
Order before 14:00 local time and the flowers can be at their door the same day. We deliver Monday to Saturday, so most of the week is open when you send flowers to Gambia. An anniversary is the case in point: you want to mark it properly from abroad, and a bouquet on the right morning does what a message cannot. Checkout is in your own currency, paid securely online, and a card message comes with every order at no extra cost, printed word for word.
The date you cannot be there for is still the date they will remember; the timing, the currency and the card are settled, so choose from over 100 bouquets and set the delivery day at checkout.
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There appears to be no postcode in general use, and a PO Box with the area or town name is what the florist navigates by, in the shape of P.O. Box 1234, Banjul. Put the recipient's full name above it, then the box and the town, and the area name too if it differs from the town. Include the recipient's local phone number as well, since florists use it to confirm availability and the exact address before they set out. Apartment deliveries often need a door code, and that goes in at checkout, at no cost to you.
Gift baskets, plants and chocolates sit alongside the flowers, and each answers a slightly different moment. A new baby in the family is the clearest case: flowers for the parents, timed for a day they are back home rather than still at the hospital, with a gift basket beside them for the week of visitors that follows. A plant is the version that is still on the windowsill in a month, when cut stems have long since gone. Pick the pairing before you reach the payment step.
There appears to be little commercial cut-flower cultivation here, so florist stock is imported year-round, mostly by way of Senegal and European hubs. What that puts in front of you is roses, carnations, lilies and chrysanthemums, hand-tied and wrapped in cellophane or paper, in simple arrangements sold mainly through hotels and gift shops, greened with palm fronds, croton leaves, bougainvillea and hibiscus foliage. Flower-giving is itself a fairly minor and largely Western-influenced custom, more common among urban and expatriate communities than in traditional gift-giving, where kola nuts, food or fabric are more customary. Funerals typically follow Islamic custom in this majority-Muslim country, and flowers are not a central part of mourning practice; wreaths and formal funeral pieces, where they are wanted at all, need 24-48 hours' notice.
Valentine's Day on February 14 is a growing occasion for flower and gift buying among younger urban couples; Mother's Day, whose date varies and is often observed in May, is the other. Those two are the exception to the usual week: florists open for the big flower days, so your order can arrive even when the date falls on a Sunday. Order at least 48 hours ahead for both. International Women's Day on March 8 is an occasion for gifting flowers to women. The Eids bring gift-giving and home decoration: Eid al-Fitr on the first day of Shawwal, Eid al-Adha (Tobaski) on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, both set by the Islamic lunar calendar. Christmas Day on December 25 is a gift occasion for the Christian minority.
Hotel receptions ask for the reservation name and the room number, so have both in front of you before you order. Workplace deliveries should arrive within office hours, which means choosing a day the recipient is actually in. Someone genuinely mid-journey, at an airport, a railway station or a cruise terminal, is almost impossible to reach with a delivery: send to the hotel, office or home address they are heading for instead, timed for after they arrive. And if nobody is home when the florist calls round, they will typically ring the recipient or arrange a redelivery.
Yes, order before 14:00 local time and your flowers can be delivered the same day. Orders placed after the cutoff are delivered on the next available day you choose at checkout.
Yes, most orders are placed from abroad. You order online in minutes, and the flowers are prepared and delivered locally.
If a particular flower isn't in that morning, the florist swaps it for one of equal or greater value that keeps the same look. Arrangements are made with what is freshest on the day.
Acceptance depends on the hospital and ward, so check before ordering; otherwise delivery goes to reception. Use the hospital's own city and full address, with the patient's full name and, where possible, the ward or room.
Yes. Include the resident's full name and, where possible, the floor or unit. It is worth checking the residence accepts flower deliveries; reception will usually pass them on.
You can request a preferred time slot, but exact times cannot be guaranteed, as deliveries follow the local florist's routes and workload for the day. The date you select at checkout is honoured.