
Gardenia and Grace Bouquet
$13· 28 florists
12 verified studios deliver long-stem red roses and romantic editorial bouquets same-day across Fordham, Bronx (10458, 10468, 10457, 10460). Surprise-at-home in Belmont, workplace date-night sends, and Fordham University residence-hall drops. Long-stem red-rose from $74.95. 2 PM ET cutoff.
Every order goes to a real studio — hand-arranged, never warehoused. Each carries their own catalog, style, and signature designs.
Compare ratings, prices, and same-day cutoff times across all 12 studios. The closest verified shop to your recipient gets surfaced first.
Real product photos, real prices — no warehouse markup, no surprise fees. The florist hand-arranges in-house from their own stems.
Order before 2PM ET and the studio's own driver delivers the same business day. Most orders land within 3 hours.
“Two dozen red roses to my girlfriend's apartment in Belmont as a surprise. Starbrightnyc brought a stunning long-stem arrangement up from Manhattan, $135, and the florist timed it for when she'd be home so it was a real surprise. She was speechless. Perfect romance delivery.”
“Sent roses to my boyfriend's residence hall at Fordham University for Valentine's Day. The front desk logged it and texted him, and it was delivered same day even on the busiest flower day of the year. A classic red-rose bouquet, $85. So romantic and so easy to arrange.”
“Romantic bouquet to my wife's desk at her office on Fordham Road. On time before lunch and a lovely mixed red-and-pink design for $95. Would have loved a couple more roses in the mix, but the surprise landed perfectly and the freshness was great.”
Love-and-romance sends in Fordham run to the classic gestures — the long-stem red-rose bouquet delivered as a surprise. The most common send here is straight to the home: a dozen or two dozen red roses to a Belmont, Bedford Park, or Fordham Manor apartment, timed for when the recipient is in so it is a real surprise rather than a box left with a neighbor. Fordham University Rose Hill (441 E Fordham Road, 10458) adds a younger romance angle — students sending roses to a partner's residence hall, delivered to the front desk with the recipient texted to come down. And the neighborhood's workplaces along the Fordham Road corridor take date-night sends, a bouquet dropped at a desk or reception with the recipient's name for a valentine or just-because romantic gesture. A Fordham romance send benefits from a florist who can time the drop to the surprise and knows the walk-up-versus-front-desk reality of the residential and campus blocks.
Because no Fordham-based studio anchors the marketplace yet, the neighborhood's romance volume is covered same-day from the surrounding Bronx grid and beyond — by partners among the highest-rated on the platform. Starbrightnyc (4.8★, 498 reviews) comes up from Manhattan via the Henry Hudson and Major Deegan and is the editorial anchor for the premium red-rose and long-stem look. Riverdale Florist runs local-ish down the Major Deegan and Grand Concourse from 10463, the fastest option for a same-day surprise-at-home. Marine Florists (4.9★, 1,190 reviews — the marketplace's highest count) and Greenpoint Florist NY (4.9★, 108) reach Fordham from Brooklyn for larger editorial and Valentine's-scale volume. Pricing runs below the Manhattan average: classic dozen red roses $65-95, premium two-dozen or editorial $95-165, signature romantic $165-385. On Valentine's week, order as early as possible — it is the single busiest day of the year and cutoff windows tighten.
Long-stem red roses and romantic hand-tied arrangements to apartments and walk-ups across Belmont, Bedford Park, and Fordham Manor — surprise-at-home, timed for when the recipient is in.
Fordham University Rose Hill (441 E Fordham Road, 10458) — student romance sends to a residence-hall front desk, with the recipient texted to come down; busiest on Valentine's week.
Date-night and valentine bouquets dropped at a workplace desk or reception along the Fordham Road corridor with the recipient's name, timed to office hours.
Romantic bouquets to Fordham Manor and Kingsbridge Road apartments (10468) — doorman-desk and walk-up drops with floor or unit coordination for a surprise.
Sending romance to another Bronx or uptown neighborhood? We cover Riverdale, Concourse, Melrose, Kingsbridge, Throgs Neck, and Harlem same-day with the same surprise-at-home and residence-hall timing literacy Fordham runs on.