Mount Desert Florist: Flower Delivery in Mount Desert, ME

James Cress Florist has been family-run since 1903. We coordinate flower delivery across Mount Desert and Hancock County, Maine, through vetted local florist partners: you order online, a florist near your recipient designs the arrangement from fresh stock, and a real person hand-delivers it in water. We have delivered to Mount Desert 3 times in the last two years.

Delivery availability for Mount Desert is confirmed after your order is received. Where a partner florist can accept the order it is hand-delivered; otherwise we offer direct-shipped gifts, and if no florist can fill your order you are refunded in full. Every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

Delivery availability for Mount Desert is confirmed after your order is received; if no partner florist can accept it, you are refunded in full.3 deliveries to Mount Desert in the last two yearsHancock County · ZIP 04660100% Smile Guarantee

Most sent gifts for Mount Desert

Gift baskets, plants and boxed flowers ship directly to Mount Desert; arrangements are made by a local florist partner where one can accept the order.

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Sympathy & hospital deliveries in Mount Desert

Common delivery destinations in and around Mount Desert, with the details our partner florists need to get an arrangement to the right place. For a funeral service, put the service date and time in your order notes; for hospitals, include the patient’s name and unit.

Funeral homes we deliver to

Add the funeral home name, the service date and the start time to your order notes. Standing sprays, wreaths and baskets are delivered ahead of the visitation; smaller arrangements can go to the family home instead.

Hospitals & medical centers

Include the patient’s full name and, if you know it, the room or unit. Many ICU, cardiac and oncology units do not allow fresh flowers, so a plant or gift basket is the safer choice for those units; add a phone number so the florist can check with the desk if needed.

  • Mount Desert Island Hospital 10 Wayman Lane, Bar Harbor, ME 04609(207) 288-5081
    7.1 mi

Churches & places of worship

For a service or event, include the event name and start time; deliveries are accepted at the church office during its hours.

  • St. John's Episcopal Church 315 Main St, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679
    4.1 mi
  • St. Mary's by the Sea Episcopal Church 35 S Shore Rd, Mt Desert, ME 04662
    4.3 mi

Verified Facility list checked by James Cress Florist delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Overture Maps Foundation. Addresses come from public records; if a facility has moved or closed, tell us and we will correct it.

How delivery to Mount Desert works

How delivery works here

Delivery availability for Mount Desert is confirmed after your order is received. When a partner florist near Mount Desert can accept the order, they design it from fresh stock and hand-deliver it. When none can, we offer gift baskets, plants and boxed flowers that ship directly to your recipient. If no florist can fill your order and no alternative suits you, you are refunded in full.

Because availability is checked once we have your order, this page does not quote a same-day cutoff for Mount Desert. We contact you promptly if anything about your order needs to change.

What happens after you order

  1. We look for a vetted florist partner near Mount Desert who can accept a delivery on your date, one of 10,000+ shops in our nationwide network.
  2. If one accepts, they design your arrangement from fresh, in-stock stems and a real person hand-delivers it. If a stem is unavailable, they substitute one of equal or greater value in the same style.
  3. If no partner can take the order, we contact you with direct-shipped alternatives (gift baskets, plants, boxed flowers) that reach Mount Desert by courier.
  4. If nothing suits, you are refunded in full, and every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

ZIP code we deliver to in Mount Desert: 04660.

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Which Mount Desert funeral homes do you deliver to?

Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes is within our partners’ delivery area for Mount Desert. Add the funeral home, the service date and the start time to your order notes and the delivery is timed for the visitation.

Can you deliver to Mount Desert Island Hospital?

Yes. Mount Desert Island Hospital is about 7 miles from Mount Desert. Include the patient’s full name and unit. Some units restrict fresh flowers, so a plant or gift basket is the safer choice for intensive-care or oncology patients.

Delivery and the weather in Mount Desert

Weather decides whether an arrangement can wait at the door. In Mount Desert, average lows fall to freezing or below in January , February , March and December . When it is colder than about 34°F or hotter than about 90°F, the delivering florist hands the flowers to a person or leaves a note and re-attempts rather than leaving them outside.

SeasonAvg lowAvg highDelivery rule
Dec – Feb 18°F 35°F Below about 34°F: handed to a person or re-attempted, never left on a doorstep.
Mar – May 35°F 53°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Jun – Aug 58°F 77°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Sep – Nov now 43°F 59°F Normal doorstep delivery.

Where we deliver in Mount Desert

Mount Desert, ME · Hancock County Mount Desert Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Mount Desert is in Hancock County, Maine. Our partner florists deliver to homes, businesses, funeral homes and hospitals across Mount Desert (ZIP 04660) and to nearby Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Bar Harbor.

What James Cress Florist customers say

Rated 4.9 out of 5 across 1,461 published customer reviews, collected by Judge.me after delivery. We show reviews for a specific town only when the order was delivered there, so this page carries our store-wide reviews.

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