Cart is empty
Shop BySame Day Flower Delivery to Macdesme, Farms Included
Yes, we deliver flowers to Macdesme, farms and all, and any weekday order placed before 2pm arrives the same day. After 2pm, just pick the delivery day at checkout. Put the road number from the gate and a mobile in the notes, so the driver can ring if nobody's at the house. Choose a Beautiful Pastels Bunch or an Australian Native Arrangement below and pay securely online, or call us and one of our friendly Australian-based team will do it with you.
“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
How to make flowers last longer at a Macdesme farmhouse
Anna, qualified florist | farm water in the hot months
Out on a farm, the vase water decides how long a bunch lasts, more than the weather does. If the house is on a bore, that water can carry salt and minerals town water doesn't, and stems drink it slower. Then the warmth does its part: warm vase water breeds bacteria inside a day, the bacteria plug the stem, and a gerbera folds at the neck with its petals still perfect. The first time I watched a whole bucket go like that, I stopped blaming the heat.
Flower food fixes most of it: sugar, a biocide, and an acid that drops the water to about pH 4 so it climbs the stem faster. No sachet? A few drops of household bleach in clean water. Change the water every second day.
Birthdays, Funerals and Get Well, Sent Out to the Farm
Flowers to Macdesme mostly go to a house with cane around it: a birthday, a long marriage worth some anniversary flowers, a recovery, a funeral.
Name the Shade and the Shed for Birthday Flowers
A birthday out on the farm, and you're not there. Say it's Dad's seventieth. He'll call flowers a waste of money, and the card will sit on the fridge until Christmas. Send 70th birthday flowers, or any birthday bunch, straight to the house.
In about 2008 I spent an hour on the side of Tweed Valley Way in mid-summer, cane on both sides, Asha in the back after a Murwillumbah delivery. Siobhan says I'd given her five prunes from the shop. I say one. Either way, I learned how hot a car gets when it stops moving. The Bruce Highway through Macdesme runs through the same hot cane country, so name the shade in the notes: verandah, side door, shed.
Anna's call: natives, for a man who doesn't do flowers. Leucadendron gives you a week and more in a warm room, in my experience. There's more in birthday flowers for him.
Sympathy Flowers Go to the Church or the Farmhouse
A funeral up there, and you can't get there. For the service, send funeral flowers to the church with the time in the notes; for the family, send to the house in the week after. Italian families have farmed Burdekin cane since the 1890s, and an Italian funeral there often runs the old way: the rosary the night before, then Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart in Ayr. For the card: "With deepest sympathy. Thinking of you all."
From Anna, on chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums are the flower of the dead in Italian tradition. Beside white lilies at a funeral they're exactly right. On a birthday table in an Italian home they say something you didn't mean.
If They're Home From Townsville, Send It to the House
Surgery in Townsville, and now a week of sitting still at the farm. Still on a ward at Townsville University Hospital? That's a Townsville order. Home already? Send get well flowers to Macdesme, dated the day after they're back. For the card: "Glad you're home. Doctor's orders, sit down."
A Rose, Gerbera & Lilies Bunch suits a lounge room. Pinch the lily anthers off as each flower opens: the pollen stays off the couch, and in my experience the lilies go on longer for it.
Can't Pick One? Let the Florist Choose
Some orders don't fit a heading. You just haven't been home in a while.
Anna's pick for the hot months
The Florist's Choice Bright Mixed Bunch. It's built from that morning's stock, and in the hot months before the wet season a good florist leans on stems that take the heat: gerberas, natives, tropical greenery.
More ways to browse
Order before 2pm and it's out at the farm this afternoon.
Shop Best-Selling Birthday FlowersCutoffs, Road Names and a Shady Spot
When it goes
Weekdays before 2pm for the same afternoon: the cutoff gives the florist time to build it and drive it out.
Saturdays before 10am: most of our florists work a short Saturday.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
Miss a cutoff and you pick the day at checkout.
What the notes need
The road name and number as they read on the gate, the nearest corner (Kilne Road or the highway, say), and a mobile someone will actually answer.
Who receives it
Whoever's home. If nobody is, in our experience the driver rings that mobile and leaves it in the shade you named. Order this morning and it can be on their verandah this afternoon.
24,000+
verified customer reviews on Feefo
2024 2025 2026
Two Emails and a Phone Number, After You Pay
An email confirms the order. Our partner florist near Macdesme builds it that day and drives it out.
If anything's wrong when it arrives, email a photo the same day to [email protected] or ring our team on 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays and Saturday mornings. Address or card changes go to the same email.
Siobhan, on parents who say don't fuss
Back when I was on the phones, the sons and daughters ordering for parents on a farm always worried the flowers wouldn't find the place. Nearly all of them found it, it was the timing that caught a few out, a bunch sitting on a verandah all afternoon because nobody knew it was coming. And if Mum doesn't ring to say thanks, she's probably out the back showing the dog. Ring her tomorrow.
The rest is between you and them.
ABN: 17 830 858 659
Nearby in the Burdekin
Written by One of the Owners
© 2009-2026 Lily's Florist.
Can't decide?Ring us, we pick the flowers with you.
Call Us NowCan't decide?
Give us a call and one of our friendly Australian team will pick the right flowers with you. It takes two minutes.
1300 360 4697am-6pm weekdays. Australians answer the phone.
