Gift Basket Delivery in Des Moines, IA

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Des Moines and the rest of Polk County, Iowa. 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 Des Moines 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)Polk County · ZIP 50301, 50302, 50303, 50304, 50305, 50306,…Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Gift baskets delivered to Des Moines, IA

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Hospital, senior living, hospice, campus & hotel deliveries in Des Moines

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 Des Moines 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 Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Acute care hospital with an emergency department1111 6TH AveDes Moines, IA 50314

Also near Des Moines: Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi and Broadlawns Medical Center, and 1 more.

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 Valley View Village 79 beds2571 Guthrie AvenueDes Moines, IA 50317

Also near Des Moines: Trinity Center at Luther Park and Azria Health Park Place, 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 Everystep3000 Easton BlvdDes Moines, IA 50317

Also near Des Moines: Mercyone Des Moines Hospice.

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 Grand View University Private nonprofit, 1,000 to 4,999 students1200 Grandview AveDes Moines, IA 50316

Also near Des Moines: Drake University.

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 Sonesta Essential Des Moines4755 Merle Hay RdDes Moines, IA 50322

Also near Des Moines: Hilton Des Moines Downtown and Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott Des Moines Airport.

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 Des Moines 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 Des Moines; 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 Des Moines: 50301, 50302, 50303, 50304, 50305, 50306, 50307, 50308, 50309, 50310, 50311, 50312 and 43 more.

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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 Des Moines 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 Des Moines can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

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

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 (50301, 50302, 50303 and others).

Can a basket be shipped to Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center?

Yes. Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center sits 4 miles out from Des Moines, 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 Des Moines

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

  1. Jan 31°14° Freezing
  2. Feb 36°18° Freezing
  3. Mar 49°30° Freezing
  4. Apr 62°41°
  5. May 72°52° Wettest
  6. Jun 82°62° Wettest
  7. Jul 86°66° Heat
  8. Aug 84°64°
  9. Sep 77°55°
  10. Oct now 63°43°
  11. Nov 48°30° Freezing
  12. Dec 36°20° Freezing

October in Des Moines: 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.

Heat (July). Afternoons average 85°F or more, peaking near 86°F in July. Send chocolate, cheese and fresh fruit to a workplace or a front desk in these months; baked goods, nuts, coffee, tea and spa baskets can take a doorstep drop.

Freezing nights (January, February, March, November and December). The average low reaches 14°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, November and December). About 37 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 (June and May). Around 5.3 and 5.2 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, Des Moines Intl Ap station, 7.8 miles from Des Moines. 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 Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · Polk County Des Moines Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Des Moines sits in Polk County, Iowa, within the Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area. Our gift basket partners ship gourmet gift baskets, fruit baskets and bakery gift boxes to homes, offices, hospitals and campuses across Des Moines, and a local florist hand-delivers flowers the same day.

ZIP codes
50301, 50302, 50303, 50304, 50305, 50306, 50307, 50308 and 47 more
County
Polk County, Iowa
Metro area
Des Moines-West Des Moines
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
Berwick, Pleasant Hill, Altoona, Windsor Heights, Bondurant

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