Send flowers to Launceston General Hospital
A Launceston florist makes up the bouquet and takes it to the ward at the LGH on Charles Street. Ring the ward first: intensive care, haematology and oncology do not take fresh flowers.
Launceston General Hospital, the LGH, is the public hospital for the whole of northern Tasmania. It stands at 280 Charles Street, Launceston TAS 7250, on the southern edge of the city centre, and is run by the Tasmanian Department of Health. The hospital dates from 1863 and today has 308 beds plus 41 day beds, with cardiology, renal, gastroenterology, haematology and oncology, general surgery, rehabilitation, psychiatry, intensive care and the maternity unit that absorbed the old Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital in 1993. A florist in Launceston makes up your flowers and delivers them by hand; to a hospital we never promise a delivery time, but a weekday morning order usually arrives that afternoon.
Flowers and the wards at the LGH
The hospital does not publish a flower policy on a page we could read, so ring the ward before you order. Across Australian public hospitals the pattern is consistent: intensive care and high dependency refuse flowers, haematology and oncology wards ask for none because of infection risk to patients on chemotherapy, and the maternity unit and general surgical wards usually accept a small arrangement if the patient is in a single room or the others in the bay do not object. The ward clerk will tell you in a minute. If the answer is no, the home address in Newstead, Kings Meadows, Riverside or Prospect is where the flowers do the most good.
Addressing the order
Write the patient's full name as admitted, "Launceston General Hospital", the ward name or number and a room or bed number if you know it. The LGH is a large campus with a 2024 emergency helipad on a car park roof and a redevelopment under way, so a bouquet marked only "LGH" can wander. Add your mobile number so the florist can reach you if the patient has moved wards or gone home; a redirected delivery costs a second fee.
Which flowers suit a Launceston hospital room
Tasmania grows superb cool-climate flowers, and local florists have them: tulips and daffodils in spring, peonies for a few weeks in November, dahlias in late summer, roses through the warmer months and proteas and leucadendron in winter. For a ward, choose a compact bouquet with a water reservoir or a posy in a jar, with low-scent stems such as gerberas, alstroemeria, tulips and roses. Leave lilies and hyacinths out of a shared room, and keep potted plants for the house.
Timing in Tasmanian time
Same-day delivery runs Monday to Saturday for orders placed before 2pm on a weekday or 10am on a Saturday, Tasmanian time, though to a hospital same day is never guaranteed. Tasmania keeps daylight saving, so from October to April the cut-off is 1pm in Brisbane and 11am in Perth. There is no Sunday delivery. Public hospital stays can end at short notice; if discharge is being discussed, send to the home a day or two later instead.
A short card
Say who you are and one warm thing: "Thinking of you, Nan. The garden is waiting for you. Love from Ben, Sarah and the kids." Bouquets start at AUD 75 and the delivery fee is shown at checkout.
Did you know? Launceston General Hospital dates from 1863 and has 308 beds plus 41 day beds; its new emergency helipad on a car park roof opened in October 2024.
Frequently asked questions about flowers to Launceston General Hospital
Can I send flowers to Launceston General Hospital?
Yes to most wards, but ring the ward first. The hospital publishes no flower policy we could read, and in Australian public hospitals intensive care, haematology and oncology wards refuse fresh flowers. Give the patient's full name, the ward and a bed number, and order in the morning for the best chance of an afternoon delivery.
I am ordering from Perth or Brisbane. When is the LGH cut-off?
The cut-off is 2pm on a weekday or 10am on a Saturday in Launceston time. Tasmania keeps daylight saving, so from October to April that is 1pm in Brisbane and 11am in Perth; in winter 2pm in Brisbane and noon in Perth. Same day is never guaranteed to a hospital, so a morning order is safest.
What flowers are good for a hospital room in Launceston?
A small, low-scent arrangement in its own water: gerberas, alstroemeria, roses, tulips or daffodils in spring, proteas and leucadendron in winter. Avoid lilies and hyacinths in shared rooms and skip potted plants. If the patient is going home soon, send to the house instead.