in the Tweed, Asha screaming in the back, 37 degrees, five minutes to get a bunch to reception and not a park to be had. A Cairns afternoon in the wet season is no kinder. Oh, the anxiety.
Anna's pick: get-well flowers that arrive in their own water. A ward rarely has a spare vase.
A Birthday at a House, a Unit or a Hotel Room
It's their birthday or anniversary, and you're nowhere near Cairns. A house needs the street number and a mobile. A unit along The Esplanade needs the unit number and the building. A hotel needs the booking name and dates, and in our experience reception holds flowers for a guest out on the reef until they're back.
Once they're in, keep them inside, off the balcony rail. Sea air off the bay leaves salt that dries soft petals papery at the edges within a couple of days, while orchids and waxy tropical stems shrug it off.
Send to the Service or to the Family's Home
You've got the funeral notice open in another tab. Flowers can go to the service, or to the family's home in the days after. For a funeral at Mother of Good Counsel on Sheridan Street, put the church, the date and the start time in the notes, because the start time is what the funeral flowers are timed to. "Thinking of you all, with love" is enough for the card.
Anna, on colour for a service
Whites, creams and soft greens are the safe palette for a service, because bright colours read wrong in that room. In a warm church, white chrysanthemums hold their heads through the service and for days after.
Nothing on This Page Quite Fits?
Half the orders I took on the shop phone never fitted a heading: a new job, a rotten week, a thank-you to the nurses who got Dad home.
Anna has a one-word answer for those.
Yellow. Yellow flowers suit a ward, a hotel room and a birthday table equally well, which is why it's my pick when nobody can decide.
Other ways to choose
In before 2pm on a weekday and it's on its way to The Esplanade this afternoon.
Send Flowers to the HospitalFour Kinds of Address, Four Sets of Notes
Cutoffs
2pm weekdays, so our partner florist in Cairns has the afternoon to build and deliver it.
10am Saturday, because Saturday is a morning run.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
After a cutoff, you choose the day at checkout.
What the notes need
Hospital: full name and ward. Hotel: booking name and dates. Unit or house: the unit number, the building and a mobile someone answers. Funeral: the church, the date and the start time.
Who takes it in
At Cairns Hospital, in our experience, the front desk signs and ward staff carry it up. At a hotel, reception. At a church, the funeral director's team. At home, whoever answers, and the mobile saves it when nobody does. Order this morning and it's with them today.
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What Happens Between Now and the Front Desk
You'll get a confirmation email, then quiet, which is the hard part. Someone in a hospital bed isn't reaching for the phone to say the flowers came, and a hotel guest may not see them until the boat's back in. That silence is normal, I promise.
Andrew, on the handover at the front desk
Your order goes to our partner florist in Cairns, who builds it that day and drives it to the address in the notes. At the hospital it stops at the front desk. That's the handover. If it arrives wrong, email a photo to [email protected] the same day and we put it right. In my years on the phones, the hospital orders that came unstuck were nearly always missing a ward, or booked for the morning after the patient went home.
Our Australian-based team is on 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and Saturday mornings.
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