Lakewood Florist: Flower Delivery in Lakewood, NJ

James Cress Florist has been family-run since 1903. We coordinate flower delivery across Lakewood and Ocean County, New Jersey, 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 Lakewood more than 20 times in the last two years.

Delivery availability for Lakewood 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 Lakewood is confirmed after your order is received; if no partner florist can accept it, you are refunded in full.20+ deliveries to Lakewood in the last two yearsOcean County · ZIP 08701100% Smile Guarantee

Most sent gifts for Lakewood

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

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Sympathy & hospital deliveries in Lakewood

Common delivery destinations in and around Lakewood, 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.

  • Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus 600 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701(732) 363-1900
    in Lakewood
  • Ocean Medical Center 425 Jack Martin Blvd, Brick, NJ 08724(732) 840-2200
    3.9 mi
  • Saint Barnabas Behavioral Health Center 1691 Highway 9 - Cn2025, Toms River, NJ 08755(732) 914-1688
    4.5 mi

Senior living & nursing homes

Add the resident’s name and, if you know it, the wing or apartment number. Deliveries go to the front desk and staff bring them to the resident.

  • Atlantic Coast Rehab & Health 485 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701(732) 364-7100
    in Lakewood
  • Fountainview Care Center 527 River Avenue, Lakewood, NJ 08701(732) 905-0700
    in Lakewood
  • Leisure Chateau Rehabilitation 962 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701(732) 370-8600
    1.4 mi

Hospice care

Deliveries are accepted at reception. Compact, low-fragrance arrangements and plants are the usual choice for hospice rooms.

  • Swan Hospice 1777 Avenue of the States, Lakewood, NJ 08701(908) 818-1700
    in Lakewood

Colleges & campus deliveries

Campus deliveries go to a residence hall desk or department office, not to a dorm room. Include the student’s name and a phone number. The weekday cutoff for school and campus addresses is 1:30 PM.

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.

Verified Facility list checked by James Cress Florist delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, NCES IPEDS, 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 Lakewood works

How delivery works here

Delivery availability for Lakewood is confirmed after your order is received. When a partner florist near Lakewood 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 Lakewood. 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood: 08701.

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Which Lakewood funeral homes do you deliver to?

Fairways Homeowners Association , Belkoff Goldstein Funeral Chapel , Eden Monuments Inc and D'Elia Funeral Home are within our partners’ delivery area for Lakewood. 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 Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus?

Yes. Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus is in Lakewood. 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 Lakewood

Weather decides whether an arrangement can wait at the door. In Lakewood, 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 23°F 44°F Below about 34°F: handed to a person or re-attempted, never left on a doorstep.
Mar – May 39°F 61°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Jun – Aug 62°F 83°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Sep – Nov now 43°F 67°F Normal doorstep delivery.

Where we deliver in Lakewood

Lakewood, NJ · Ocean County Lakewood Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Lakewood is in Ocean County, New Jersey, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. Our partner florists deliver to homes, businesses, funeral homes and hospitals across Lakewood (ZIP 08701) and to nearby Brick, Howell and Jackson.

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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