Flower Delivery Illawong: Same Day

Same Day Flowers to Illawong, Delivered Fresh

Need flowers delivered to Illawong today? We can do that. Order online or give us a call on 1300 360 469 before 2pm Monday to Friday, or before 10am on Saturday, and your flowers will arrive the same day. Fresh, hand arranged by a real partner florist, and delivered to the door. Our standard delivery fee is $16.95 and every product on our website is available for same day delivery to Illawong and the surrounding Sutherland Shire. No warehouses, no Australia Post boxes, no flowers sitting on a truck for three days. Just proper flowers, made properly, by someone who actually knows what they're doing.

* Andrew, me, and the girls. Andrew still talks about those bike rides through Gannons Park like they were last week. It’s that family connection that keeps us grounded.

What Happens When You Order

When you place an order for Illawong, it hits our system and gets routed to one of our partner florists in the area based on the recipient's postcode and what stock that florist has available on the day. If you've ordered a dozen red roses and our nearest florist only has six left, the order moves to the next closest florist who can fill it. Simple as that. Your flowers get made that morning, arranged by hand, and a local courier delivers them. To a business address, usually by 5pm. To a home, by 6pm or 7pm at the latest.

* My 'no-tech' system. This chalkboard is how we ensure your Illawong delivery avoids the warehouse and goes straight to a local shop.

We cover Illawong, Menai, Alfords Point, Bangor, Padstow Heights, and pretty much anywhere else in that pocket of southern Sydney. If for some reason we cannot deliver to a specific address, we will call you before processing the order to sort it out.

The 2pm weekday cutoff and 10am Saturday cutoff exist for a reason. Anna worked as a florist for over fifteen years before she joined us, and she has a thing about summer deliveries. Van interiors hit forty five degrees between midday and three in the afternoon. She calls it the death zone for cut flowers. The heat spikes their metabolic rate, burns through the sugar reserves that keep petals alive in the vase, and a bouquet that should last ten days might only get seven. Our partner florists route around that heat. Outer suburbs go early morning. CBD orders move through lunch when it is aircon to aircon. The cutoffs give them enough time to arrange, route, and deliver properly without cooking your flowers in transit.

We do not deliver on Sundays. Flower markets close Saturday afternoon and any florist delivering Sunday is working with Friday stock. That is already three days old before it reaches the vase. We could offer it. Some of our competitors do. We would rather be upfront about what that means for the flowers.

A Little Bit About Us and Illawong

My name is Siobhan, I run Lily's Florist with my partner Andrew, and whilst I cannot claim any personal history with Illawong, Andrew can. He grew up in Sydney, out Strathfield way, and his mate Smithy lived in Illawong. A few times each school semester Andrew would make the trek out there by train and bus, bike in tow, and stay the night. The next day they would ride all day through Gannons Park, down near the Georges River, exploring every trail and backstreet they could find. There was one rule and one rule only from Smithy's mum. Be home before the street lights come on. Which apparently they pushed to the absolute limit most days, rolling in just as dusk settled, covered in dirt, completely spent.

That was over 30 years ago now and Andrew says the area has changed a lot since then, as most of Sydney has, but that part of the Sutherland Shire still has that same family feel. Leafy streets, the river nearby, Gannons Park still there for the next generation of kids to tear around in. It feels like the kind of place where flowers actually mean something. A birthday for a mum who has lived there for 40 years. A thank you to a neighbour who grabbed the bins while you were away. An anniversary for a couple who raised their kids in the same house they still live in.

Why We Do Things Differently

Lily's Florist has been around since 2009 and we now work with over 800 partner florists right across Australia. We do not charge our florists membership fees, we never have, and in return they add a little extra into each arrangement to cover our commission. Which means you get better value and they get orders without having to worry about marketing or websites. It works for everyone.

