ABOUT US

Gateway Florist, owned by Kent and Tina Cooksey is located on the families 130 acre farm in La Plata, MD.   We were originally located in Waldorf, MD for 17 years and moved to our families farm in 2007 in an effort to expand the farming part of our business.

The farm which is called Fair Fountain Farm was originally Kent's grandparents which we had an opportunity to buy in 2000.  They historically raised tobacco along with vegetables and livestock to feed their large family.  Now we are raising cattle, hay and corn and plan to expand into seasonal produce and flowering plants.

Gateway Florist is a full service florist offering delivery for all occasions birthdays, get well, sympathy, weddings and for no occasion at all.  We offer delivery throughout Charles and parts of St. Mary's Counties.  Orders placed by 2pm most times can be delivered the same day.
In addition to our farm location we also offer a convienent cash and carry cooler inside Civista Hospital's gift shop located on Garrett Ave in La Plata Md.  Give us a call today so we can create a special gift for your special someone.

Local delivery areas include La Plata, Waldorf, Hughesville, Mechanicsville, White Plains, Indian Head, Bryantown, Bryans Road, Port Tobacco, Welcome and other surrounding towns within the Charles County area.

We do go outside of our delivery area for special events such as weddings and large party work.



Local Funeral Homes include: Huntt Funeral Home, Arehart Echols Funeral Home, Raymonds Funeral Home, Brinsfield Echols Funeral Home, Adams Funeral Home, Thorntons Funeral Home, Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home and Williams Funeral Home

Hospitals : Civista Medical Center

Walk in service is by appointment only at our farm location.  You can reach us by phone for delivery or to set up a pick up time at the hours listed below.  We also offer 24 hour phone service for placing orders after hours.

Monday - Friday 8:00am -5:00pm
Saturdays 8:00am-12:00pm
We are closed on Sundays

We do offer a wide variety of fresh floral arrangements for pick up at Civista Medical Centers Gift Shop. The Gift Shop is located in the lobby of the new entrance off Garrett Ave in La Plata, Md.

To help guarantee delivery for holidays please place orders early at least 2 days prior to any major holiday ie: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines, Easter and Mothers Day.

We do have extended store hours during the holiday season they will be available by calling the store one week prior to the holiday.

Our shop is closed on the following Holidays: New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Dec 26th.

Any other unscheduled closings will be noted on the web site and phone at least 2 weeks prior to closing.

Gateway Florist provides a full variety of fresh flowers for all occasions and all design styles. Our fruit and gift baskets are outstanding and can be tailored to your specific needs. We offer a large variety of baskets such as fruit and gourmet, junk food, diebetic snack baskets, bath baskets, chocolate candy and cookie baskets, coffee and tea baskets, etc. If you have an idea we can probley make it into a basket.

We can combine any of our gift baskets with plants or flowers for that extra special gift. We have a full line of plush, balloons, candy and other items great for gift baskets.

Gateway Florist offers custom wedding design services and large party designs. Consultation appointments are required and are no charge.

We take great care with all our orders and sympathy arrangements are no exception. We can do a wide variety of pieces from standard funeral baskets to large showy standing sprays. We can even do some custom pieces which represent more of the personal interests of your loved ones.

Your orders are very important to us and we offer 100% satisfaction.

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us by e-mail at gwflorist@comcast.net or call us directly at 1-800-235-6127, (301) 392-5630. We're always here to serve you and make your flower sending experience a pleasure.

Gateway Florist Inc
Po Box 113
Bryantown, Md 20617

A delivery fee of $10.95 will be added to each order for each address.   We do try to accommodate time deliveries when possible,  if a special request is made and specified times are required we will charge a higher delivery fee.   No time deliveries will be promised on any holiday... we do make note of businesses and schools. 

Orders for the same day are guaranteed if placed by 2pm with the exception of holidays.  If it is late in the day and you would like a delivery within our local area, give us a call we will try to accomodate you (but no promises).  Orders for Civista Medical Center can be placed up until 3pm for the same day delivery.

Procedures for delivery:

Because our area is growing and many of the street addresses are not on our maps.. we may need to call the recipients to get directions.  Also if the area of the delivery is rural we may call recipients to see if someone is home to receive flowers to avoid wasted trips.  Please make sure you include phone numbers to the recipients on your orders.

When making a delivery to a home if no one is home

•  we will try leaving the arrangement with a neighbor-- we tag the door to notify
•  we will leave the arrangement weather permitting in a safe place at the address
• we will tag the door for the recipient to contact us and a time will be set up for redelivery.

Occasionally, substitutions may be necessary to create your bouquet due to the availability of certain flowers in various parts of the country. Care is taken to maintain the style, theme and color scheme of the arrangement, using flowers of equal value. Additionally, the substitution of certain keepsake items may be necessary due to increased demand, especially during major holidays. In single-flower arrangements, such as an all rose bouquet, or orchids, we will make every attempt to match the flower type, but may substitute with another color.

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