Send Flowers to Ghent, Belgium

Few cities in Europe are as closely tied to flowers as Ghent. The countryside around it, especially near Lochristi, has grown azaleas and begonias for generations, and the Floralies flower show has brought visitors to the city since the nineteenth century. On Sunday mornings a flower market fills the Kouter square, where residents pick up a bunch and linger over a glass of sparkling wine and oysters. A bouquet sent here goes to people who know their plants.

Ghent is also one of Belgium's great university cities, home to Ghent University and its teaching hospital, UZ Gent. Florists deliver to the medieval centre around the Graslei and the Gravensteen castle, to the narrow lanes of Patershol, to student rooms near the Overpoort and to residential districts such as Ledeberg, Gentbrugge, Sint-Amandsberg and Mariakerke. Much of the centre is a low-traffic zone, so the florist plans the route with care, and a phone number for the recipient makes a real difference. During the Gentse Feesten in the second half of July, the streets of the old town are packed for ten days.

If you want to send flowers to Ghent, place the order before midnight Belgian time for delivery the following day, Monday to Saturday. Sundays and public holidays are excluded.

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