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Two hampers. Both $117.00. Sweet or savoury. Both assembled by a local partner florist and hand delivered same day across Australia. We are Lily's Florist, a family run network of over 800 florists backed by 23,100+ verified Feefo reviews and a Trusted Service Award three years running. These hampers are not shipped from a warehouse or packed in a factory. Your local florist puts them together from the stock they carry, which means a hamper from a Melbourne florist has different treats than one from Cairns or Townsville. That regional variety is part of the gift. Stick around for a minute because Anna, our qualified florist of fifteen years, has some strong opinions about when to send a hamper instead of flowers.
Sweet or Savoury
The Florists Choice Sweet Hamper is chocolates, shortbread, biscuits, the kind of treats you open and immediately pass around the room. The person who reaches for dessert first. The Florists Choice Savoury Hamper is cheese, crackers, nuts, dried fruit, cured meats. The person who'd rather a cheese board than a chocolate box. Both are Florist's Choice, which means the local florist fills them with what they have on hand. You pick the direction. They pick the contents. Same principle as our Florist's Choice flowers, where giving the florist creative freedom produces a better result than forcing them to match a fixed photo.
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"I ordered a savoury hamper as a father's day gift and it was delivered in no time. The products in the hamper were all top shelf and presented beautifully. My father in law was extremely impressed and is still talking about it."
"Still talking about it." That is the sentence that matters in that review. A savoury hamper for Father's Day from a bloke who knew his father in law well enough to pick savoury over sweet. The florist matched the quality to the occasion and the presentation landed. That is what Florist's Choice does. Anna reckons the lasting impression comes down to pace. Flowers hit all at once and then they fade. A hamper gets opened over days. Every time the recipient reaches in for something new, they think of the person who sent it. A week later they are finishing the last of the crackers and the gift is still giving.
When Flowers Are the Wrong Call
Anna spent fifteen years working out what to send people. Half of that was learning when flowers missed the mark.
Anna Qualified Florist, 15+ Years
"Flowers are beautiful but they are not always the right gift. A bloke recovering from surgery does not want a vase of lilies on his bedside table. He wants something to eat while he watches the cricket. An elderly parent in a retirement home might not have the energy to trim stems and change water every few days, but they can open a box of shortbread and enjoy it at their own pace. I used to get calls from people who clearly wanted to send flowers because that is what you do, but when I asked a few questions about the recipient, a hamper was the obvious answer. Sometimes the kindest gift is the one that does not need maintaining."
If you are sending to someone in hospital, a hamper avoids the scent sensitivity issue entirely. No pollen, no water to spill, no concern about ward policies on flowers. For sympathy, a hamper says "we are thinking of you" without adding another arrangement to a house that may already be full of them. And for milestone birthdays where the recipient is older, a sweet hamper they can dip into over a week is often more appreciated than flowers they need to care for.
The Office Hamper
Anna saw this play out every December and again at end of financial year when she was working on the bench in the mid 2000s. A company sends a thank you gift to a client. Flowers arrive. One person at reception gets a beautiful bouquet on their desk. Everyone else walks past it. The gift was generous but it only reached one person.
Anna Qualified Florist, 15+ Years
"A hamper on the office kitchen bench gets shared. Someone grabs a biscuit with their coffee. Someone else takes the cheese and crackers to the meeting room. By the end of the day half the office has had something from it and they all know who sent it. Flowers on one desk are a gift for one person. A hamper in the kitchen is a gift for the whole team. I used to tell corporate clients this all the time and the ones who listened always came back for more hampers at Christmas."
For Secretary's Day, Christmas gifts, or thank you gestures to a team rather than an individual, the savoury hamper at $117 does more work than a bouquet at the same price point. The hamper gets consumed, talked about, and remembered. And if things change after you have ordered, our team will work with you.
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"I ordered a Xmas hamper for my mother, but she had to be admitted to hospital, Lily's delayed the delivery until she returned home, excellent service and great communication via emails to me, have used before and will use again, well done Lily's 10/10"
Phillip ordered a Christmas hamper. His mother went into hospital before it arrived. We held the delivery until she was home. A warehouse operation ships a parcel and forgets about it. Our florists and our Armidale call centre talk to each other and to you. If the situation changes, we adapt.
Ordering and Delivery
You can order on the website or call us on 1300 360 469. Our team in Armidale is available Monday to Saturday. Same day delivery requires ordering before 2pm on weekdays or 10am on Saturdays. Those cutoffs give our partner florists time to assemble the hamper properly and get it onto the delivery route while the day is still young. Rushing a hamper out the door at 4pm means the florist grabs whatever is closest rather than putting thought into the selection.
We don't deliver on Sundays. Florist shops are closed and the hamper needs to be assembled fresh by a real person in a real shop. We could promise Sunday delivery and have someone scramble to make it happen. We would rather be honest about why it works better Monday to Saturday.
Delivery is $16.95 and we subsidise that because the actual courier cost is often higher. If you decide flowers are actually the right call, our flowers under $60 range starts well below the $117 hamper price, and our Florist's Choice bunch at $74.50 is the most popular product we sell.
Your order gets routed to a local partner florist near the recipient. They assemble the hamper from their stock and hand deliver it. If you need to change anything after ordering, email [email protected] or call us or use the live chat on the website. If something goes wrong, contact us within 24 hours. We will ask for photos of what arrived from a couple of angles so we can see exactly what was delivered and sort it out. We monitor every review through Feefo, where we hold a Trusted Service Award for 2024, 2025, and 2026 based on over 23,100 verified customer reviews. To learn more about how we got here, read our story.
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