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Gift Basket Delivery in Wilmington, NC

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Wilmington and the rest of New Hanover County, North Carolina. 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 Wilmington the same day; order by 2:00 PM Monday to Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Eastern 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 (Eastern)New Hanover County · ZIP 28401, 28402, 28403, 28404, 28405, 28406,…Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Same-day flowers and fruit baskets in Wilmington

Designed and hand-delivered the same day by a local florist partner of James Cress Florist. Order by 2:00 PM Mon–Fri or 12:45 PM Sat (Eastern time).

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

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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington Treatment Center Acute care hospital2520 Troy DriveWilmington, NC 28401

Also near Wilmington: Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center.

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 Trinity Grove 100 beds631 Junction Creek DriveWilmington, NC 28412

Also near Wilmington: Autumn Care of Myrtle Grove and Azalea Health & Rehab Center, 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 Lower Cape Fear Lifecare1414 Physicians DriveWilmington, NC 28401

Also near Wilmington: Liberty Home Care and 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 University of North Carolina Wilmington Public, 10,000 to 19,999 students601 South College RoadWilmington, NC 28403

Also near Wilmington: Cape Fear Community College.

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 Hampton Inn Wilmington Medical Park Hampton by Hilton2320 S 17th StWilmington, NC 28401

Also near Wilmington: Front Street Inn and Tru by Hilton Wilmington.

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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington; 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 Wilmington: 28401, 28402, 28403, 28404, 28405, 28406, 28407, 28408, 28409, 28410, 28411, 28412.

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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 (Eastern). Flowers and fruit baskets on this page are fulfilled by James Cress Florist (family-run since 1903) through a florist near Wilmington 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 Wilmington can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

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

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 (28401, 28402, 28403 and others).

Can a basket be shipped to Wilmington Treatment Center?

Yes. Wilmington Treatment Center sits 4 miles out from Wilmington, 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 Wilmington

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

  1. Jan 56°36°
  2. Feb 59°38°
  3. Mar 66°44°
  4. Apr 74°52°
  5. May 81°62°
  6. Jun 87°69° Heat
  7. Jul 90°74° Heat
  8. Aug 89°72° Heat
  9. Sep now 85°67° Wettest
  10. Oct 76°56°
  11. Nov 66°44°
  12. Dec 60°39°

September in Wilmington: afternoons around 85°F, nights around 67°F. One of the wettest months here: ask for a covered spot in the delivery note, or ship to the workplace.

Heat (June, July and August). Afternoons average 85°F or more, peaking near 90°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.

Wettest months (September and July). Around 9.2 and 8.8 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, Wilmington 7 SE station, 2.4 miles from Wilmington. 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 Wilmington

Wilmington, NC · New Hanover County Wilmington Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Wilmington sits in New Hanover County, North Carolina, within the Wilmington metro area. Our gift basket partners ship gourmet gift baskets, fruit baskets and bakery gift boxes to homes, offices, hospitals and campuses across Wilmington, and a local florist hand-delivers flowers the same day.

ZIP codes
28401, 28402, 28403, 28404, 28405, 28406, 28407, 28408 and 4 more
County
New Hanover County, North Carolina
Metro area
Wilmington
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 (Eastern time).
Nearby
Winnabow, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach, Kure Beach, Leland

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