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Shop BySame Day Flower Delivery to East Russell, Near Babinda
We deliver flowers to East Russell same day when you order before 2pm on a weekday, or 10am Saturday, and for any other day you just pick the date at checkout. For a birthday, get well or sympathy, choose from our same-day range below, like the Australian Natives Bunch or the Gorgeous Whites Bunch, and pay securely online in a couple of minutes. Sending to the Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Centre? Add their full name and room number. Or call us, and one of our friendly, helpful, Australian-based team will take the order and help you word the card.
“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
Choosing Flowers That Can Wait at a Farmhouse
Anna, qualified florist | heat, verandahs and what holds up
On a farm the flowers may sit a while before anyone comes up to the house, and heat does its damage before they ever reach a vase. On a hot day a parked van passes forty-five degrees by midday, and an hour in there takes days off the vase, because every ten degrees roughly doubles how fast a cut stem burns through what it has stored. I learned it from a bucket of roses left by a back door one February: by five they'd dropped their heads.
So for a farmhouse, pick stems that sit through a wait on the verandah, like the protea and leucadendron in the Australian Native Arrangement. Roses and gerberas do beautifully too once someone takes them inside, recuts them and gets them into water.
Birthday, Funeral and Get Well Flowers, Sent Same Day
The orders out this way are usually one of three, and each needs something slightly different in the notes. All of them can go as a bunch or as one of our flower arrangements.
A Birthday on the Farm While You're Somewhere Else
The birthday's out on the farm and you're not. Send birthday flowers with a mobile in the notes, and a shady spot in case everyone's out in the paddock.
Andrew learned why on Clothiers Creek Road, back home in the Tweed, in the summer of 2007: nobody home, the car too hot to leave them in, so forty minutes on the verandah with the bunch on his knee and a cattle dog on his foot. The birthday girl was more impressed that the dog hadn't moved.
Anna's call: native flowers keep giving after the birthday. Once the soft stems finish, the leucadendron and banksia dry where they stand and sit on a shelf for months.
Funeral Flowers Go to the Director, Sympathy to the House
Someone from out this way has died, and the service is in Babinda, Innisfail or up in Cairns. Flowers can't stand in for being there, and they still tell the family you would be if you could. Funeral flowers go through the funeral director, so put their name and the service time in the notes. Sympathy flowers for the home can follow a day later. The card can be short: “We're so sorry. Love from all of us.”
At a graveside, a sheath lies flat on the grass and stays put.
In Babinda's Hospital for a Few Days, or Living There?
They're at the Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Centre on Munro Street, in for a few days or living in the aged-care beds. Hospital flowers go to the front desk either way, and in our experience staff carry them to the room. Put the room in the notes if you know it. For a short stay, get well flowers with “Rest up. See you at home.” on the card say plenty.
Anna, on the bedside table
Bedside tables are small. The 3 Gerberas In A Vase fits and arrives ready to go, and fresh water every couple of days keeps those hollow stems drinking.
It Doesn't Have to Fit a Category
Plenty of orders don't: a thank-you to the neighbour who fed the dogs, a hello after too long.
When you can't decide, the Rose, Gerbera & Lilies Bunch covers three favourites at once. Pinch the anthers off the lilies as they open and the pollen stays off the tablecloth.
More ways to send
Order before 2pm and it is out to East Russell this afternoon.
Shop Birthday BestsellersSame Day Delivery to East Russell, Cutoffs and Notes
Cutoffs
2pm weekdays for same day, so there is time to build it and make the drive out.
10am Saturday, when the runs finish earlier.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
In the notes
The number off the gate post, a word on the driveway and a mobile. Check the postcode reads 4861, near Babinda; Russell Island in Moreton Bay is somewhere else entirely.
Who takes them
Whoever is up at the house, or a shaded spot you name in the notes. In before 2pm, and they are out there this afternoon.
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If the Farm Goes Quiet After Delivery
In my years on the phones, people on the land were never quick to ring and say thanks, so a quiet day after delivery usually just means a busy one.
To check they arrived, call our team on 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and from 10am Saturday, or email [email protected] to change anything before it goes.
Andrew, on gate posts and long driveways
The partner florist closest to East Russell builds it on the day. Rural numbers usually sit on a post at the gate, and the house can be a long way up the drive. The orders that went sideways in our phone years nearly always had a number and nothing else. Anything wrong on arrival, send us a photo that day and we fix it.
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