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Flowers to Freshwater in Cairns, today: any weekday order in before 2pm arrives this afternoon, or choose a later day at checkout. We've delivered across Cairns since 2007, when it was one of our ten busiest areas. For a funeral at Sacred Heart on Duffy Street, add the funeral director's name. Pick the Bright Arrangement With Chocolates for a birthday, or browse the Birthdays, Sympathy and Bestsellers tabs below, and pay securely online. Or call us, and one of our friendly, Australian-based team will choose it and write the card with 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
For a busy Freshwater house, send natives: they look after themselves
Anna, qualified florist | on flowers nobody has time to fuss over
If the person you're sending to won't be fussing over a vase, I'd steer you to native flowers in an arrangement, like our Australian Native Arrangement. Foam dries from the top down, so a cup of water over it every second day does the job. In a warm room, in my experience, expect ten days or more from the leucadendrons, the dark red cones, then let them dry in an empty vase. They keep their colour for months.
The one that throws people is the protea. In foam or a vase it drinks harder than anything else in the bucket and can empty a vase in a few days, so keep it topped up. Its leaves can also go black, which looks like the end and isn't: the flower head is pulling sugar out of them, and the head itself barely changes. I binned a whole bucket of proteas once before anyone told me.
Birthday, Sympathy and Thank-You Flowers Delivered in Freshwater
Birthdays, funerals and thank-yous are the usual reasons people send flowers into Freshwater. Two things can trip those orders up: a third of homes are units (2021 census), so the unit number matters, and plenty of locals work in hospitals, often on shifts, so the knock can come mid-sleep. A unit number in the notes fixes the first, and flower arrangements that need no vase make the second easier.
Add the Unit Number and a Mobile to Birthday Flowers
The birthday is today and you can't be there, so the flowers go first. For a unit block, put the unit number, the street number and a mobile in the notes; in our experience a knock that goes unanswered then gets a phone call instead of a guess.
Anna's call: the Florist's Choice Birthday Arrangement With Chocolates, or our 50th birthday flowers for a big one. The arrangement stands on the bench without a vase, and nobody sends the chocolates back.
Funeral Flowers Go Through the Funeral Director
The notice says Sacred Heart on Duffy Street, or a funeral home in Cairns, and you're a long way away. Flowers for the service, or sympathy flowers for the home afterwards: both are right. For the service we need the funeral director's name and the time, because in our experience they place the flowers before the family arrives. I learnt that at St Augustine's in Coolangatta in 2007, the day I parked our car behind the hearse. The director took the sheath with one hand and waved me on with the other, very kindly. On the card, "Thinking of you all, with love" is enough.
A sheath is a long funeral bouquet built to lie flat, so the White Lily & Rose Sheath sits on a casket with no stand. White and green suit a church. Keep the colour for the house.
Thank-You Flowers for Someone Who Works Nights
Your sister has done a fortnight of nights at the hospital, or a friend covered your shifts and won't take a cent. Send a thank you or a thinking of you, and write "works nights, please don't knock, fine to leave it in the shade" in the notes. On the card: "No reply needed. Sleep first."
Anna, on the day-sleeper's kitchen
Natives Flowers With A Vase brings its own vase, so there's no hunting for one at 3pm, half asleep. Natives don't mind a warm, shut-up house either.
No Idea What They'd Like?
Plenty of orders have no occasion at all: a neighbour who fed the cat, a mate you haven't rung since Easter. I asked Anna what she'd send with nothing to go on.
The Blue Mist Arrangement. Soft blue reads as calm at thirty or eighty, it suits a good week or a bad one, and it needs no vase. For a bunch instead, see our blue flowers.
More ways to browse
Weekday orders placed before 2pm go out the same afternoon.
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The cutoffs
Weekdays, 2pm for same day, which gives our partner florist in Cairns time to build the order and get it out that afternoon.
Saturdays, 10am.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
Later orders: pick the date at checkout.
What the notes need
Unit and street number, plus a mobile. For Sacred Heart, the funeral director and the service time. For a night-shift worker, where to leave it.
Who takes it
A house: whoever answers, or a shady spot you name. A unit: whoever is behind that door. A funeral: in our experience, the director. In before 2pm, there this afternoon.
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Expect an Email, Then a Quiet Phone
A confirmation email arrives when the order goes through, and same-day orders go out that afternoon. To check on it or change a detail, ring 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and Saturday mornings, or email [email protected]. If it turns up wrong, send a photo that day and we sort it.
Siobhan, on the card that outlasts the flowers
People don't always ring straight back. After a week of nights they're asleep, after a funeral they're with family, and either way it's normal (it took me a couple of years on the phones to stop worrying every time a customer rang to say they'd heard nothing). When an order did go wrong back then, it was nearly always a unit number left off. The flowers last a week or two. The card stays on the fridge for a year, which is a bit sad and a bit lovely all at once.
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