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Flowers for someone in Latham arrive today when you order before 2pm, or before 10am on a Saturday. Order later and you choose the delivery date at checkout. Are they in hospital instead? Name North Canberra Hospital or Calvary Bruce Private, the ward and their full name in the notes. Call us, and one of our friendly, Australian-based team will place the order with you while you wait. Or buy our bestselling Australian Natives Bunch online below, in about two minutes.
“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
Sending flowers to a Latham home? Give the vase the coldest room at night.
Anna, qualified florist | on Canberra nights and vase life
Flowers burn through their stored sugar faster the warmer the room, roughly twice as fast for every ten degrees. A rose that gives seven to ten days at twenty-two degrees gives ten to fourteen at fifteen to eighteen. I watched it every week at Salt in Kingscliff: the buckets in the cool room were still tight on Friday, and the ones left out front had blown open by Wednesday.
A heated Latham house has its own cool room once the heating goes off at bedtime: the laundry. Move the vase in there overnight, then back to the table in the morning, out of the sun. Never outside on a frosty night, though. Ice forms in the petals and they go dark by lunch. Frost damage doesn't come back.
Four Places Latham Flowers Go, and the Notes Each One Needs
Pick where it's going
Each address needs a different line in the order notes.
O'Loghlen Street, Latham
For a teacher: their full name and class. In our experience the office holds flowers at the front desk, and the name is what gets them to the classroom.
RFBI Holt Masonic Village, Hardwick Crescent, Holt
For a resident's birthday, or a visit you can't make: their full name and unit or room number. An arrangement in its own container saves the staff hunting for a vase.
Mary Potter Circuit, Bruce
North Canberra Hospital and Calvary Bruce Private share one campus. Name the hospital, the ward and the patient's full name.
Lhotsky Street, Charnwood, or Nettlefold Street, Belconnen
St Thomas Aquinas, or the Bluegum Chapel at William Cole Funerals: the deceased's name and the service time. For a morning service, order the day before.
Same day suits the school, the village and the hospital. A morning service needs the day before, and at all four the notes decide whether the flowers reach the right person.
Flowers for a Parent's Birthday, a Hospital Bed or a Service
Nearly nine in ten Latham homes are houses, and about a third are owned outright, so whoever answers the door has often lived there for decades. The first three cards below cover the orders that suit those long-time owners best, and the fourth is for everything else. Thinking of you flowers work on any day at all.
Birthday Flowers for a Parent Who Won't Open to Strangers
It's Mum's eightieth, you're in another city, and the card is the only part of you that gets there. In 2008 I took an 80th birthday bunch from our Kingscliff shop to a brick house off Minjungbal Drive in Tweed Heads South. She wouldn't unlock the security screen for a stranger, so I read her the card through the mesh. She rang her daughter to check I was real, then unlocked the screen. Fair enough.
Put your full name on the card and warn a neighbour that something's coming. For Mum, start with our birthday flowers for Mum; for Dad, the same two tips apply.
Anna's pick: the Pastel Pink Lilies & Roses Arrangement. It comes set in its own container, so nobody has to find a vase or scissors. Pinch the lily anthers off as each bloom opens and the pollen stays off the tablecloth.
Get Well Flowers: Hospital Ward, or Back Home?
The news came by text, with half the details missing. If they're in North Canberra Hospital or Calvary Bruce Private, say which one, plus the ward and their full name. In our experience the ward desk takes flowers in, and the surname is what finds the bed. A flower arrangement comes in its own container, so it needs no vase on a crowded bedside table. Due home soon? Send get well flowers to their Latham house instead.
Card idea: "Rest up. The garden can wait."
Anna, on scent in a shared room
Gerberas carry no scent and most modern roses barely any, so both suit a four-bed bay. Oriental lilies fill a room, which is lovely when the room is theirs alone.
Send Funeral Flowers With the Service Time in the Notes
A funeral notice with a time and a place on it. For a Requiem Mass at St Thomas Aquinas on Lhotsky Street, Charnwood, or a service in the Bluegum Chapel at William Cole Funerals, Belconnen, put the deceased's name and the start time in the notes so the funeral flowers are there before the family. For a morning service, order the day before. Flowers fix nothing. Families still read every card. Later in the week, sympathy flowers for home go to the family's house.
Card idea: "Thinking of you all this week."
A sheath is built to lie flat on the coffin lid, so it can't tip the way a vase can. The Pink Lily & Rose Sheath reads softer than an all-white one, and is right for a grandmother's service.
Thank You, Celebration or Just Because Flowers
The neighbour who fed the cat. A new job worth a celebration bunch. Flowers just because. Our Australian Natives Bunch has been our bestseller since 2013, and Anna has a view on why.
The proteas and pincushions in that bunch hold for a fortnight or more in a cool Canberra room, and the brunia barely changes at all. Split each protea stem a few centimetres at the base so it can drink, and keep the vase full. A protea will drink it dry in days.
Or browse by colour, stem or milestone
Still before the cutoff? Order now and the flowers reach Latham today.
Let Our Florist ChooseSame-Day Delivery Cutoffs, Then the Notes
Cutoffs
Same day if you order before 2pm on a weekday, or before 10am on Saturday, when the run finishes earlier. Later than that, pick a date at checkout. No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
What the notes need
A house: a mobile that answers, and a shady spot. Holt Masonic Village: the resident's full name and unit or room. Bruce: which hospital, the ward and their full name. A funeral: the deceased's name and the service time.
Who receives it
At a house, whoever opens the door. If nobody does, our florists tend to ring the mobile in the notes. At the village or the hospital, reception or the ward desk signs. Order before the cutoff and it's with them today.
From Checkout to Their Hands
You get an email confirming the order. On the delivery day, one of our partner florists near Latham builds it and drives it out. Something wrong? Email a photo of what arrived to [email protected] the same day, or ring 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and Saturday mornings, and our team will fix it.
Siobhan, on the parents who ring back on Sunday
Silence on the day is normal, especially from a mum or dad who keeps the phone on the hall table and not in a pocket. They'll usually ring on the Sunday and talk about the card before the flowers (it's always the card). In my years on the phones at the shop, the retirement village orders that went astray, wherever they were going, nearly always had no unit number, so that one line is worth the ten seconds.
The rest is waiting for that call.
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