Gift Basket Delivery in Evanston, IL

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Evanston and the rest of Cook County, Illinois. Gourmet, fruit, sympathy, birthday and get-well baskets are packed to order by our gift basket partners and shipped 2-day, sooner in some regions: you choose the delivery day at checkout, and an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.

Need it today? A local florist partner of James Cress Florist designs and hand-delivers fresh flowers and fruit baskets in Evanston the same day; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Central time).

Ships 2-day, sooner in some regions · choose the delivery day at checkout Order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery daySame-day flowers and fruit baskets by a local florist · order by 2:00 PM Mon–Fri, 12:45 PM Sat (Central)Cook County · ZIP 60201, 60202, 60203, 60204, 60208Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Gift baskets delivered to Evanston, IL

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Hospital, senior living, hospice, campus & hotel deliveries in Evanston

A basket ships by parcel to a street address, so it cannot go to a PO box, a graveside or a service. What it can do is reach a bedside, a resident's door, a campus mailroom or a hotel front desk, as long as the order names the person the way that place expects. Below, the kinds of places in and around Evanston that boxes get sent to, how each one receives a parcel, and a local example laid out the way the label should read. For a service itself, the same-day flowers on this page go by hand through the local florist.

Hospitals

Parcels go to the hospital's receiving desk or mailroom and are brought up by staff, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge. Baked goods, fruit and snack boxes suit a room; nothing that needs a fridge. Where a unit does not allow fresh flowers, a basket or a plant is the surer gift.

Ship to Patient's full name, unit and room Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Acute care hospital with an emergency department2650 Ridge AveEvanston, IL 60201

Also near Evanston: Saint Francis Hospital-evanston.

Senior living and nursing homes

Reception signs for the box and staff bring it through, so a weekday delivery reaches the resident faster than a Saturday one. Soft baked goods, fruit and sugar-free boxes are the usual choice.

Ship to Resident's name, building or apartment number Alden Estates of Evanston 99 beds2520 Gross Point RoadEvanston, IL 60201

Also near Evanston: Three Crowns Park and Pearl of Evanston,the, and 5 more.

Hospice care

Reception signs. Most senders choose something the relatives keeping vigil can share: coffee, tea, cookies, fruit.

Ship to Patient's name, and the family contact if you have one Nova Hospice Care LLC7370 N Lincoln AveLincolnwood, IL 60712

Also near Evanston: Gemini Hospice, LLC.

Colleges and campus mailrooms

Campus mailrooms hold parcels for pickup and notify the student, so a text to say a box is on the way helps. Exam weeks and move-in are the busy times; care packages go out two business days ahead.

Ship to Student's full name, residence hall or mail center, box or room number Northwestern University Private nonprofit, 20,000 or more students633 Clark StEvanston, IL 60208

Also near Evanston: Loyola University Chicago.

Hotels

The front desk matches the box to the reservation and hands it over at check-in. Ship for the day the guest arrives or the day before, never for after checkout.

Ship to Guest's name and check-in date Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston1515 Chicago AveEvanston, IL 60201

Also near Evanston: Graduate by Hilton Evanston and Hilton Garden Inn Chicago North Shore Evanston.

Verified Places checked by Gift Basket Delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, NCES IPEDS, Overture Maps Foundation. Names, addresses and facility facts come from those public datasets and are checked by hand; spotted one that has moved or closed? Let us know and it comes off the page.

How delivery to Evanston works

Gift baskets (shipped)

  1. Choose the basket and the delivery day you want. The calendar at checkout shows the days available for your recipient's ZIP code: an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.
  2. Your basket is packed to order by one of our gift basket partners.
  3. It ships 2-day to Evanston; you get a shipping confirmation with tracking when it leaves.
  4. The carrier brings it to the door, the front desk or the mailroom on the day you chose, so it is worth checking that someone will be around.

Next-day delivery is offered for some regions at certain times of the year; the checkout calendar shows what is available for your recipient's address.

ZIP codes we ship to in Evanston: 60201, 60202, 60203, 60204, 60208.

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Flowers and fruit baskets (hand-delivered the same day)

Order bySame-day delivery
Monday–Friday2:00 PM
Saturday12:45 PM
SundayNot available*

Times are your recipient's local time (Central). Flowers and fruit baskets on this page are fulfilled by James Cress Florist (family-run since 1903) through a florist near Evanston that it has vetted: that shop makes the piece from fresh stock and brings it to the door by hand. *Sundays: the florists in that network deliver only on a few major holidays. In the rare case that no florist near Evanston can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

If I order a basket today, when can it reach Evanston?

Baskets ship 2-day, sooner in some regions, and you pick the delivery day on the calendar at checkout. An order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later; the calendar shows the exact days open for your recipient's ZIP code (60201, 60202, 60203 and others).

Can a basket be shipped to Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital?

Yes. Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital sits 1 mile out from Evanston, and the box goes to its street address. Address the box to the patient's full name with the unit or room number and use the hospital's street address. Hospitals take parcels at a receiving desk or mailroom and staff bring them up, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge; a box that arrives after the patient has left sits in the mailroom until someone claims it. Fresh flowers are not allowed on some units, so for intensive care or oncology a basket or a plant is the surer gift.

When to ship what to Evanston

Baskets travel by parcel and can wait on a step for an afternoon, so the month decides the contents. Thirty-year averages for Evanston, month by month, with the ones that matter marked.

  1. Jan 32°16° Freezing
  2. Feb 36°19° Freezing
  3. Mar 46°28° Freezing
  4. Apr 57°38°
  5. May 68°48° Wettest
  6. Jun 78°57° Wettest
  7. Jul 84°63°
  8. Aug 82°62°
  9. Sep 75°55°
  10. Oct now 63°43°
  11. Nov 49°33°
  12. Dec 38°22° Freezing

October in Evanston: afternoons around 63°F, nights around 43°F. Nothing in the forecast averages argues against a doorstep delivery; any basket in the catalog travels well.

Freezing nights (January, February, March and December). The average low reaches 16°F in January. Jams, sauces and fresh fruit should not spend a night outside; offices, senior residences and hospitals all receive indoors.

Snow (January, February, March and December). About 34 inches a year on average. Allow one extra business day when the date matters: a birthday box that ships two days out still lands on time if it leaves three days out.

Wettest months (May and June). Around 4.8 and 4.3 inches of rain on average. Boxes are sealed, not waterproof: a covered porch or a workplace address keeps the packaging presentable.

Weather only matters for the shipped box. The same-day flowers on this page are carried in by a local florist and handed over, whatever the month.

Normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020, Chicago Botanic Garden station, 7.3 miles from Evanston. Heat: average high 85°F or more. Freezing: average low 32°F or less. Snow: 2 inches or more in the month. Wettest: the two months with the most rain.

Where we ship in Evanston

Evanston, IL · Cook County Evanston Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Evanston sits in Cook County, Illinois, within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area. Our gift basket partners ship gourmet gift baskets, fruit baskets and bakery gift boxes to homes, offices, hospitals and campuses across Evanston, and a local florist hand-delivers flowers the same day.

ZIP codes
60201, 60202, 60203, 60204, 60208
County
Cook County, Illinois
Metro area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
Gift baskets
Ship 2-day, sooner in some regions; order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery day, and pick the day at checkout.
Same-day flowers
Flowers and fruit baskets by a local florist partner of James Cress Florist; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Central time).
Nearby
Wilmette, Skokie, Kenilworth, Lincolnwood, Golf

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