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Sympathy flower delivery in Norfolk, VA: 9 florists are listed for this area, with designs from $38.99. Choose a bouquet, enter the recipient's delivery ZIP and compare the available florist offers. Confirm the delivery date, address, fees and final total before payment.

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Top Norfolk florists compared by rating, reviews, distance
FloristRatingReviewsDistance
Thesun Flower Florist5.01680.1 mi
Norfolk Florist4.6480—
Greenbrier Florist4.71,1289.8 mi
Hughe's Florist4.61825.8 mi
Lastingimpression's Florist4.21319.8 mi

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About Norfolk sympathy

How Norfolk sends sympathy flowers.

Sympathy in Norfolk is shaped by the Navy in a way it is not in any other American city of this size. Naval Station Norfolk is the largest naval base in the world, the region's veteran population is enormous, and two consequences show up in almost every sympathy order. The first is distance: the family is frequently scattered across duty stations, so the person paying for the flowers is in San Diego or Jacksonville or Germany and needs the arrangement to land at a Norfolk chapel they have never seen. The second is that a Navy death does not always produce a graveside. The Navy conducts burials at sea from its ships, and when that is the family's choice, there is a memorial service and no interment to send flowers to — the arrangement goes to the chapel, the reception, or the house, and often weeks after the death rather than days. Norfolk families also bury at Hampton National Cemetery across the water in Hampton, and at the Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, which sits past the 18-mile live radius and therefore needs a day of notice rather than a same-day order. If you are not sure which of these applies, the funeral home will tell you, and it is worth the phone call before you choose between a standing spray and a plant.

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Delivery destinations in Norfolk.

H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments — Colonial Avenue, Ghent

One of the oldest continuously operating funeral firms in Virginia, about a mile from Thesun Flower Florist at 1908 Colley Ave — the shortest sympathy run on the entire Norfolk grid, which matters most for morning-of-service delivery

Metropolitan Funeral Service + Altmeyer + Hollomon-Brown + Sturtevant

Metropolitan Funeral Service on Granby Street, long established in the region's Black community, plus the Altmeyer and Hollomon-Brown chapels across Norfolk and Virginia Beach and Sturtevant on the Portsmouth and Chesapeake side — always include the name of the deceased and the service time

The East Princess Anne Road cemetery complex

Elmwood, Cedar Grove, the Hebrew Cemetery, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery and West Point Cemetery — the historic African American burial ground whose monument honors the United States Colored Troops — sit together, so a graveside order here is a single short run from Ghent

Forest Lawn Cemetery + Woodlawn Memorial Gardens

Forest Lawn out Granby Street toward Wards Corner and Woodlawn Memorial Gardens on East Virginia Beach Boulevard — both take graveside arrangements placed before the interment time, so give us the hour and not just the date

Hampton National Cemetery and military memorial services

Hampton National Cemetery across the water on Beckysbuckroe Florist's Peninsula side; the Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk sits past the 18-mile radius and needs a day's notice; burial-at-sea families receive flowers at the memorial service or the home instead

St. Paul's + the Basilica of Saint Mary + First Baptist Bute Street + Ohef Sholom

St. Paul's Episcopal (1739, the only building to survive the 1776 burning of Norfolk), the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception on Church Street, First Baptist on Bute Street, Christ and St. Luke's in Ghent, and Ohef Sholom Temple — where a plant to the shiva home replaces a chapel tribute

FAQ

Norfolk flower delivery FAQs.

Can I send sympathy flowers same-day in Norfolk?

Same-day options depend on the delivery ZIP, requested date, florist availability and that florist's local cutoff. Check the available options before paying; a city listing does not guarantee delivery today.

Which Norfolk-area funeral homes do you deliver to?

All of the region's chapels. In Norfolk that includes H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments on Colonial Avenue in Ghent, one of the oldest continuously operating funeral firms in Virginia, and Metropolitan Funeral Service on Granby Street, long established in the region's Black community. Altmeyer Funeral Homes and Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home run multiple chapels across Norfolk and Virginia Beach, and Sturtevant Funeral Home covers Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. Put the name of the deceased plus the service date and time on the order — several chapels here hold more than one service a day, and an arrangement without a name waits in a hallway.

Can you deliver graveside arrangements to Norfolk cemeteries?

Yes. Norfolk's historic burial grounds sit together along East Princess Anne Road — Elmwood Cemetery, Cedar Grove Cemetery, the Hebrew Cemetery, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, and West Point Cemetery, the African American burial ground whose monument honors the United States Colored Troops. Forest Lawn Cemetery is out Granby Street and Woodlawn Memorial Gardens is on East Virginia Beach Boulevard. Graveside timing is stricter than chapel timing because the arrangement has to be in place before the family arrives, so give us the interment time and not just the date, and order the day before whenever you can.

What about military funerals and burials at sea?

This is common in Norfolk and the answer changes the order. The Navy conducts burials at sea from its ships, and when a family chooses that, there is no interment to send flowers to — the arrangement goes to the memorial service, the reception or the family home, often weeks after the death. For a burial with honors, Norfolk families use Hampton National Cemetery across the water in Hampton, and the Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, which sits past the 18-mile live radius and needs a day of notice. Base chapels at Naval Station Norfolk are gated, so plan on a chapel or off-base address instead.

Can you deliver sympathy flowers to a Norfolk church service?

Yes, and most of the large ones are close to the Ghent bench. St. Paul's Episcopal Church downtown dates to 1739 and is the only building that survived the burning of Norfolk in 1776, with a cannonball still lodged in its wall. The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception on Church Street is the city's oldest Catholic parish and a historically Black congregation. First Baptist on Bute Street, Freemason Street Baptist, and Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal on West Olney Road in Ghent all host large services. Churches generally want delivery an hour or more before the service, through a side or office entrance rather than the sanctuary doors.

What is appropriate for a Jewish family in Norfolk?

Not cut flowers at the funeral. Jewish tradition does not use flowers at the service, and Norfolk's congregations — Ohef Sholom Temple on Raleigh Avenue, whose roots here reach back to the 1840s, along with Temple Israel and B'nai Israel — follow that convention. What is appropriate is a plant or a food gift sent to the shiva home during the mourning week, or a donation in the deceased's memory. Say so at checkout and the studio builds a plant in a simple vessel rather than a tribute arrangement, and delivers to the house rather than the chapel. The Hebrew Cemetery on East Princess Anne Road is the historic burial ground.

I live out of state. Can I send sympathy flowers to a Norfolk service?

Yes, and it is one of the most common orders we handle here, because Norfolk's Navy families are spread across duty stations. Order from anywhere, give us the chapel or cemetery name and address, the name of the deceased, and the service date and time. The system routes to the closest bench — inside Norfolk that is usually Thesun Flower Florist on Colley Avenue, and across the water it is the Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach or Hampton bench rather than a Norfolk shop making a tunnel run. The hand-written card is free, and confirmation goes to your email once the delivery is complete.
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