Gift baskets shipped 2-day · Same-day flowers and fruit baskets by a local florist

Gift Basket Delivery in Columbia, SC

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Columbia and the rest of Richland County, South 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 Columbia 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)Richland County · ZIP 29201, 29202, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29206,…Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Same-day flowers and fruit baskets in Columbia

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).

Browse all same-day flowers →

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

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 Columbia 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 Prisma Health Richland Hospital Acute care hospital with an emergency department5 Medical ParkColumbia, SC 29203

Also near Columbia: G Werber Bryan Psych Hosp and Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown, 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 Wildewood Downs 32 beds1215 Wildewood Downs CircleColumbia, SC 29223

Also near Columbia: Midlands Health & Rehabilitation Center and Life Care Center Of Columbia, 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 Heartsong Hospice7909 Parklane Rd, Ste 310Columbia, SC 29223

Also near Columbia: Heart of 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 Columbia College Private nonprofit, 1,000 to 4,999 students1301 Columbia College DrColumbia, SC 29203

Also near Columbia: Benedict College and Columbia International 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 Courtyard By Marriott111 Gateway Corporate BoulevardColumbia, SC 29203

Also near Columbia: Home2 Suites by Hilton Columbia Southeast Fort Jackson and Days Inn.

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 Columbia 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 Columbia; 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 Columbia: 29201, 29202, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29206, 29207, 29208, 29209, 29210, 29211, 29212 and 22 more.

Read the full shipping policy

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 Columbia 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 Columbia can take the order, the full amount is refunded.

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

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 (29201, 29202, 29203 and others).

Can a basket be shipped to Prisma Health Richland Hospital?

Yes. Prisma Health Richland Hospital sits 7 miles out from Columbia, 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 Columbia

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

  1. Jan 56°33°
  2. Feb 60°36°
  3. Mar 67°42°
  4. Apr 76°51°
  5. May 83°59°
  6. Jun 89°67° Heat
  7. Jul 93°71° Heat
  8. Aug 91°70° Heat
  9. Sep now 85°64° Heat
  10. Oct 76°53°
  11. Nov 66°42°
  12. Dec 59°37°

September in Columbia: afternoons around 85°F, nights around 64°F. Chocolate and cheese are the two to route to an address where someone can bring the box straight in; cookie, nut, coffee and spa baskets shrug off an afternoon on the step.

Heat (June, July, August and September). Afternoons average 85°F or more, peaking near 93°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 (August and July). Around 4.7 and 4.7 inches of rain on average. Boxes are sealed, not waterproof: a covered porch or a workplace address keeps the packaging presentable.

For a September gift that cannot wait on a hot step, the same-day flowers on this page are the surer choice: a local florist brings them to the door and hands them over.

Normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020, Sandhill Rsch - Elgin station, 4.0 miles from Columbia. 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 Columbia

Columbia, SC · Richland County Columbia Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

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

ZIP codes
29201, 29202, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29206, 29207, 29208 and 26 more
County
Richland County, South Carolina
Metro area
Columbia
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
State Park, Blythewood, Elgin, West Columbia, Hopkins

What Gift Basket Delivery customers say

40 published Judge.me reviews so far, averaging 4.7 out of 5, each one requested after the basket arrived. Reviews for Columbia itself appear here once two or more customers have reviewed a basket shipped to Columbia; until then, these are reviews from across the store.

Read all Gift Basket Delivery reviews →

Reviewers are sometimes sent a small thank-you, such as a discount on a later order, after they post. Everyone who reviews gets the same offer whatever they wrote or how many stars they gave, and every review is published, good or bad.