How We Are Responding to COVID-19
The safety of our customers, our florists, and our team members are our top priority. This is an unprecedented time, and we want to communicate with you how we are dealing with COVID-19. We have temporarily made some updates to our floral design and delivery process. For further details, please read on below.
Contactless Delivery
For the time being, we have instructed our floral partners to utilize contactless delivery to ensure their safety and the safety of your loved ones. This means that our florist will either call the recipient first and notify them of the upcoming delivery and arrange to leave the flowers at the door or they will knock on the door, move away and leave the flowers on the doorstep, maintaining social distancing rules as they communicate with the recipient.
Photographs
Petals Network is unable to provide you with a photograph of your order prior to it leaving the store. For peace of mind, we suggest considering an option outside of our florist choice range as this enables you to see exactly what will be sent to your chosen recipient, eliminating any uncertainty in the end product. (please also refer to our substitution guidelines) A florist choice design will always be an individually handcrafted bouquet or arrangement. Our florists are experts when it comes to design and colour using only the freshest in- season flowers to create something unique to suit your occasion.
Temporary Substitution Policy
Due to flower supply challenges we have recently had to reduce our regular range. We are currently having difficulty sourcing roses, natives and tropical blooms but flower supply does vary from state to state. As a result it may be necessary to substitute some or all of your flowers or change colour palette using a mix of our freshest in-store blooms. This may happen even when you�ve selected a specific design from our website. We will always do our best to create something as close as possible to the design you ordered but at times this might not be possible.
Flowers With Essence Terms and Conditions Policy
By accessing, browsing or using this website, you agree to the terms, conditions and disclaimers. By purchasing an item advertised on this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Our Network and its subsidiaries may amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time and any amendment will become effective immediately. Your continued use of this website after amendment constitutes an agreement to abide by and be bound by these Terms and Conditions, as amended.
Terms and Conditions
- Same Day Delivery
- Weekend and Public Holiday Delivery
- Privacy Policy
- Credit Card Security
- Substitution Policy
- Translation Policy
- Recipient not at Home
- Fees and Charges
- Non-Deliveries
- Cancellations
- Refunds
- Time Sensitive / Difficult Deliveries / Hospital Deliveries
- Timed Deliveries
- Alcohol
- Personal Information
- Quality Assurance
- Customer Club
- Extra Delivery Charges
- Disclaimer
Same Day Delivery
Flowers
Same delivery is guaranteed throughout Australia and New Zealand on orders placed before 2pm in the recipient's time zone, Monday - Friday and 10am Saturday. For the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland on orders placed before 12:00pm in the recipient's time zone, Monday - Friday and 10am Saturdays. Same day delivery can be available on orders placed after these times, but it is not guaranteed. Flower deliveries to residential addresses usually occur between 9:00am and 7:00pm.
Same Day Delivery Exclusions:
There are some locations due to their remoteness that cannot be guaranteed for same day delivery. If this is the case, Petals will notify you with alternative delivery options. Most same day deliveries require a 3 hour turn around. While we will try our best, we cannot guarantee delivery to hospitals, businesses and funeral services without a minimum 3 hours notice. Same day cut off and delivery times do not apply to busy floral events including (but not limited to) Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Easter and Christmas. Please check the website for the order cut off times for these days.
Gifts
For delivery information on gift products, please view the product-specific delivery information on each product's details page and also in the yellow box under the product on the order page.
Please Note: These cut off and delivery do not apply to busy floral events including (but not limited to) Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and Christmas. Please check the website for the order cut off times for these days.
Weekend and Public Holiday Delivery
Flowers - Saturday Same Day Delivery
Delivery of flowers by a Florist can be arranged throughout most of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland if the order is received before 10am in the recipient's time zone. Rural, restricted and remote deliveries may not have Saturday deliveries. If you are concerned please contact HQ to confirm delivery details.
Please Note: These cut off and delivery do not apply to busy floral events including (but not limited to) Mother's Day, Valentine's Day and Christmas. Please check the website for the order cut off times for these days.
Flowers - Sunday Delivery
Delivery is not guaranteed for Sunday and generally not available in any country. If Sunday delivery is preferred, it is advised that you make prior arrangements for this delivery with Flowers With Essence.
Flowers - Public Holidays
As most couriers do not work on public holidays delivery of flowers is generally not available on public holidays. Orders received on public holidays will be delivered on the next working day without notice to the customer. A list of public holidays can be found here.
