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Shop ByFlower Delivery to Ormeau Today, for a Birthday or a Baby
Ormeau flowers, delivered today to any address, as long as the order's in before 2pm on a weekday or 10am on a Saturday; for a later day, choose the date at checkout. Sending to a teacher at Livingstone Christian College on Reedmans Road? Put their name and year level in the notes. For a birthday, the Bright Bunch + Teddy + Birthday Balloon is right below, ready to order online. Rather talk? Call us, and a friendly person on our Australian-based team will pick it out and word the card 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
Delivered to a sunny Ormeau front step? What the first hour does, and the ten-minute fix
Anna, qualified florist | on heat, cellophane and the first hour
Cellophane in full sun turns a bunch into a little glasshouse. Every ten degrees of extra heat roughly doubles how fast a cut flower burns through the sugar it has stored, so an hour on a hot step can cost it days in the vase. The soft petals go limp at the edges first. On a street where the trees are saplings, there's nothing between that step and the afternoon sun.
I learned it at Salt in Kingscliff one January, from a bunch I left by the shop door for twenty minutes and then had to make again. The fix takes ten minutes. Worth passing on to whoever finds it: unwrap the bunch, recut every stem on a sharp angle so the stem can drink, and get it into cool water in the shadiest room in the house. Done early, a warm bunch comes back.
Sending Flowers in Ormeau: What to Write and Where It's Going
Pick the occasion, copy a line, check the address note
The card is where most people freeze at checkout. Borrow a line.
- Happy birthday. Sorry we can't be there to eat the cake for you.
- Another year older and still our favourite. Love from all of us.
Where it goes: a house address does the job, plus a shady spot in case nobody's home. For someone working at Ormeau Village Shopping Centre on Eggersdorf Road, name their shop inside it.
- Hello, tiny human. We're already lining up for a cuddle.
- One more in the family. So much love to you all.
Where it goes: in at Gold Coast University Hospital or Logan Hospital? Mum's full name and the ward. Home already? The house.
- Thank you for a brilliant year. You made Mondays fun.
- For everything you did for our kid this year, thank you.
Where it goes: Livingstone Christian College (Reedmans Road), Ormeau Woods State High (Goldmine Road), Norfolk Village State School (Halfway Drive) or Mother Teresa Catholic Primary (Eggersdorf Road). Put the teacher's name and their class in the notes.
- Holding you all close today.
- No words are enough. We're thinking of you, always.
Where it goes: for a service at a church such as Highway Church on Creek Street, the name of the person who has died and the service time. For the family, their house, a day or two after.
Found the words? Choose the bunch to go with them
Paste the line into the card message box at checkout and it goes on the card with the flowers.
Three Occasions for Same-Day Flowers, and What Each Needs
With a quarter of Ormeau under fifteen, birthdays, babies and teachers get the first three cards, each with what the notes need. Nothing fits? Try the fourth. All of our flower arrangements arrive ready to set down.
Birthday Flowers Land Best Where Someone's Home
It's their birthday, you're not there, and you'd like the flowers to beat the cake. Home or work is the only real decision. Nine homes in ten here are houses, with no front desk to take a delivery, and two in three working locals drive to their job, so on a weekday plenty of Ormeau houses sit empty until the evening. For work, the business name goes in the notes; for the house, a shady spot in case nobody answers.
Our birthday flowers run from a single rose to big bright bunches, and the bestselling birthday flowers are the quick pick. For anyone under ten, pick one with a teddy, like the Bright Bunch + Teddy + Birthday Balloon. The teddy gets more attention than the flowers.
New Baby Flowers, From the Maternity Ward to the Nursery
There's a new baby in the family and you can't get there for a cuddle yet. In Ormeau that most likely means a mum coming home from Gold Coast University Hospital or Logan Hospital, so find out where she is first. Still on the ward? Her full name and the ward. Home already? The house is calmer for everyone. Start with our new baby flowers, or hospital flowers for the ward.
I know the hospital end of it. In 2007 I delivered to Murwillumbah Hospital with our daughter Asha brand new in the car seat, screaming, 37 degrees, nowhere to park. Worst delivery I ever did, and I'd do it again tomorrow.
Anna's pick: something already arranged, so it goes straight onto the bench, in soft colours, with nothing heavily scented. New parents aren't changing vase water.
Teacher Thank-You Flowers: Which School, Which Class?
End of the school year, and the teacher who got your kid through it deserves more than a card. Livingstone Christian College on Reedmans Road and Ormeau Woods State High on Goldmine Road are both big schools, so the teacher's name and class go in the notes, and the same goes for Norfolk Village State School and Mother Teresa Catholic Primary. From what our florists tell us, the front office walks them down to the staffroom. Browse our thank-you flowers, and if it's your own Year 12 finishing up, our graduation flowers.
For Everything Else, a Native Arrangement Is Hard to Get Wrong
Some orders don't fit any of the cards above: a housewarming in one of the newer streets, a neighbour who minded the dog, a just-because for a friend who's had a rough month. Anna has a firm view on this one.
I'd send the Australian Native Arrangement. It arrives already set in its container, which is handy at a housewarming, where the vases are still packed in a moving box somewhere, and protea and leucadendron are about as tough as cut stems get in a warm room. In my experience they go a week or more, the leucadendron often two weeks.
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Ordered ahead of the 2pm weekday cutoff? Then it reaches Ormeau this afternoon.
Let the Florist ChooseCutoffs, Order Notes and Who Takes the Flowers In
When to order
2pm on weekdays, so there's time to build your order and get it on the afternoon run.
10am on Saturdays, because Saturday deliveries wrap up sooner.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
Notes that get it there
House: the number, plus a cross street if the road is brand new, as new estate streets can be slow to reach GPS maps. School: the teacher's name, plus their class or year level. Hospital: who's in the bed, and which ward. Service: the name of the person who has died and the service time.
Who takes them in
A house: the person who opens the door, or failing that, the shady spot from your notes. A school: the front office, in our experience. Gold Coast University Hospital or Logan Hospital: the ward desk. A church service: usually the church or the funeral director, ahead of the service. Order inside the cutoff, and it lands in Ormeau today.
Once You've Ordered, Here's What Happens Next
You'll get an email confirming the order. If the person you sent flowers to goes quiet afterwards, that's normal, it really is; plenty of people text a photo days later. Back when I took the calls (2006 to early 2011), the worried calls from senders nearly always turned out to be a recipient who'd simply been flat out. Anything not right? Call us on 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays or from 10am Saturday, or email [email protected], with a photo the same day if you can, and someone on our team will fix it.
Andrew, who once gave the aircon to the flowers
Here's the bit you don't see: we confirm the order, send it to a florist in or close to Ormeau, and they make it up on the day you chose. In 2007 and 2008 I drove the northern Gold Coast deliveries myself, up the Pacific Motorway from our Marine Parade shop in Kingscliff. One February I had a birthday bunch bound for a house off Eggersdorf Road, and nobody home. I sat in the car out the front for twenty minutes with every aircon vent pointed at the flowers and none at me. The neighbour came home and took them in. I needed a shower. Nobody home happens more than you'd think, which is why the shady spot in your notes matters. Same problem, less sweat.
Everything after the checkout button is our job.
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