Same Day Delivery - Taren Point Wide
Order flowers to Taren Point online or call 1300 360 469 before 2pm weekdays (10am Saturdays) for same day delivery across Sutherland Shire. We're Lily's Florist, Australian family business since 2009, partnering with real florist shops - not warehouses, not Australia Post. Our partner florists create fresh arrangements and deliver them personally. Delivery is $16.95 (we subsidise the actual cost). Andrew's got history with Taren Point. His first proper job was there, summer holidays in the early 80s, installing air-conditioning with his mate's Dad's company. The commute from Strathfield was brutal but the work taught him plenty. Now we send flowers there through local florists who know the area just as well as he remembers it.

* Our family in 2026. Siobhan and I started Lily's when Asha was a baby. We still make every Taren Point business decision while out to dinner with the kids or watching the kids play netball.
My name's Siobhan, I run Lily's Florist with Andrew. We make most business decisions at the dinner table, and Taren Point comes up more than you'd think because of his teenage summer there.
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It was 1989 Andrew's 16, living in Strathfield. His mate Michael's Dad ran an air-conditioning business out of Taren Point and needed extra hands for the summer rush. Good money for teenagers, physical work installing ducted systems in roof cavities during peak Sydney heat. The job itself Andrew loved. Michael's Dad was one of those blokes who taught properly, showed you why things mattered, treated you like you had a brain even when you were covered in insulation and dripping sweat.
The work took them all over the area. Jobs near Taren Point Road, the industrial estate backing onto Woolooware Bay, residential streets where you'd haul equipment up narrow driveways. Andrew remembers the mix of factory units and suburban houses, the way the whole area felt like working Sydney rather than somewhere dressed up for visitors.

* The shop where it all started in Kingscliff. No aircon and zero experience: it taught us that local care beats corporate warehouses or production lines.
The commute though. That was character-building in ways Andrew didn't appreciate at the time. Strathfield to Taren Point sounds straightforward until you're doing it at 6am five days a week. Train to Central, platform change, train to Sutherland, then the bus. An hour forty on a good day, two hours when connections didn't align. He kept a skateboard with him which meant he could bomb between platforms at Central and shave minutes off the changeover. Looking back, he reckons half his punctuality that summer came down to teenage fearlessness about weaving through morning commuters on four wheels.
They'd finish around 4pm, absolutely spent from working in roof spaces in January heat, and Andrew would do the whole commute in reverse. He fell asleep on the train home most days, often missing Strathfield and having to double back from Lidcombe.
That job taught him more than air-conditioning installation. It taught him that commuting matters, that local knowledge matters, that showing up on time in an area you don't live requires planning. All of which feels relevant now that we coordinate flower deliveries across Sydney through local partner florists.
Fast forward 35-odd years, we're delivering flowers to Taren Point through our partner florists in Sutherland Shire. Andrew's memories of the area are old now but they're genuine - the industrial estates near the water, the mix of businesses and residential streets, the way it feels like a working part of Sydney rather than somewhere polished for tourists.
When you order flowers to Taren Point, whether it's a residential address or one of the businesses near Taren Point Road or President Avenue, our partner florist knows the area. They know which streets flood in heavy rain, which addresses need a phone call because reception's patchy, which businesses accept deliveries until 5pm and which shut doors at 4.30pm sharp. We've learned over 10+ years working with Sutherland Shire florists that business addresses near the industrial parks prefer morning deliveries before site meetings kick off around 9am.
That local knowledge cannot be replicated by a warehouse in western Sydney shipping via Australia Post. Our partner florists live and work in these areas, deliver personally, care about getting your flowers there fresh and on time because their reputation depends on it. We've worked with some of our Sutherland Shire partners for over a decade, which means they've handled hundreds of deliveries to Taren Point addresses and learned the patterns we never could from an office in northern NSW.
One of our customers, Sarah from Miranda, said it simply: "Delivered to my sister in Caringbah within 3 hours. Beautiful arrangement, arrived fresh." That's what local partnership looks like.
Anna's been with us 15 years, qualified florist, now our bookkeeper but still the person we turn to for flower advice. She knows Sydney summer heat is brutal on deliveries.
"For Sutherland Shire deliveries in warmer months, stem selection changes completely," she says. "Roses and lilies handle heat well if they're properly hydrated before transport, but I always recommend natives like waratahs or kangaroo paw for January and February deliveries. They evolved for Australian conditions. Gerberas are surprisingly tough in heat too, as long as they're fresh cut that morning."
She's also particular about hydration. "Any florist doing summer deliveries in Sydney should be re-cutting stems and hydrating for at least two hours before the courier leaves. It's the difference between flowers that last five days and flowers that wilt in two. Transport time matters - Taren Point from most Sutherland Shire shops is under 20 minutes, which helps enormously compared to cross-city deliveries. Our partner florists use cooled vehicles for summer runs which makes a real difference to stem quality."
For occasions, Anna reckons mixed native arrangements work beautifully for birthdays or thank you gifts because they last longer and feel distinctly Australian. For sympathy arrangements heading to Woronora Cemetery or for home delivery in Taren Point, whites and soft pinks in roses and chrysanthemums remain traditional but she suggests adding texture with eucalyptus or waxflower to help longevity in warm weather.
Same day delivery works Monday to Saturday if you order before 2pm weekdays or 10am Saturdays. Orders after those times go out first thing next business day. Delivery fee is $16.95 across Sutherland Shire, though we subsidise additional costs for most addresses.
You can order online through our website or call 1300 360 469 to speak with our team in Armidale. They're Australian-based, many have floristry backgrounds, and they can help with flower selection or gift card wording if you're stuck.

* "This is how your Taren Point order works. We connect you with a local Sutherland Shire florist who hand delivers. No post and no boxes.
We work with real florist shops across Sutherland Shire who employ local staff and use local couriers. Your flowers are made fresh that day by qualified florists, not assembled on production lines in warehouses. Our partner florists have been with us anywhere from 2 to 15 years, which tells you something about how the relationship works. We don't charge them membership fees. Instead they add a few extra stems to each arrangement to cover our commission, which means you get better value and they get steady orders without marketing costs.
If the recipient isn't home when we deliver, our courier will leave flowers in a safe position out of direct sun and away from street view, or call to arrange a better delivery time if that's not possible.
Lily's Florist earned Feefo Trusted Service Awards in both 2024 and 2025, based on over 3,000 verified customer reviews. Feefo's a Google-endorsed review platform that only allows actual customers to leave feedback, which means every review comes from someone who genuinely ordered flowers through us.

* Verified trust. Our 4.3 star rating comes from 23,000 plus customers. We are proud to be two time Feefo Trusted Service Award winners.
That skateboard commute from Strathfield seems like ancient history now, but the principle holds. Local knowledge matters. People who know the area do better work than people parachuting in from elsewhere. For flower deliveries to Taren Point, that means working with Sutherland Shire florists who've done this route a thousand times and know exactly how to get your flowers there fresh.
Siobhan and Andrew have run Lily's Florist since 2009, coordinating flower deliveries through 800+ Australian partner florists from their family office in NSW. Andrew's first job was in Taren Point in 1992 with his mate's Dad's air-conditioning business, making this delivery area personally significant to their family business. Most business decisions are still made at the dinner table with their two daughters, Asha (18) and Ivy (14). They've never had a boardroom meeting.