Gifts
Gift products cannot be delivered on Saturday or Sunday, or public holidays. Orders received over the weekend or on public holidays will be dispatched on Monday or next available working day.
Please Note: Deliveries to distant-to-the-gift supplier, remote or difficult delivery areas may take longer. Shipping times are generally shown on the order form and on the individual product's detailed description page. These delivery times are not guaranteed.
Privacy Policy
Our Network and its subsidiaries (e.g. Grumleys Gifts) is committed to the protection of personal information in compliance with National and International Privacy laws and in particular the Australian Privacy Amendment Act 2001. Petals a and it's subsidaries will maintain the integrity of data collection, use and disclosure, accuracy, security, openness and access as outlined in the following document. Please Click Here or see website links for more information on our Privacy Policy
Credit Card Security
This website is secured using McAfee Secure. This ensures that all information sent to Flowers With Essence via the World Wide Web will be encrypted. If any other Internet user intercepts the communication, he/she will only be able to see it in an encrypted (garbled) form. Certificate technology allows us to decrypt the information and view it in plain text form. You can view a web site's digital certificate directly - click on the secure icon for details of the SSL certificate.
For additional security, you will be diverted to a bank's website where you enter your payment details
. Flowers With Essence does not see your credit card number and does not have access to that information.Substitution Policy
Images found on this site are used as guides only and may not be exactly the same as the final product. The stem count and contents for each product will vary due to regional availability and prices.
Our Members reserve the right to make fair and reasonable substitutions according to the practical availability of flowers, items and containers.
Please read our Subsitution Policy here for more information.
Translation Policy
Our policy is to leave the card message in the language that the order was received in. However, if you require the message to be translated into another language, please specify in the 'special instructions/comments' field on the order form and we will do our utmost to translate the card message. However, we cannot guarantee that a translation will be possible and cannot guarantee the accuracy of the translation.
Recipient "Not at Home"
Flowers With Essence and Network Members are not responsible for deliveries if the recipient is not at the location at the time of delivery. If you are the customer, you must make sure that the recipient will be at the location on the date given on the order form for delivery.
If there is a contact phone number on the order form, the courier may contact the recipient to check if they are at the location before they attempt to deliver the gift. If there is no phone number provided on the order form, the courier will attempt to deliver gift on the specified delivery date.
If the recipient is not at the location when the delivery is made, the courier will try to leave a "not at home" card at the recipient's location. This card explains the situation and asks the recipient to contact the supplier.
If the courier deems the location to be a "safe" location the item will be left at the address provided. In these cases delivery will be deemed to have been made successfully. If you do not want the order left at the address please ensure this information has been provided in the special instructions field on the order form.
Flowers With Essence and its Members will do their utmost to deliver the gift at a later date if the recipient replies to the "not at home" card. Additional delivery charges may apply if the supplying florist has to deliver the gift more than once. Alternatively, the recipient may have to collect the order at the florist/courier's premise.
Fees and Charges
Flowers With Essence prices include a delivery and service fee in the total price shown at the checkout.
Non-Deliveries
Flowers With Essence and Network Members will try their best to deliver any gift, but we do not guarantee the delivery of any product if one of the following occurs.
- Recipient refuses to accept delivery of the gift.
- Address provided is incorrect.
- Occupants are not at the location and do not respond to the "not at home" card left by our courier.
If one of these instances occurs, we may judge that the delivery has been made.
Cancellations
We do understand that sometimes there are extenuating circumstances whereby an order has to be cancelled prior to delivery however before doing so consider if the order can be delivered on an alternate date or to an alternative address. We are happy to accommodate these changes for you to ensure delivery can be completed. Should these options not be suitable you are welcome to cancel an order prior to or on your nominated day of delivery however following terms will apply:
- Orders that are yet to be made by our florists can be cancelled however a $15 cancellation fee applies.
- Orders that have been made but are yet to leave the store can be cancelled less a wastage fee (30% of the flower value) + handling fees.
- Orders that have left with our couriers are not able to be cancelled.
Should Flowers With Essence have need to cancel the order as we are unable to supply on your nominated delivery date you will receive the full cost of the order refunded to you.
Refunds
It is not normally policy to refund the price of the product. However, as every customer and gift is individual, (and therefore may require a decision on a case-by-case basis), please contact us so we can determine the best solution to the problem.
