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Shop BySame Day Flower Delivery Calderwood, Even New Streets
Need flowers in Calderwood today? Order before 2pm on a weekday, or 10am Saturday, and they arrive the same day. Or pick a later date at checkout. Add the recipient's mobile, as some streets here are newer than the maps, and for a new baby at Wollongong Hospital, the mum's name and the ward. Choose our bestselling Australian Natives Bunch or a Gorgeous White Arrangement below and pay securely online, or call us and one of our friendly, Australian-based team will sort 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
Sending flowers to a new Calderwood house? Choose ones that bring their own water
Anna, qualified florist | on houses where the vases are still packed
The vase is always in the last box. In a house a few weeks old, a hand-tied bunch sits on the bench in its wrap while someone hunts for a vase. Once the little bit of water in the wrap is gone, the stems are drinking nothing, and by evening the roses start to bow at the neck.
An arrangement skips all that. It comes with its own water, usually wet foam in a box or a vase, so it can sit between the moving cartons and keep drinking. I worked that out at Salt in Kingscliff, when Salt was still full of brand-new houses. For a bunch, any clean jug does: recut the stems so they can drink again, and keep the flowers about one and a half times the jug's height so they don't flop.
Calderwood Flowers for Birthdays, New Babies and Funerals
Calderwood went from 173 residents at the 2016 census to 3,013 at the 2021 one, so the houses are new and a lot of the people in them are new to the area. Here's how flowers land for the usual reasons, plus celebration flowers for anyone who has just got the keys.
Send Mum's Birthday Flowers With Her Mobile in the Notes
It's her birthday today and you're ordering from Sydney, or Brisbane, or the other side of the world. Pick from our birthday flowers for mum and put her mobile in the notes, because in a suburb this new the street can be newer than the maps.
I learnt that in 2007 in Pacific Pines on the Gold Coast, with a birthday bunch on the passenger seat and a UBD that didn't have the street in it. Three laps of the same roundabout. In the end a woman at the display village pointed me to the street. She'd sold the block.
If she's only just moved in, send an arrangement from the bestselling birthday flowers. It's built into wet foam, so it keeps drinking on the kitchen counter while the vases stay packed.
A New Baby at Wollongong Hospital, or Already Home
Shellharbour Hospital has no birthing unit, so most Calderwood babies are born at Wollongong Hospital and go home a day or two later. Send new baby flowers to wherever they'll be. For the hospital, add the mother's full name and the maternity ward; in our experience the ward desk takes them in. A card that works: "Welcome to the world, little one."
Anna, on a room with a newborn in it
Nothing heavily scented, nothing that drops petals near the bassinet, nothing so big it fights the bassinet for space. Gerberas have next to no scent and hold their petals, which is why I'd send the 3 Gerberas In A Vase. The vase comes with them.
Name the Venue and the Time for Funeral Flowers
Someone has died and you're sorting the flowers, maybe from a long way off. Funeral flowers go to the venue, so put its name and the start time in the notes: H Parsons' chapel at Dapto or Warilla, say, or St Paul's on Tongarra Road, Albion Park. If the burial is at Albion Park Cemetery on Croome Road, the lawn sections only take flowers in their vase holders, so the big tribute belongs at the service. If you'd rather skip the service, send sympathy flowers to the house instead. "Thinking of you all" is enough on the card. Flowers fix nothing. They still get noticed.
Anna's call: whites and soft greens. Bright colour in a house that's grieving looks like it turned up to the wrong event. The Gorgeous White Arrangement is the one I'd send.
A Housewarming, or No Reason at All
Plenty of orders don't fit a heading: new keys, a thanks for minding the kids on moving day, nothing in particular. You don't need a category to send flowers.
Anna's pick is the Australian Native Arrangement from our native flowers. It needs no vase, and the woody native stems don't mind a warm room with the blinds not up yet. It's also our second most popular product, which says something.
More ways to choose
Still before 2pm on a weekday? An arrangement can be in a Calderwood kitchen today.
Arrangements With Their Own WaterThree Things to Know Before You Order
When to order
Weekdays, before 2pm for delivery today, which leaves the florist time to make it and get it out the same day.
Saturday, before 10am, as Saturday runs finish early.
After those times, choose a later date at checkout.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
What the notes need
A mobile, and the nearest cross street if the street is new, Escarpment Drive or Calderwood Road for example. For Wollongong or Shellharbour Hospital, the full name and the ward. For a funeral, the chapel or church and the start time. For a teacher at Calderwood Christian School, the teacher's name.
Who takes them
At a house, whoever answers; if nobody does, in our experience the florist rings the mobile in the notes. At a hospital it's the ward desk, and at a school the front office. Order before 2pm on a weekday and it's on today's run.
If It Goes Quiet After Delivery, That's Normal
Once you've ordered, your order goes to a florist in or close to Calderwood, who makes the flowers on the day and delivers them. You get an email confirming the order.
To check it's landed, ring us on 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and from 10am Saturday. To change a name, an address or the card, email [email protected].
In 2007 and 2008 the Illawarra was one of our ten busiest delivery areas, back when we were still the Kingscliff Florist and Gift Shop. Calderwood wasn't part of that. Calderwood was mostly paddocks.
Siobhan, on new houses and slow replies
A new baby, a new house, a funeral: none of those are weeks when people ring to say thank you, so don't read anything into the quiet (I always did with my own, and I heard plenty of people do the same back when I took the calls at the Marine Parade shop). If something isn't right though, tell us the day it arrives and send a photo, because it's so much quicker to fix when we can see it.
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Written by Andrew Thomson
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