Have the flowers delivered to your own home the day before. Your child adds a handwritten card there, and carries the bunch in. A delivery to the school, or to the teacher's house, is the wrong plan.
A teacher at the end of the year is already holding everyone else's generosity. Flowers work when a child can carry them and the card is in the child's writing. They don't work as one more object between the classroom and the front door.
When are flowers the right end-of-year gift?
Flowers are right when the child can carry them in one hand, and when they exist to carry a card the child wrote. That's how we see it at Fig & Bloom: the real gift is that sentence. The flowers get it there looking cared for. If you don't have a sentence from the child, skip the flowers and let them write on paper alone.
This isn't a client thank you. That has its own logic in our guide to client thank-you flowers. A teacher is being thanked by a family, usually by a child. The tone is smaller, and the handwriting matters more than the design.
How do the flowers get from the van to the teacher?
The van comes to your own home, the day before. Your child adds a handwritten card at the kitchen table. Your child carries the flowers in. We don't deliver them to the teacher's home, and we don't drop them at the school.
Anything you type at checkout is printed as the card on the order. That printed card isn't the child's handwriting. Don't post the handwritten card inside the order. The child adds it after the flowers are home.
Check your school's rule on gifts for staff before you order. We don't give a dollar figure here, because that's the school's call.
Which design should you send?
Choose something compact, so the card stays the point. Monaco White is $79. The photograph is white roses, a cream chrysanthemum, alstroemeria, dusty miller and conifer. It's a simple send, small enough for one hand, with the other hand free for a school bag. It's fresh for seven days under our Triple Guarantee, so the night before is safe.
If your school's rule doesn't allow a gift at that value, or the school has said no gifts, follow the school. Don't size up to make the gift look more serious. A larger design is harder for a child to carry, and easier to get wrong.
| Do this | Don't do this | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the van stops | Your own home, the day before | The school, or the teacher's home |
| The card | The child writes it and adds it at home | A handwritten card posted inside the order |
| The last few metres | The child carries the bunch in | A courier trying to arrive as the bell goes |
When should they arrive?
This year, government schools finish term on Friday 18 December in Victoria and Thursday 17 December in New South Wales. Queensland state schools finish on Friday 11 December. Some secondary students finish earlier, and independent and Catholic schools can differ. Use the date your school gave you.
Have the flowers at your house the day before that date. Put them in water when they arrive. The short version is the care guide.
What should the child write?
One true moment from the year, in their words. "Thank you for reading with me when I wanted to stop" will outlast the flowers. "Thanks for a great year" could be from any family. You can fix the spelling. Don't replace the thought.
If they're stuck, ask for one moment, not a summary of the year. If they're young, a drawing or a dictated sentence still counts, as long as it's theirs. Adult lines, if you're writing your own note beside theirs, are in what to write on a flower card.
What should you do next?
Start with the school's rule and the child's sentence. Order the flowers only after both exist.
- Check what the school lets staff accept. If gifts aren't allowed, stop here and send the card alone.
- Ask the child for one moment from the year, in their words.
- Order Monaco White to your own home, for the day before they take it in.
- When it arrives, the child adds the handwritten card. You don't send that card to us.
- The child carries it in.
- Order before 1pm local time, Monday to Saturday, for same-day hand-delivery in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane. We don't deliver on Sundays. If the day before is a Sunday, choose Saturday.
Questions about an order: hello@figandbloom.com · 1300 447 934
Frequently asked questions
When do schools finish in 2026?
Government schools finish on Friday 18 December in Victoria and Thursday 17 December in New South Wales. Queensland state schools finish on Friday 11 December. Independent and Catholic schools can differ, so use the date your school gave you, and have the flowers at your home the day before.
How much should I spend on a teacher gift?
Check your school's rule on staff gifts first, and follow it. If flowers are allowed, Monaco White is $79, compact enough for a child to carry in one hand. If the school says no gifts, send the card alone.
What if there are three teachers?
Order one compact bunch per teacher, all to your own home. Your child carries what they can manage. One huge design for a staff room is harder to carry, and easier to get wrong against the school's gift rule.
What if my child is too young to write?
A drawing works. Or they tell you the sentence and watch you write it, in front of them. They still add it at home, and they still carry the flowers in.
What if the school has banned gifts?
Don't send the flowers. The child can still hand over the card. A bunch that isn't allowed becomes a problem for the teacher, not a thank you.
What should I type at checkout?
A short line: the child's name, and thank you. That printed card isn't the child's handwriting. The handwritten card is added at home, after the flowers arrive, and that's the one the teacher keeps.
