Guilford Florist: Flower Delivery in Guilford, CT

James Cress Florist has been family-run since 1903. We coordinate flower delivery across Guilford and South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut, 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 Guilford more than 40 times in the last two years.

Order by 2:00 PM Monday–Friday or 12:45 PM Saturday (Eastern time) for same-day delivery to Guilford. There is no Sunday delivery through the florist network except on select major holidays. If no partner florist can take your order, which is rare, you are refunded in full, and every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

Same-day by 2:00 PM Mon–Fri · 12:45 PM Sat (Eastern)40+ deliveries to Guilford in the last two yearsSouth Central Connecticut County · ZIP 06437Designed near the recipient by a vetted local florist partner100% Smile Guarantee

Most sent flowers in Guilford

Our best sellers, plus the designs Connecticut sends most this time of year, designed by a local florist partner near your recipient.

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Sympathy & hospital deliveries in Guilford

Common delivery destinations in and around Guilford, 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.

  • The Connecticut Hospice Inc. 100 Double Beach Road, Branford, CT 06405(203) 315-7500
    8.8 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.

  • Apple Rehab Guilford 10 Boston Post Rd, Guilford, CT 06437(203) 453-3725
    in Guilford
  • Guilford House, the 109 West Lake Avenue, Guilford, CT 06437(203) 488-9142
    2.0 mi
  • Evergreen Woods 88 Notch Hill Road, North Branford, CT 06471(203) 488-8000
    2.9 mi
  • Autumn Lake Healthcare at Madison 34 Wildwood Avenue, Madison, CT 06443(203) 245-8008
    4.6 mi

Hospice care

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

  • Home Care Plus, INC 753 Boston Post Road, Suite 200, Guilford, CT 06437(203) 458-4200
    3.5 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.

Hotels

Include the guest’s name and check-in date; the front desk holds deliveries for arriving guests.

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 Guilford works

Same-day cutoffs (Eastern time)

Order byHomes & businessesSchools & campus
Monday–Friday2:00 PM1:30 PM
Saturday12:45 PMNo school delivery
SundayNot available*Not available*

All times are your recipient’s local time (Eastern). *No same-day delivery through the florist network on Sundays except on select major holidays; orders placed on Sunday are delivered Monday. After the cutoff, choose the next available date at checkout.

What happens after you order

  1. We route your order to a vetted florist partner near Guilford, one of 10,000+ shops in our nationwide network.
  2. The florist designs your arrangement from our recipe with fresh, in-stock stems. If a stem is unavailable, they substitute one of equal or greater value in the same style and color palette.
  3. A real person hand-delivers it to the door, the funeral home or the hospital desk, in water rather than a shipping box.
  4. If no partner can take the order (this is rare), we refund you in full and tell you right away. Every order carries our 100% Smile Guarantee.

ZIP code we deliver to in Guilford: 06437.

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Which Guilford funeral homes do you deliver to?

Guilford Funeral Home , Keenan Funeral Homes - Notch Hill and Cooperative Funeral Fund are within our partners’ delivery area for Guilford. 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 The Connecticut Hospice Inc.?

Yes. The Connecticut Hospice Inc. is about 9 miles from Guilford. 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 Guilford

Weather decides whether an arrangement can wait at the door. In Guilford, 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 25°F 41°F Below about 34°F: handed to a person or re-attempted, never left on a doorstep.
Mar – May 40°F 58°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Jun – Aug 63°F 80°F Normal doorstep delivery.
Sep – Nov now 46°F 64°F Normal doorstep delivery.

Where we deliver in Guilford

Guilford, CT · South Central Connecticut County Guilford Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Guilford is in South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut, part of the New Haven metro area. Our partner florists deliver to homes, businesses, funeral homes and hospitals across Guilford (ZIP 06437) and to nearby Madison, North Branford and Northford.

What James Cress Florist customers say

Rated 4.9 out of 5 across 1,265 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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