Flower Delivery to Deakin ACT Today, Home or Hospital

Flowers ordered before 2pm, or 10am on a Saturday, are delivered in Deakin the same day. Later than that, pick a date at checkout. For Calvary John James on Strickland Crescent, add the patient's name and ward in the notes. Choose our Australian Native Arrangement below, the second most-ordered thing we sell, and buy it online in minutes, or call us and our friendly, Australian-based team will have it booked before the kettle boils.

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“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

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A real customer review from Deakin

"Good layout and easy to choose from. The photos are great - makes choices easier."

Richard, verified customer, Deakin, ACT · Blue Mist Arrangement

Anna, on what a photo can promise

A photo can promise two things, the palette and the shape, and the Blue Mist Arrangement Richard chose carries both: blue and white, low and domed, sitting in its own cube of wet foam. The exact stems follow the season, so the florist matches the look from what's in the cool room. The colour is the part to count on.

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Sending flowers to a hospital bed in Deakin? Send them already in water.

Anna, qualified florist | Box, vase or wrap for a hospital room

A wrapped bunch on a ward waits for someone to find a vase and a sink, and on a busy shift that can be a long wait. A box or vase arrangement turns up already drinking.

The green block in a box is floral foam, and it holds water like a sponge. In a heated Canberra room in winter it dries faster than you'd think, and the softest petals go limp at the edges, which is your warning. Pour water straight into the foam every couple of days. Dry foam is a dead arrangement, whatever the flowers look like on top. I learned that at the bench, watching a perfect arrangement go tired on day four over bone-dry foam.

Birthdays, Hospital Stays and Sympathy Flowers in Deakin

Deakin orders tend to go to a house, to the wards and maternity unit at Calvary John James, or to a family after a funeral. For a ward or a busy house, one of our flower arrangements arrives ready to stand, with no vase to hunt for.

A Birthday at the House, or a Unit at The Grange

The birthday is today and you're not in Canberra. Most Deakin addresses are houses, so if they might be out, name a spot in the notes: the side gate, the porch, a neighbour. At The Grange retirement village, the unit number does the work. Start with birthday flowers for Mum, or 80th birthday flowers for a big one.

Anna, on a narrow sideboard

Flowers look right at about one and a half times the height of the vessel, but on a narrow sideboard in a retirement unit, go low and compact. A box arrangement sits flat. A tall vase gets knocked the first time a visitor reaches past it for the remote.

Hospital and New Baby Flowers for Calvary John James

Someone's in John James after surgery, or there's a new baby and you heard by text. The flowers go to main reception, beside the chapel in the front foyer, and from what we've seen, staff take them up. For a new baby, give the mum's full name.

Found that out in 2008 at The Tweed Hospital, with a card for Baby Olivia and no surname on the docket. Reception had a list of mothers, which in our experience is how maternity wards work. Twenty minutes on a plastic chair and one call to our Kingscliff shop sorted out who her mum was. A card line for hospital flowers: "Hope you're home soon."

Gerberas carry next to no scent. The stem is hollow and folds at the neck once it goes thirsty, which is why 3 Gerberas In A Vase, standing in water when they arrive, suit a room with a newborn in it. Change the water every second day; clean water keeps that neck up.

Send Sympathy Flowers to the Service, or to the House After

There's a notice with a service time, or no service and a family at home. For a funeral, the notes need the venue, the name on the notice and the service time: White Lady Funerals on Canberra Avenue in Kingston, Norwood Park in Mitchell, or graveside at Woden Cemetery. Order the day before a morning service. Sympathy flowers for home can go a few days on. "Thinking of you all" is plenty for the card. Flowers fix nothing, and families keep the cards for years anyway.

Anna's call: whites and soft greens for a service, since nothing in them argues with the room. Keep white sympathy flowers out of direct sun and they stay clean longest. Graveside, go a sheath. It lies flat on the lawn, where a vase topples in a gust.

Not Sure What to Send?

Plenty of orders fit no heading: a new job, a rough week, the neighbour who fed the cat.

Anna's pick: a Florist's Choice bunch. People worry it means whatever was left over. Give a good florist no theme and they reach for the stems they'd be proud of, out of the best in the cool room. Away from the heater, in my experience, that sort of mixed bunch holds well past the first week.

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Thinking of You Yellow Flowers Anniversary Daisies 50th Birthday Purple Flowers

Get the order in before the cutoff and the flowers go out to the ward or the house today.

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Two Same-Day Cutoffs, and What Goes in the Notes

Same-day cutoffs

2pm weekdays, so the order makes the afternoon run.
10am Saturdays, as the Saturday run finishes early.
Later orders take the date you pick at checkout.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.

Notes by address

Calvary John James: the patient's name as admitted and the ward (Garran Ward, say), or the mum's name for maternity. The Grange: the unit number. The Italian Embassy on Grey Street: a full name and a mobile.

Who receives it

At John James, main reception. At an embassy, it's usually whoever is on the front desk. At a house, the person or the spot you named. Beat today's cutoff and the flowers land today.

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If Nobody Rings to Say Thanks

An email confirms the order. On the delivery day, one of our partner florists near Deakin makes it up and takes it out. Something wrong? Ring 02 8090 0577 or 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and from 10am Saturday, or email [email protected] with a photo the same day, and we fix it with the florist.

Siobhan, on why the thank-you call can take a while

I took calls from 2006 until February 2011, and the worried ones were nearly always about silence: the flowers went this morning and nobody has rung. Usually it's nothing. Someone home from surgery is asleep by four, and a new mum hasn't looked at her phone in days (I didn't, with Asha, so no judgement here). Give it a day or two. When something had gone wrong at a hospital, it was nearly always a nickname on the order instead of the name on the wristband, which is an easy one to check before you send.

With luck, the only call you get is the thank-you.

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About the Author

Andrew and Siobhan Thomson, co-founders of Lily's Florist

Andrew Thomson

Co-founder, Lily's Florist

In 2007 and 2008 our Marine Parade shop in Kingscliff took twenty or thirty Canberra calls a month. We could only say yes to a few inner suburbs then, and Deakin was the furthest one out.

Siobhan and I launched Lily's Florist in 2009, and it now runs on more than eight hundred partner florists. More on our about Lily's Florist page.