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Shop BySame Day Flower Delivery East Toowoomba
Flowers delivered in East Toowoomba today, to a house, a boarding school or a room at St Vincent's Private Hospital, when your order is in before 2pm on a weekday. We have been delivering into Toowoomba since 2007. For a birthday, the Bright Arrangement With Chocolates is the easy pick. For a hospital room, 3 Gerberas In A Vase. Choose from our same-day range below and buy online in a couple of minutes, or call us and one of our friendly, Australian-based team will sort it while you wait.
“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
Will they last in East Toowoomba? Longer than in Brisbane, mostly
Anna, qualified florist | trained in North Carolina, fifteen years at the bench
Cool air slows down everything a cut flower does, and at about seven hundred metres up, Toowoomba has plenty of it. Most stems simply go further in an East Toowoomba front room than they would in a Brisbane one. The catch is winter. Heaters run all day in the older houses, and warm dry air pulls water out of a petal faster than the stem can replace it, so the edges dry first. A heater is harder on a bunch than any frost outside.
Keep the vase away from the heater and top it up every day. Roses, gerberas and carnations then give the full run, and in my experience carnations will go fourteen days or more.
Bedsides, Birthdays and the Family Home
Our flower arrangements arrive in their own container, which suits the three kinds of address packed into East Toowoomba's four square kilometres: old family homes, two big boarding schools and a private hospital.
Birthday Flowers to a House, a Dorm or a Desk
The birthday is today and you will not be there to hand them over. For a house, put the recipient's mobile in the notes in case nobody is home. If the birthday girl boards at Fairholme College, add her boarding house too; from what our florists tell us, the school office signs and boarding staff pass them on. Our best-selling birthday bunches and birthday flowers for a daughter both travel well.
Anna's call: the Australian Natives Bunch. Woody native stems drink slowly and hold their shape for a week or more, and if there is a banksia in it, the cone dries on a shelf for months afterwards.
A New Baby at St Vincent's, or a Knee on the Mend
You have a ward number off a text and a first name. Ward or home is the first call. Hospital flowers tend to go to reception, and staff carry them up, so the notes need the full name and ward. I learnt that at John Flynn in Tugun in 2008, holding a big arrangement and a first name on a Post-it for twenty minutes. Our new baby flowers fit a bedside. Card idea: Welcome, little one.
Anna on a shared room
Scent travels in a shared room. An Oriental lily fills the whole space, so for a ward I always steered toward gerberas, roses and carnations, whose pollen stays inside the flower. Save the lilies for the homecoming.
Sympathy Flowers Can Wait Until the House Goes Quiet
Someone has died, and the family is fielding visitors and phone calls. For the service, a wreath or sheath goes to the funeral director, with the director's name and service time in the notes. In our experience sympathy flowers for the home land better a week later, when the casseroles stop. Card idea: Thinking of you all. No need to reply.
Whites and soft greens sit easily in a room like that. The Gorgeous White Arrangement comes in its own container, so nobody grieving has to find a vase.
Nothing Here Quite Fits?
Plenty of orders never sit under a heading. A thank-you to a neighbour, a new job, an aunt you have not rung in a while.
Anna's call: the Florist's Choice Bunch. With no theme to match, a florist can work from whatever came in best that morning and put some personality into it. Mention any colour they cannot stand. Our flower bunches show the rest of the range.
Other ways to browse
Get it in before 2pm today and it is on the ward, the dorm desk or the doorstep this afternoon.
Shop Birthday FlowersThree Things Worth Knowing Before You Order
The times
2pm weekdays for same day, which leaves our partner florist the afternoon to make it and get it across town.
10am Saturday, a half day in the flower trade.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
What the notes need
St Vincent's: the patient's full name and ward, or maternity. A boarder: her full name and boarding house. A house: the recipient's mobile.
Who signs for it
From what we have seen, the hospital desk or ward clerk signs, and the school office takes it in for boarders. In before 2pm, there this afternoon.
After the Order Goes Through
Your order goes to our partner florist in Toowoomba, who makes and delivers it on the day. To change a card or a date, email [email protected]. If something is wrong when it lands, ring 1300 360 469 (7am to 6pm weekdays, from 10am Saturday) and send a photo the same day.
Siobhan, who took these calls herself from 2006 to 2011
The part nobody warns you about is the quiet afterwards. You send flowers to a new mum at St Vincent's and then nothing, no text, no photo. I heard that worry on the phone for years (usually from a grandmother, usually around dinner time). She has a baby to feed, so give her a few days. It is a small thing next to a new baby, and somehow it is still the card that ends up in the baby book. Now and then a patient goes home the morning the flowers arrive, so if discharge is close, send them to the house.
Whatever the address, the notes field is still the most important box on the order form.
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