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Shop ByHamilton VIC Flower Delivery, In Town Same Day Before 2pm
Before 2pm on a weekday, today is still on. The flowers go out that afternoon in Hamilton: a birthday you have only just remembered, a room at one of the aged care homes, a ward on Foster Street. After 2pm it is the next working day. Saturday closes at 10am, and Sunday does not run, except for Mother's Day of course. Out of town is the one to watch. The delivery run goes one direction a day, so a property 25 kilometres down the Coleraine Road wants a day's notice. If the service is on Thursday, order on the Wednesday. If the address is a property name and a gate, ring 1300 360 469 and we will work it out.
“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
The 2pm cutoff
2pm weekdays buys the afternoon. Somebody still has to make it and drive it.
Where it lands
Houses, the Foster Street wards, four aged care receptions, two cemeteries, two boarding schools.
Who makes it
Your order goes to a florist close to the area with the stems that day. The trade is below.
We Have Never Had a Shop in Hamilton
Your order goes to a partner florist in or close to Hamilton, built that morning. There are shops in town you can walk into and point at a bucket. We are not one of them. What you get instead is an order that does not stop when one shop shuts for a funeral.
The July mornings here do damage the afternoon cannot undo.
Anna, qualified florist | fifteen years on the bench, and the cold changes the answer
Everything I learned about flowers going wrong, I learned in the heat. Hamilton hands you the reverse. Living rooms here sit between fifteen and eighteen degrees, the band where nearly everything performs. Epping is 280 kilometres off, so a stem lands here roughly a day older than one on a Melbourne bench, and then it stops ageing. Fifteen degrees does that.
A mean July minimum of 4.4 degrees at 241 metres puts frost on the ground most winter mornings. A bunch left two hours on a step is finished before the door opens. Water in the cells freezes, the walls rupture, and by mid afternoon you see translucent patches on the outer petals. No recut fixes that. Send the arrangement where a person is standing.
Same Day, Next Day, and Where the Line Falls
One Hamilton order, three ways it can land
Portland is 85 kilometres south, so a run goes one direction at a time. What our florists tend to manage.
Order in, 10am
Made up after lunch
On the town run
At the door, Tuesday
Order in, 3pm
Cutoff already gone
Made up Wednesday morning
At the door, Wednesday
Order in, 10am
Made up after lunch
Waits for a run heading west
At the gate, usually Wednesday
How the Order Actually Moves
1
You order by 2pm
2
We book it as a paid job
3
A florist near town builds it
4
It goes on that day's run
5
Handed over, or left at reception
What to Send, and Where It Needs to Land
Two things dominate here: a funeral, and a room in an aged care home. Tight budget, start under $60.
When the Service Is in Hamilton and You Are Not
Families from Coleraine, Dunkeld and the properties out west bury in Hamilton, and the ones who moved away still come back to do it. Flowers will not do a thing about that. They put your name in the room while you are still on the highway.
In our experience service flowers go to the funeral director on Collins Street, or graveside at the Lawn Cemetery on the Henty Highway, and the older ground on Coleraine Road still takes interments in family plots. Order a day ahead: a 10am service is over before the same day run starts. On the card, "Thinking of you and your family" does the job.
A lawn grave will not usually take a tall standing spray. Ask the director what that one allows. Country services still run to wreaths and sheaves.
Most of It Stops at Reception
Four aged care homes and a base hospital in a town of ten thousand, and most of those people have a son or daughter three hours away. The flowers tend to stop at a front desk in all five. The one that catches people is The Birches, which shares 20 Foster Street with the hospital campus, so the order needs the home's name as well as the street number. A ward needs the patient's full name. Between 2006 and 2010 I did ward and funeral home deliveries at Tweed Heads and up the Gold Coast, and a front desk works much the same everywhere.
Anna on ward and room deliveries
Country wards do not tend to keep spare vases, so send a box. And no lilies: the pollen travels room to room on staff clothing.
In by 2pm, there this afternoon.
Get well flowersNot sure what to send?
Plenty of orders have no occasion at all. Fair enough.
Natives. A leucadendron holds three to six weeks in a room at fifteen degrees, longer than the card stays on the mantelpiece. If nobody gets home until dark, that is the one I would send.
Hamilton Delivery, and What People Send
Does Sheepvention change anything?
The Rural Expo runs the first weekend of August at the Showgrounds and fills the district's accommodation. The streets around the grounds carry expo traffic for two days. Get the order in by the Friday and it lands before any of it.
Browse by what you are sending
The Cold Morning and the Awkward Addresses
What to put in the notes
A July doorstep here averages 4.4 degrees overnight, so early is not automatically kind. If the house is empty until evening, say where to leave it. Rural addresses want a property name and a gate colour. Boarding houses need their own name, or it can sit in the school office.
After You Order
An order number lands in your email and the job goes out that day. Ring 1300 360 469 to change the card or the address.
A woman rang me in 2012 wanting flowers for her mum in Hamilton. She had the road but not the number, only the house past the second gate out toward Coleraine, and she had not been down in four years. We got it there. If your address is that shape, put it in the notes.
Siobhan, on the part that goes quiet
What catches people out on a country address is the silence afterwards. You send them, then nothing, and by Thursday you have decided something went wrong. Usually it did not. Out here the photo often waits for the weekend. The flowers have already landed and done their work, whether anyone has managed to tell you or not. When it does go wrong it is nearly always a gate nobody told us about. Ring the same day, or email a photo, and we can fix it. Leave it a week and we cannot.
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