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Shop ByHughesdale Flower Delivery Today, Home or Aged Care
Flowers reach Hughesdale today on any order placed before 2pm on a weekday or 10am on a Saturday; for later, the date is set at checkout. Oaklea Hall on Earlstown Road is a small home with dementia care, so the resident's full name usually does it, with the room if you have it. Our Blue Mist Arrangement below suits a care room. Order now online, or call us and we'll take it slowly and properly.
“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
An arrangement has a front, and it should face the room
Anna, qualified florist | on which way an arrangement faces
Most arrangements are built to be seen from one side. The tall stems go at the back, the faces turn forward, and the back is mostly green and the rim of the container, because it is meant to sit against a wall. Put one like that in the middle of a table and half the room gets a view of the foam. An all-round arrangement is built the other way, with faces on every side, and pushed into a corner it hides half its flowers.
For a care room, front-facing is usually the right build, since it goes on a shelf or a sill with its back to the wall. I built far more front-facing pieces than all-round ones, and the reason was always the wall. Turn it a little every day or two anyway: gerberas lean toward the light, and one left by a window ends up facing the glass.
Four Kinds of Hughesdale Address
What the notes need, door by door
A small suburb with four kinds of address.
- Oaklea Hall
4-8 Earlstown Road. Full name, and the room if you have it.
- A townhouse
Close to a third of homes are townhouses or semis. The unit number and a mobile.
- Sacred Heart
The girls' college at 113 Warrigal Road. The student's name and year level.
- Oakleigh chapel
Simplicity Funerals, 1603 Dandenong Road, seats 81. Service time and family name.
Sending to Oaklea Hall? Choose a thinking-of-you arrangement
Hughesdale fits inside Poath, Dandenong, Warrigal and North Roads, about two square kilometres, so the run is short and the notes do the work.
Oaklea Hall, a Greek Funeral and Year 12
More than half of Hughesdale homes were separate houses at the 2021 census and close to a third were townhouses or semis, so the unit number matters on about one door in three. Oaklea Hall has rooms that adjoin for couples, and our anniversary flowers suit a long marriage marked there.
Ninety at Oaklea Hall on Earlstown Road
Your mum turns ninety this week at Oaklea Hall, and you will be ringing rather than there.
It is a small home, 46 beds, with dementia care, so her full name usually does it and the room is a bonus. Rooms there are singles with their own ensuite, and a compact arrangement suits a bedside table better than a tall one. Our 90th birthday flowers and purple flowers both work, with “Ninety, and still the best of us. Love, all of us.”
Anna, on a shelf against the wall
Ask for something front-facing. It sits back against the wall and shows every flower to the bed.
White Wreaths for a Greek Orthodox Funeral
Someone from the Greek side of the family has died, and the service will be at their church.
Close to one Hughesdale resident in seven has Greek ancestry, and in a Greek Orthodox service flowers are very much part of it. A round white wreath is the traditional piece, and from what our florists have seen the wreaths stand at the church entrance, where the family passes them on the way in. Give the church, the service time and the family name, so the florist can time it for 45 to 60 minutes before the start. Our wreaths and sheaves and white sympathy flowers cover it, with “Memory eternal.” (Eonia i mnimi) on the card.
A wreath is built into wet foam, so it keeps drinking through a long morning at the door.
Year 12 Nearly Done at Sacred Heart
Your niece is finishing Year 12 at Sacred Heart Girls' College on Warrigal Road, and you want something to mark it.
School or home? The college works during the day with her name and year level, but flowers at the house on the afternoon she finishes are hers to enjoy without carrying them anywhere. Our graduation flowers and celebration flowers both suit.
Anna's pick: sunflowers or gerberas, which read as a celebration from across a room.
When It Is Simply a Nice Thing to Do
There is no reason you could put a name to, only a person you keep thinking about.
Anna's pick: our daisies. They look as if they came out of someone's garden, which is most of their charm, and they keep well in a cool room.
More ideas for Hughesdale
For a birthday at a Hughesdale house or a room at Oaklea Hall, start with our arrangements.
Flower ArrangementsCutoffs and Notes, Poath Road to Warrigal Road
When to order
Before 2pm on weekdays, which leaves the florist the morning to build it.
Before 10am on Saturdays; the Saturday run is shorter.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
For a morning funeral, order the day before.
What to write
Oaklea Hall: full name, and the room if you have it. A townhouse or semi: the unit number and a mobile. A church, or Simplicity's chapel in Oakleigh: the service time and family name. Sacred Heart Girls' College: the student's name and year level.
Who takes it in
Staff at Oaklea Hall, the college office, the funeral director at a church or chapel, and at a house the recipient or someone home with them. Weekday orders placed before 2pm go out that afternoon.
After the Order Goes In
A partner florist close to Hughesdale picks up the order, builds it from what came in that morning, and takes it out on the afternoon run. Where one stem from the photo hasn't come in, a stem in the same colour takes its place and the size stays the same.
If anything about it looks wrong, send a photo that day and we will make it good. Call 1300 360 469 from 7am to 6pm weekdays or from 10am Saturdays; changes go to [email protected].
Siobhan, on the end of Year 12
I took a lot of end-of-Year-12 orders every November, back in the shop (aunts mostly, and the odd godmother), and the ones that landed best went to the house, not the school. On the last day not everyone wants to carry a bunch past their friends. Some do, mind you. Now and then an order for the school arrived after the students had already gone, so it's worth asking the family what time the last day finishes.
The end of Year 12 is a relief and a small loss at the same time. Flowers on the last afternoon only mark the relief, and that is enough.
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