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Flower Delivery to Florey ACT, Judged in Week Two

Most flowers going into Florey land at a house somebody has lived in since the eighties, and the people ordering them are usually a long way from that front door. Sixtieths outnumber twenty-firsts here. What decides whether it was worth the money is how many days it is still working on the kitchen table, so that is what the order gets built around. Sympathy is the other half, and most of it runs east to a funeral director on Nettlefold Street, which wants the service time in the notes. Order by 2pm on a weekday and a florist in or close to Florey builds it that afternoon. In January we push these earlier, because the shaded side of a street here is a different address to the sunny side.

Order online by 2pm · from $42.95 · $16.95 delivery Phone 1300 360 469 · 7am-6pm weekdays, 10am Sat
“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
“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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The cutoff, and what sets it

The cutoff is 2pm on weekdays because it is a bench and run window, not an office rule. Saturday closes at 10am. No Sunday.

Where it lands

Florey is 1,403 houses and 415 townhouses, and eight apartments in total. In a townhouse cluster the unit number is on the door, not the kerb.

Who makes it

No shop in Florey. The order goes to a florist in or near the suburb, built from what they have that day. The trade is directly below.

No Shop in Florey, and What That Costs You

We have no shop here and never have. The order goes to a partner florist in or close to Florey, built from what came into their cool room that week. You give up choice. You cannot walk in, point at a bucket and say that one. What you get is an order that does not hang on one shop being open on a Tuesday. Shut or short, it moves.

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Order by 2pm
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Matched to a florist
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Built that day
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Delivered by hand
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Confirmed to you

Eighty Dollars Buys Days on a Table, Not Stems in a Bunch

Anna, qualified florist | fifteen years buying stems by the bucket

Here is the arithmetic nobody publishes. A rose costs a florist between a dollar fifty and three fifty a stem and gives seven to ten days in an ordinary room. A chrysanthemum costs under a dollar and holds fourteen to twenty-four. Cheaper per stem and longer on the table, both at once, and only one of those shows up in the photograph.

Dry air pulls water out of a petal faster than humid air at the same temperature, which is why a hydrangea that would only sulk in Brisbane collapses in a Canberra January. Four to ten days on a shaded porch at thirty degrees. Unshaded, one. The petals dry from the edges in and curl. Ask for carnations or chrysanthemums through summer and leave the hydrangea alone.

Twenty-Eight Days, Measured on One Ruler

Vase life in days in a room of 20 to 24 degrees, which is what a Florey brick-and-tile lounge runs most of the year. Costs are wholesale, per stem.

Chrysanthemum Carnation Lisianthus Rose Hydrangea 0 7 14 21 28 days in the vase
  • Chrysanthemum, 14 to 24 days. Under a dollar a stem.
  • Carnation, 14 to 21 days. Buds keep opening through week two.
  • Lisianthus, 10 to 17 days. Near scentless.
  • Rose, 7 to 10 days. A dollar fifty to three fifty a stem, and three to six days above 28 degrees.
  • Hydrangea, 4 to 10 days. One to five above 28 degrees.

You will not be in the room on day twelve. The right-hand end of these lines is the part still working when you have stopped thinking about it.

What People Send to Florey

Three orders cover most of what goes into Florey. Anniversaries are the one nobody plans for.

Ask for the Number on a Sixtieth

The biggest age group in Florey is 60 to 64, and the order usually comes from an adult child who grew up in the house. Put the number in the notes and the sixtieth gets built around it.

Carnations keep opening for a week after they land, so the thing fills out through week two. Same for a fortieth for a wife.

One Flower Carries Two Meanings on the Same Street

Sympathy out of Florey goes three ways. The house, the funeral corridor two kilometres east in Belconnen, or a place of worship. Ask which before you order.

The chrysanthemum is the trap. Best value stem on the list, and in a lot of Vietnamese, Chinese and Italian Catholic households it reads as a funeral flower, so it never goes as a gift. Vietnamese is the top language other than English here. White lilies carry across most of those traditions. Hindu practice is the exception, where white is wrong and flowers from outside the family are not customary at all. Ask the family. For the house, a condolence arrangement within three days. Name the person who died on the card.

Forty Years in the Same House, and Something to Mark

A third of Florey is owned outright and those couples bought in the mid eighties. Long marriages, and the order arrives from a son or daughter interstate. Somebody is more likely to be home here on a weekday than in a two-commute suburb, so the doorstep risk is lower. Order the day before and the florist buys for it at market.

Anna on what a fortieth should be built from

Leucadendron runs fourteen to twenty-eight days in a normal room. It outlasts the occasion. Put it through with lisianthus and the arrangement is still working when the cards come down.

Order before 2pm today and it is at their door this afternoon.

Sixtieth birthday flowers

Still Not Sure What to Send to Florey?

Most of these come from people who have not seen the house in years. Anna picks format before flowers here.

A self-supporting arrangement in a vessel beats a wrapped bunch at this address. Somebody in their seventies answering their own front door does not need a second job hunting a vase. Carnations and chrysanthemums through it, and it runs a fortnight.

Browse arrangements

Florey Delivery Questions, Answered Straight

Is Florey part of Belconnen?

It is in the Belconnen district, and it is not the town centre. Florey is a kilometre and a half west across Coulter Drive, postcode 2615 and only 2615. Lake Ginninderra is in the town centre. Florey has the creek, and a couple of flower sites have that backwards.

Can flowers go to the Belconnen walk-in centre?

No. It is nurse led and admits nobody, so there is no bed to deliver to. If somebody says they are at Belconnen, the flowers go to the house. Bruce is the nearest admitting hospital, four kilometres east.

Same Day Flowers to Florey 2615

Delivery

Delivery anywhere in 2615, and we subsidise it. One hand delivery across a suburb costs more than that to run, and a courier rate would cost more than some of the flowers themselves.

In the notes

Unit number and a door description for a townhouse. A mobile number. A named safe spot out of the afternoon sun.

Getting around Florey since July 2026

The Florey shops upgrade finished in July 2026. Speed cushions on the approach roads, a crossing on Kesteven Street by the medical centre, and an extended 40 zone through the school day, so the Kesteven and Connah run is slower than it was in 2024. Order before 2pm today and it is at their door this afternoon.

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After You Order

An order number lands in your inbox within a few minutes. It goes to a florist in or near the suburb as a paid job with your notes attached, and it is built on the day it goes out.

If something is wrong, ring 1300 360 469 on a weekday or email [email protected] a photo the same day. Same day, not the following week.

Siobhan, on the eighty-dollar question people were too polite to ask

You know that pause on the phone where somebody has picked a price and then asks, very carefully, whether it will look like enough? I heard that one for seven years, up until we came off the phones in 2013, and it was almost always the cheaper order that came back happy. The bunch that disappoints is the one that looked biggest on day one. Ask what lasts.

Hear nothing back? Normal. People thank the sender. We are the last to know.

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About the Author

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

Florey was already thirty years old when we started sending flowers into it in 2013. Five hundred and seventy-one blocks went up between 1984 and 1987, and the people who bought one in their late twenties are the largest age group here now.

Siobhan and I bought a flower shop in Kingscliff in 2006 with no retail experience and no flowers experience. The brand and network came three years later, in 2009. The long version is about Lily's Florist.