Flowers With Essence is also able to provide other solutions, such as resending the gift, or resending a different gift of the same value.
Time Sensitive / Difficult Deliveries / Hospital Deliveries
Due to the difficult nature of delivering for the following events/places, Flowers With Essence and its suppliers cannot guarantee delivery to certain locations and times.
While we will try our best to make sure that your gift is received at the event/place, we do advise you to include a secondary address for delivery. The recipient of the gift must be available at this address after the end of the event.
Delivery to difficult and remote areas may incur extra delivery, above that already allowed in the gift value. The payment of extra delivery is the responsibility of the customer and orders can not be delivered without such payment.
If a delivery should not be made after a certain time (for example, if the recipient is leaving the hotel), please either provide an alternative delivery address within the same delivery area or advise that the order should be cancelled in the NOTES section at the bottom of an order form. If the order is for a timed event or difficult to deliver area we strongly suggest you provide an alternative address for delivery.
Note: That if the alternate delivery address is in a different area, and therefore requiring the services of a different supplier, Flowers With Essence may not be able to assist with the redirection without wastage and delivery charges being paid to the initial supplier.
At Flowers With Essence we try our best to ensure your flowers are delivered on time to the right location. Unfortunately, Flowers With Essence cannot offer same day delivery or deliver to some locations due to their remoteness. Some deliveries may be required to be collected from the nearest town or depo, if this is the case the recipient will be notified.
Due to the perishable nature of our products, we do not deliver flowers and gifts to PO Boxes or Locked Bag addresses.
Some areas Flowers With Essence cannot deliver to include:
- Esperance, WA
- Merriwa, NSW
- Karratha, WA
- Tom Price, WA
- Newman, WA
- Weipa, QLD
- Hopetoun, VIC
Flowers With Essence cannot deliver to the territorial islands of Australia including but not limited to Thursday Island, Horn Island, Stradbroke Island, Herron Island and Fraser Island.
We do not guarantee delivery to the following timed events:
- Funerals
- Wedding Receptions
- Parties
- Functions
We do not guarantee delivery to the following places:
- Hospitals (especially Intensive Care Units)
- Army, Airforce and Naval Bases
- Ships
- Jails
- Secure Buildings
- Hotels
- Mines
We apologise for any inconvience but delivery to these areas is very difficult.
Timed Deliveries
Flowers With Essence can not guarantee specific delivery times for any orders, due to the dynamic nature of couriers and traffic.
Flowers
While we offer customers the opportunity to nominate a preferred time of delivery, including "as soon as possible" (ASAP), it is not possible to guarantee that these times will be achieved. Flowers With Essence uses a network of local florists around the world to deliver flowers so that you get the freshest possible gift. Consequently, there are often local reasons why an order can not be delivered within your preferred time frame.
We suggest you restrict your requests to AM or PM delivery or ASAP if that is important to you. Such deliveries can only be made during local business hours.
Also, it is usually possible though not guaranteed to deliver on a Saturday up to noon. It is not usually possible to deliver on Saturday afternoon or Sunday or on national public holidays.
If the flowers are for a timed event like a funeral, the florists will do their best to assist. However, we strongly recommend that you give an alternative address so the flowers can be delivered there if too late for the timed event.
If a delivery should not be made after a certain time (for example, if the recipient is leaving the hotel), please either provide an alternative delivery address within the same delivery area or advise that the order should be cancelled in the NOTES section at the bottom of an order form.
Note that if alternative delivery address are in a different area, and therefore requiring the services of a different florist, Flowers With Essence may not be able to assist with the redirection.
For Gifts:
Flowers With Essence can not guarantee any specific delivery times for Gift Baskets and Gift delivery. Our suppliers use 3rd party courier services such as Australian Air Express Couriers and are only given a guarantee of a delivery date not time. You can track the progress of your delivery by contacting the courier service with your consignment number - which can be obtained from HQ.
Alcohol
In Australia, it is illegal for alcohol to be purchased by or delivered to any person under the age of 18 and similar conditions may apply in other countries. The sender of the item is responsible for ensuring that their order complies with the law in this regard and absolves Petals and it's susidaries of any responsibility in this regard.
Alcohol Deliveries with Flowers:
Flowers With Essence does not guarantee the delivery of alcohol with all purchases. The laws regarding the sending of alcohol are very complicated.
Why Flowers With Essence does not guarantee the delivery of alcohol with all purchases:
- Flowers With Essence is unable to guarantee the recipient of the gift is over the legal age in that state or country.
