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Shop ByGet Flower Delivery to Summer Hill NSW, Made on the Day
Flowers can reach any address in Summer Hill, NSW 2130, today if you order before 2pm on a weekday or 10am on a Saturday; after that, pick any later date at checkout. Sending to a nursing home resident at Wyoming or Windermere? Add their full name and room number. Our bestseller since 2013, the Australian Natives Bunch, is in our same-day range below, ready to buy securely online. Or call us, and one of our friendly, Australian-based team will place the order for 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
Flowers delivered to Summer Hill: two small jobs that buy the vase extra days
Anna, qualified florist | on the petals that are meant to look tired
The first of the two jobs looks like damage. The brown-edged outer petals on a delivered rose are doing their job. They're guard petals, the outer ring that takes the knocks between the market and the vase so the bloom inside doesn't have to. Peel two or three off and the rose underneath is clean. I learnt not to panic about them at Salt in Kingscliff, a few hundred roses in.
The second job is the vase itself: pull each bloom as it fades, and change the water every two days. A finishing flower gives off ethylene, a gas the rest of the vase reads as the signal to finish too, so carnations curl and lily buds stall. Kept that way, roses give about a week or more in a Sydney lounge room. Worth passing on to whoever gets them. One tired lily left in the vase ages every stem around it.
Flowers Delivered in Summer Hill: Birthdays, Nursing Homes, Funerals
Across all our orders, birthdays come first and sympathy second. What Summer Hill adds is the kind of address: two nursing homes and plenty of flats. Any of our flower arrangements arrives ready to stand.
Birthday Flowers for a Flat Above the Shops
The birthday is today and the address is a unit, above a shop or at the Flour Mill. Birthday flowers ordered before the cutoff get there the same day with the unit number, the name on the intercom and a mobile in the notes.
In 2007 I spent ten minutes knocking at a shop on Marine Parade in Kingscliff, two doors from our own. The flat upstairs had its door in the lane. I'd walked past it every day for a year. Shop-top flats have a habit of that, so if the door is down a lane or round the side, say so in the notes.
If it might sit on a landing for an hour, send natives. Woody stems like protea and leucadendron barely register the wait, and a protea head comes through looking much as it left the florist.
Nursing Home Flowers for a Room at Wyoming or Windermere
Someone's address is a room now, at Wyoming Nursing Home on Grosvenor Crescent or Windermere on Henson Street.
In our experience reception signs for flowers and staff take them through, so the resident's full name and room number get them to the right bed. Send thinking of you flowers, or 90th birthday flowers for a ninetieth. On the card: "Thinking of you. See you Sunday."
Anna, on a small room
Think about the bedside table first. It's small, and it's usually spoken for. Go for something low that comes in its own vase, like the 3 Gerberas In A Vase. Gerberas carry no scent and no loose pollen, which matters if the room is shared.
Sympathy and Funeral Flowers, From Drynan Street to the Front Room
The funeral notice names the venue and the time: St Patrick's on Drynan Street, a chapel, or somewhere else entirely.
Service flowers go to the venue before the service starts, so put the service time and the full name of the person who has died in the notes. Funeral flowers are for the service, sympathy flowers for the home for the week after. Flowers fix none of it, and families still read every card. On the card: "With love. Thinking of you all."
Anna's pick: a White Funeral Wreath for the church. It sits in wet foam that carries its own water, and its ring shape reads from the back pew. For the house, the Gorgeous White Arrangement, so nobody has to find a vase that week.
Thank-You, Well Done or No Reason: Start Here
The neighbour who fed the cat, a new job, a friend you haven't rung enough. Thank you flowers and just because flowers go out the same day when you order before the cutoff. Anna has a view on this.
Send the Beautiful Pastels Bunch. Soft colours need no occasion, and they suit a Federation front room as well as a white-walled new flat.
An Hour on a Bench in the Lackey Street Courtyard
I sat on that bench in the Lackey Street courtyard on a Saturday afternoon in June 2021 and watched the village do what it has always done. The patisserie was still there. 40 Grains was serving Thai next door. Nothing had changed and everything had.
* Andrew in Summer Hill, June 2021. School reunion at Trinity, watched the 1st XV play Waverley, then sat here for an hour doing nothing. Excuse the shoe.
More ways to choose
Order before 2pm on a weekday and our bestselling natives can be in Summer Hill this afternoon.
Shop Australian NativesSame-Day Cutoffs and Three Sets of Notes
Cutoffs
2pm on weekdays, so there's time to make the flowers and get them on the afternoon run.
10am on Saturday, a shorter day.
No Sunday delivery, except Mother's Day.
What the notes need
A flat: unit number, intercom name, a mobile, and the lane if the door is round the back. Wyoming or Windermere: full name and room. St Patrick's or any other venue: the service time and the full name of the person who has died.
Who receives it
In our experience: at a nursing home, reception; at a flat, whoever answers, or the spot you named; at a church or chapel, the funeral director's team. Order before 2pm on a weekday and the flowers arrive that afternoon.
The Quiet Bit After You Order
Your order goes to one of our partner florists near the address, who makes it on the day and delivers it. Something wrong? Call 1300 360 469, 7am to 6pm weekdays or from 10am Saturday, or email [email protected] with a photo on the day it arrives.
Siobhan, who met Summer Hill through Andrew's school stories
In my years on the phones (2006 until just before Ivy arrived in 2011) the funeral orders that came unstuck were nearly always missing the service time. So put it in. And if your person goes quiet once the flowers arrive, that's normal, it usually means they're sitting with them, or with the card. They'll ring. Give it a day.
Most of the time, the next thing you hear is a thank-you.
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