* This was our shop back in 2006 in Kingscliff. While I was busy learning the flower names in Kingscliff, Andrew was already telling me stories about his weekends riding bikes around Illawong and the Sutherland Shire. We had no idea then that our little shop on Marine Parade would eventually be sending flowers back to the same streets Andrew used to explore as a kid.

We are not a massive company. We do not have a boardroom or a marketing team or a squad of lawyers. Business decisions get made at the dinner table, usually while one of us is checking netball schedules or sorting out school drop offs. That is Lily's Florist. Andrew and I, our two daughters Asha and Ivy, and a small team of customer service staff based in Armidale NSW. One of them, Anna, is an ex florist who has been with us for over 15 years. If you call and she picks up, you are in good hands.

What to Send to Illawong

Illawong is a family suburb and the orders we get reflect that. Birthdays for parents and grandparents. Thank you flowers for the neighbour who kept an eye on the house while you were away. New baby congratulations for friends down the street. The occasions are as grounded as the suburb itself.

If you are sending thank you flowers, keep it bright and unfussy. Our florists tend to reach for seasonal mixed bunches because they feel personal without being over the top. A thank you does not need to be extravagant. It needs to feel genuine.

For sympathy flowers to Illawong, stay with whites, soft creams, and muted greens. The palette matters more than the size. A smaller arrangement in calming tones will always feel more appropriate than something large and colourful. If the flowers are going to a home rather than a service, our sympathy flowers for the home range is worth looking at. Boxed arrangements work well because the recipient does not need to find a vase, find scissors, or clear counter space while they are dealing with everything else.

New baby flowers are one of our favourite orders to Illawong. Anna spent fifteen years as a working florist and she always tells new parents the same thing. Keep the flowers away from the fruit bowl. Ripening fruit gives off ethylene gas and cut flowers react to it by aging faster. Carnations and lilies are especially sensitive. Put them on a different bench or a side table and you will get noticeably more life out of them.

Birthdays are the most common order to Illawong and the Sutherland Shire by a long way. If you know what the person likes, great. If you do not, let the florist decide. Our Florist's Choice at $71.95 gives your local florist the freedom to use the freshest stems they have on the day rather than building to a fixed recipe. It is usually better value too because they are working with what is plentiful rather than sourcing something specific.

If you are not sure what occasion fits, or you are working to a tighter budget, start with our flowers under $60 range. A $49 bunch that arrives fresh and on time does the job.

Real Reviews From Real Customers

We partnered with Feefo back in 2013 because we wanted honest feedback, even when it stings a little. Feefo only collects reviews from verified customers, people who have actually placed an order, so we cannot fake it, we cannot delete the bad ones, and we cannot get our mates to write nice things. Every single review is real.

* This award represents over 3,000 real stories from our customers. We aren't perfect, but we are honest, and that’s why we’ve been here since 2009.

In 2024, 2025 and 2026 we received over 3,000 reviews and more than 2,400 of those were four or five stars. That earned us a Feefo Trusted Service Award which we are genuinely proud of. Flowers are subjective, what one person loves another might find a bit much, so putting ourselves out there with a third party review system was a risk. But it keeps us honest and it helps us improve.

Ready to Send Flowers to Illawong?

If you have got someone in Illawong who needs flowers today, we can get it done. Order online anytime or call us on 1300 360 469 during business hours, Monday to Friday 7am to 6pm, Saturday 7am to 12pm. Same day delivery to Illawong is available on every product on our website, with arrangements starting from $42 and our Florist's Choice from $71.95.

If you need to change anything after you have placed your order, the quickest way is to email [email protected] and we will sort it out. You can also call us or use the live chat on our website.

If something is not right with your flowers, let us know within 24 hours and send through a photo of both sides of the arrangement. We take it up with the delivering florist and work with you on the best outcome, which could be a redelivery or a refund depending on the situation. We are not perfect and we have never claimed to be, but we will always try to make it right.

We are here, we are Australian, and we would love to help. Lily's Florist, ABN 17 830 858 659.