Flower Delivery Hunters Hill: Lily's Florist

The Lower North Shore

Hunters Hill wasn't on our radar until Valentine's Day 2011. That week from hell in our Pottsville home office, eight desks crammed into a double garage, phones going off. Between the chaos, this pattern emerged. Lane Cove, Gladesville, Hunters Hill, Ryde - all these Lower North Shore suburbs kept popping as delivery requests. Not random orders either. Sons sending flowers to mums in those heritage houses. Husbands working in the city, wives at home in Hunters Hill's leafy streets.

The peninsula suburbs taught us something about Sydney we'd missed from Northern NSW. These weren't only postcodes, they were villages within the city. Our first partner in Sydney in 2008 explained it perfectly if my memory serves me correctly - "people in Hunters Hill know each other's business, but in a good way." She'd known the area for decades, watching families grow up, move to Putney or Woolwich, but still come back for flowers. A little side note, my husband Andrew used to play Joey's in rugby from time to time when he as at school so he said, there are a lot of memories in Hunters Hill, but most of them losing to Joey's as they were, and no doubt still are, so good a rugby.

Irene discovered what those early customers found (as above): "well worth using this site," she said, finding it "easy to navigate" with "chocolates and the cutest bears" alongside flowers. But here's what she really loved - "The prices are great as well." That matters in Hunters Hill. Just because people live in million-dollar homes doesn't mean they want to overpay for flowers.

Peninsula Partner Florists Know Their Area

Our Hunters Hill and surrounding partners understand the Lower North Shore ecosystem. They know that Figtree Park means something different than Boronia Park. That delivering to the waterfront properties requires different timing than the houses up near Burns Bay Road. They've learned which streets flood during storms, where to leave flowers when those grand old homes have confusing entrances.

These florists buy from Sydney Flower Market at dawn, selecting blooms that survive the harbour humidity. They understand that Hunters Hill residents want quality without ostentation. Classic roses, elegant natives, arrangements that complement Federation architecture rather than competing with it. When someone orders from the city to Hunters Hill, these florists know it's probably going somewhere special.

The Numbers Game We Almost Lost

When we signed with Feefo in 2013, we had 22,479 reasons to be terrified. That's how many reviews we've collected since, all public, all permanent. The bad ones sitting right next to the good ones. No deletion button, no editing, just raw customer opinion about something as subjective as flowers.

But transparency forced excellence. Those 18,706 four and five-star reviews didn't happen by accident. They happened because every negative review got addressed, every partner florist who dropped the ball got coached or cut. We read them all - Andrew and I, at dinner, kids pretending not to listen while we debate responses.

The 72-hour change notice in our terms isn't bureaucracy. It's protection for small florists who order specific flowers for specific arrangements. Change "white orchids" to "pink roses" last minute? Those orchids get binned. Our Hunters Hill partners aren't corporations absorbing waste, they're local businesses watching margins.

Order Flowers to Hunters Hill Today

Whether you're sending from Singapore or Silverwater, Hunters Hill deliveries work identically. Order before 2PM weekdays for same day delivery. Local florists, fresh arrangements, delivered by people who know every heritage-listed street. Order online now or call 1300 360 469.