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Gifts to go with bouquets in Melbourne: a scent, a show or a written line
The gifts to go with bouquets in Melbourne have a subsection called Entertainers, and it is the odd one out: a performance booked for the moment rather than an object to unwrap. Flowers sent to a restaurant are timed with the venue, for the dessert, the toast or the walk on stage. A gift chosen alongside a bouquet usually answers one of three questions: what stays in the house once the flowers are gone, what works in the moment of handing it over, or who says the words.
Reeds and a candle for a Melbourne home, after the flowers
A rose bouquet lasts around a week in water, sometimes up to ten days. A reed diffuser or a candle stays in the house long after that, which makes either a reasonable pick alongside the flowers rather than instead of them.
Flip the reeds every few days, and a bottle lasts weeks or months.
Decorative candles come on their own or paired with a vase, for whoever would rather have a flame on the table than a diffuser working quietly in the corner.
Balloons run on a clock of their own. A latex balloon stays afloat for around half a day, while a foil one holds for several days, so a party held in the evening or the day after is better matched to a Star Foil Balloon, or another foil shape, than to latex.
A plush bear or a marshmallow bouquet is a pick for a child or anyone with a sweet tooth.
A booked performer is arranged alongside the other gifts rather than packed into a box with them. What a booking includes is set out in the listing itself, and it is worth confirming the detail with the manager before paying. Gifts go into the same cart and are handed over with the bouquet as one order.
Delivery is free within the centre and charged at a flat rate for the other delivery zones.
Who does the talking: your own line, a printed card or a topper
A card with your own text is free, and it can be signed or left anonymous: the courier knows only the recipient's name and address. It reaches the recipient together with the bouquet, and the courier adds nothing beyond what the sender wrote on it.
A shop-printed card does the same job without a blank page to fill in, and so does a topper, set standing on a stick between the stems rather than written on at all. If you know the person but not the gift, start with Gifts by Recipient.
Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday of May; orders run many times higher on the day, and delivery windows are wider, so placing the order a few days ahead holds a better slot. See the dates that matter on Melbourne's flower calendar and weather.
Start with Home Diffusers if the gift should still be there once the flowers are gone, with balloons, bears and sweets if it only needs to work for one evening, and with printed cards if the words matter more than the object.