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Shop ByCoburg Flower Delivery Today, to the House or Aged Care
Coburg can have flowers today on orders in before 2pm on a weekday or 10am on a Saturday; anything later goes on the checkout date. Bupa Coburg on Sutherland Street has a secure dementia community, so the resident's full name and room go in the notes. Our Blissful Botanics Arrangement below arrives arranged and ready. Order here, or call us and we'll handle the details for 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
In an Italian family, the chrysanthemum belongs to the funeral
Anna, qualified florist | on one flower with two meanings
Italian is the biggest ancestry in Coburg after English and Australian, and the most spoken language after English. In a lot of Italian families the chrysanthemum is the flower of the dead: All Souls' Day, the second of November, is when the cemeteries fill with them. At a Requiem that makes it exactly right, and white lilies alongside were the stem I put together most for an Italian funeral.
On any other day it is the wrong flower for that house. A birthday bunch for Nonna with chrysanthemums through it reads as a message nobody meant to send. Roses, gerberas and lisianthus carry the same colour without the meaning. I learned that early, from a florist who had grown up in an Italian household and would quietly pull the chrysanthemums out of anything going to a nonna's birthday.
Four Coburg Addresses and What Each One Needs
Where is it going?
Tap the address and copy the line into the notes.
John Fawkner Private on Moreland Road has a 24-hour emergency department. Wait until they are on a ward, then the ward and their full name.
On Sutherland Street, with a secure dementia community. The resident's full name and room, and say if they are in dementia support.
Coburg High on Urquhart Street or Coburg Primary on Bell Street. The teacher's full name and their class, for the front office.
The old Pentridge site is apartments now. The building, the unit, the name on the intercom and a mobile.
Address sorted? Choose an arrangement
The hospital is the one to wait on: flowers sent while someone is still in emergency tend to sit at the front desk until they have a ward.
Nonna’s Birthday, a Hospital Stay and Sydney Road Services
Coburg is a suburb of big families: birthdays, anniversaries and the services on Sydney Road, with the hospital on Moreland Road and the aged care on Sutherland Street in between.
Nonna Is Turning Seventy-Five
The whole family is coming to Nonna's house on Sunday and you are the one who cannot. Send it on Friday or Saturday so it is in place before the first car pulls up.
In the shop years I delivered a birthday bunch to an Italian family in Murwillumbah and was not allowed back in the van without a plate of biscotti. That family took flowers seriously. Our 70th birthday flowers and roses both suit a table like that, minus the chrysanthemums.
Anna's pick: roses with lisianthus, which read generous on a long table without anyone having to look around them.
In Hospital on Moreland Road
Someone went into John Fawkner Private through emergency and the family is still working out which ward. The hospital is the one with the 24-hour emergency department in Coburg and Brunswick, and admissions there are often unplanned.
Wait for the ward, then send the ward and their full name; in our experience emergency and intensive care take no flowers. Our get-well flowers and orange flowers suit a bedside, with “Thinking of you. Get well soon.”
Anna, on a bedside table
Choose something in its own vase or box. On a ward nobody has a spare vase, and a wrapped bunch waits at the desk until someone finds one.
Services at Le Pine on Sydney Road
The service is at Le Pine on Sydney Road, where the chapel seats about 130, or a Requiem at St Paul's further down the road. The church or chapel before the service, or the house afterwards.
Put the service time and the family name in the notes. Our wreaths and sheaths suit the chapel, and white sympathy flowers the house in the weeks after. “With love and prayers. Riposa in pace.”
A wreath stands on an easel by the coffin; a sheath lies flat on top of it. If the family has asked for one or the other, say which.
If None of These Is the Reason
A new job, a good result, a neighbour who minded the dog. You do not need a category.
Anna's pick: our native flowers. They carry no particular meaning in any of Coburg's kitchens, and the woody stems keep going for a fortnight with fresh water.
Browse more for Coburg
Sunday lunch at Nonna's? A Saturday delivery has them on the table in time.
Birthday Flowers for MumCutoffs, Wards and Sydney Road
When to order
Before 2pm on weekdays, so the florist can build it and get up and down Sydney Road that afternoon.
Before 10am on Saturdays, as the Saturday run is short in our experience.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
What to write
John Fawkner Private on Moreland Road: the ward and full name, once they have one. Bupa Coburg on Sutherland Street: the full name and room. Le Pine on Sydney Road or St Paul's: the service time and family name. A Pentridge apartment: the building, unit and intercom name.
Who takes it in
The ward desk, reception at the care home, the funeral staff at the chapel, and at a house whoever is home. Before 2pm on a weekday, it goes out that afternoon.
After the Order Is Placed
The order goes to one of our partner florists near Coburg that day, built from that morning's stock. If a stem in the photo is not in, the florist matches the colour and keeps the size.
If something is not right, a photo the same day lets us fix it. The team is on 1300 360 469 from 7am to 6pm weekdays and from 10am Saturdays, and changes go to [email protected].
Siobhan, on the calls from overseas
The calls for Italian families, back in my years on the phones, often came from a long way off: a cousin in Calabria or a son in London ringing at an hour that was not his (you could hear it in his voice). They nearly always asked the same thing: will Nonna know it was me? Put your name, and how you are related, on the card. Now and then a hospital order arrives before the ward is sorted and waits at the front desk, so hold off a day. And if nobody rings, someone will post a photo.
At a family table in Coburg, the flowers usually get talked about more than the card.
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