
An ocean away, and the flowers are still made in Kiribati on the day you choose: order before 14:00 local time and they can reach the recipient the same day. So when someone has gone out of their way for you, a thank-you can be at their door before the day closes, not buried in a message they read and scroll past. You pay in the currency you hold, and the whole order is placed and settled online in a few minutes, whatever country you are ordering from.
Send flowers, or a gift basket, plants or chocolates, and set the delivery date at checkout so it lands on the day that matters.
We deliver Monday to Saturday, so Sunday sits outside the delivery week and a date chosen then moves to the next day you pick. Bouquets follow the freshest stems of the day, which is how a florist keeps quality up: if a flower is not available, it is replaced with one of equal or greater value in the same style. What arrives holds the shape and colouring you ordered, made from what was actually good that morning.
Addresses in Kiribati run on no postcode system — they typically use a PO Box in the relevant town, for example, P.O. Box 68, Bairiki, Tarawa. Give the box and the town exactly as the recipient writes them, and add their local phone number: florists use it to confirm availability and pin down the exact address before setting out. If the delivery is going to an apartment, the door code often decides whether it gets past the entrance, so add it at checkout with the rest of the address.
Flowers tend to be worn rather than held. They are woven into garlands, leis and head and hair adornments more than arranged into Western-style bouquets, and a garland — te mwaimwai, strung to sit around the neck or head — is the form most of them take. Coconut palm fronds and pandanus leaves are the usual greenery. Freshly made garlands are placed on visitors, honoured guests and performers as a welcome and a sign of respect, and women and girls often wear a single frangipani or hibiscus bloom tucked behind the ear for church, dances and celebrations. Frangipani and other fragrant garlands are laid on the coffin or grave in mourning and remembrance; wreaths and formal funeral pieces need 24-48 hours' notice.
The equatorial climate keeps frangipani, hibiscus and jasmine — te bien — flowering year-round, so there is no strong seasonal shortage behind any of these dates. On Independence Day, 12 July, communities perform traditional dances and welcome dignitaries with elaborate flower garlands. Gospel Day, whose date varies by island group and which commemorates the arrival of Christianity, is commonly observed on some islands in November or December, with church processions and dances featuring garlands and floral hair adornments. Christmas Day on 25 December and New Year's Day on 1 January put families in garlands for services, feasts and community dances, and weddings, held year-round, dress brides and wedding parties in flower crowns. Around Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, order at least 48 hours ahead.
When words over the phone are not landing, flowers at the door can restart the conversation — but only if the door is the right one. Someone mid-journey, at an airport, a railway station or a cruise terminal, is almost impossible to reach with a delivery, so send to their hotel, office or home address instead, timed for after they arrive. If the recipient is not home when the florist calls, they will usually ring them or arrange a redelivery.
You order online from wherever you are, and the arrangement is made and delivered locally. Every order includes a free card message: type it at checkout and it is printed exactly as you write it, at no extra cost, and it travels with the flowers. Ylang-ylang, frangipani, hibiscus and jasmine are grown on the islands, so what the florist reaches for is close at hand.
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.
You can request a preferred time slot, but exact times cannot be guaranteed — deliveries follow the local florist's routes and workload for the day. The delivery date you select at checkout is honoured.
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. Reception will ask for the reservation name and room number, so include the guest's full name and, if you can, their arrival date or booking reference.
Yes — include the company name and, if you know it, the floor or department, and the delivery goes to reception. Choose a day the recipient is in, so the flowers arrive within office hours.
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.