Flower Baskets in Dublin

Flower baskets in Dublin: from a family's notice to the right flower

Irish death notices on rip.ie often ask for family flowers only or a donation to a chosen charity instead of flowers, so a sympathy basket starts with reading that line. Flower baskets in Dublin stand without a vase and go straight into the house they're sent to, so the first decision is whether one is wanted at all, and only then which flower, colour and size to choose.

Family flowers only: reading the notice before sending a basket

Before ordering anything, it helps to check the notice on rip.ie and follow whatever the family has asked for there. Funeral notices in local papers work the same way: the wording in the notice decides, not habit.

Where the line reads "family flowers only", a basket from outside the family isn't the right gift; sending one anyway can read as ignoring a clear request. Where the notice asks for a donation to a chosen charity instead, the donation is what's wanted, and flowers aren't sent alongside it.

When a notice sets no such limit, a quiet basket in white is a safe choice: white Ecuadorian roses, sold here as a basket of a hundred and one stems, or a basket built around lilies. Either reads as a colour decision rather than a rule to follow. The card that goes with it can carry a name or stay unsigned, whichever feels right to send.

Roses from Ecuador, lilies for a December table

Irish-grown flowers make up a small share of what's sold here; most of the stock reaches Dublin through the Netherlands, with further shipments from Kenya, Colombia, Ecuador and the UK. The biggest baskets in this section are built from roses flown in from Ecuador, stem count after stem count.

Lilies are sold on Grafton Street right through the year, and at Christmas they're the flower the stalls lean on hardest, which makes a lily basket a sound choice for a December table. For something plainer, a small basket built around daisies suits a quieter occasion without needing a grander flower behind it.

Where the flower itself matters more than the occasion, the baskets sorted by flower are the quicker way to choose.

Red, white or the florist's own mix, and how many stems

Colour is its own decision once sympathy or restraint isn't the brief. A red basket suits a celebratory reason. At the top end of the range sits a basket built from two hundred and one French red roses, a size meant for a large occasion rather than a desk or a bedside table.

Size is really a question about where the basket will stand. A small table basket suits a hallway or a sickroom shelf; a basket running to a hundred stems or more needs floor space and a room to match. Sorting by size narrows that choice before colour or flower comes into it.

For an occasion that doesn't fit a fixed description, the florist's own designer and signature work, including the Signature Basket "Mia", can be matched to a budget rather than a name on a list; a photo and a price come back before anything is paid.

Flower basket delivery in Dublin: a gift that arrives ready to stand

A basket is put together only after the order is paid, and the florist photographs it before the courier leaves, so a change can still be asked for from that photo. The courier hands it over in person, card included, and the card can be signed or left blank.

Most orders are handed over on the day they are placed, and the exact timing for a given basket shows in its listing; delivery zones and timing are set out on the delivery page. Hotels, hospital wards, the airport and the weather on the way each raise their own small questions, covered together on the flowers page.

Care, once the basket arrives, is simple: the foam inside gets a thin, even watering over its whole exposed surface every day, and the basket itself is never tilted.

Where to start depends on what's already decided. With the flower settled, the baskets sorted by flower narrow things fastest; with a colour in mind, go by colour instead. Unsure only about how large the gift should be, the baskets by size sort that out first.