- The recipient of the gift may have certain religious beliefs
- Certain countries or States have laws that prohibit the sending of alcohol
- Certain countries or States require florists to possess a licence to send alcohol with flower orders
If you place an order that includes alcohol and we are not able to deliver the alcohol because of one of the reasons stated above, our florists will replace the alcohol (to equal value) with flowers or gift items that suit your order. You will not be advised of this replacement.
Please note that you are able to nominate a second gift preference when placing an order that includes alcohol.
Alcohol with Gift Baskets:
If an item in our gift range contains alcohol as per the description on the website, alcohol will be delivered with the item. Flowers With Essence cannot deliver more than 2 litres of alcohol with an order.
Personal Information
For the purposes of this document the 'recipient' is the intended receiver of a flower or gift contracted by the 'customer' to Flowers With Essence. The recipient may be an individual or non-corporate entity.
What type of personal information will be collected?
Flowers With Essence will lawfully collect and store personal information about a recipient, as provided by a customer, that is practicable to complete the order. Personal information including name, address and phone number will be collected by Flowers With Essence about a recipient when a customer places an order directly with Flowers With Essence via the Internet, by phone, by fax or by email, or through a contractor that collects the information on behalf of Flowers With Essence.
How will the personal information be used?
Personal information collected about the recipient by Flowers With Essence will be used for the primary purpose for which it was collected and for any secondary purpose if it is directly related to the primary purpose, or in a way that the customer and recipient would reasonably expect the information to be used. The primary purpose for collecting personal information about a recipient is to facilitate the delivery of an order.
The personal information of the recipient will be disclosed to a contractor that supplies a floral delivery service for Flowers With Essence, in Australia or overseas. Please note that this site contains links to other sites.
Thawte is the provider of the the digital (SSL) certificate used by Flowers With Essence for credit card protection. Thawte is not responsible for the privacy practices, privacy statements, or content of any other web sites. Personal information held by Flowers With Essence about an individual can be made available upon request.
A reasonable fee may apply to this service. Individuals are entitled to know what sort of information is held, how it is collected, used and disclosed as outlined in this document.
This is the Privacy Policy as at May 28th, 2012.
Flowers With Essence reserves the right to make changes to this Policy at any time.
Quality Assurance
Our Network comprised of florists and relay organisations around the world. Every effort is made to deliver flowers and gifts on the day requested and in a condition that reflects the high standards set by our network of suppliers.
Quality complaints must be received within 72 hours of delivery. A quality complaint is anything to do with an order that was delivered including but not limited to poor quality, missing items, expired items, wrong items, and value of items and so on. A photo is highly recommended for quick resolution to quality complaints.
Non delivery complaints must be received within 1 month of the delivery date.
Complaints received after this time frame will be considered on an individual basis, however after this time there is no guarantee of compensation.
Customer Club
Flowers With Essence will automatically enrol a first time buyer in the Customer Club (a frequent buyers' club). As a buyer, you can receive special offers, store and retrieve reminders and view your order history through the Customer Club. As a consequence, you may receive occasional email newsletters and special offers. These will always contain a simple device for requesting that we stop sending you such information, a request that we will honour.
Extra Delivery ChargesSome locations may require an extra delivery charge over and above the standard fee of $13. Unfortunately it is not currently possible for us to identify areas with extra delivery fees at the checkout. Should an additional fee be required, one of our customer service team will contact you to give you the option to proceed or you may at that time decide to cancel. Petals will contribute $13.50 to any extra delivery requests from our member florists but should delivery costs exceed $26.50 in total we will ask you to contribute the remainder. Back to Top
Extra Value ChargesSome of our florists, due to their location, charge above our minimum prices. Whilst Petals will contribute some of the additional value required to meet their value, if the amount required goes above our threshold, you may be contacted to see if you are happy to pay any outstanding value. At this time, if you do not wish to contribute any further monies you do have the option of cancelling without penalty. Back to Top
Disclaimer
By accessing, browsing or using this website, you agree to the terms, conditions and disclaimers. By purchasing an item advertised on this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Petals Worldwide Florist Network, Flowers With Essence and Flowers With Essence Gifts may amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time and any amendment will become effective immediately. Your continued use of this website after amendment constitutes an agreement to abide by and be bound by those Terms and Conditions, as amended. To view our Terms of Use, please Click Here.