New-baby flowers to King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco
A Perth florist arranges the bouquet and delivers it to King Edward Memorial Hospital on Bagot Road. Ask the ward first, and keep it small: the rooms are built for mothers and babies, not vases.
King Edward Memorial Hospital, known across Perth as KEMH or simply King Eddie's, is Western Australia's largest maternity hospital and the state's referral centre for complicated pregnancies and sick newborns. It stands at 374 Bagot Road, Subiaco WA 6008, a few minutes west of the Perth CBD, and is run by the Women and Newborn Health Service within the North Metropolitan Health Service. The hospital opened on 14 July 1916, celebrated 110 years in 2026 and is heritage-listed; it is also home to Australia's first human milk bank. A new Women and Babies Hospital is planned to replace it, but for now the babies keep arriving in Subiaco. A florist in Perth's western suburbs makes the bouquet and delivers it for us.
New-baby flowers at KEMH
Most flowers to this hospital are for a new mother on a postnatal ward, and the rooms are small. A boxed posy, a jar arrangement or a petite hand-tied bunch in soft pink, white, lemon or sage is the right scale; a large vase has nowhere to go. Keep scent low near a newborn, so no hyacinths or oriental lilies, and ask for pollen-free stems. If the family also wants a gift, a bunch of gerberas or roses with a small soft toy tied in is a popular order.
The neonatal unit and other no-flower areas
The hospital publishes no written flower rule, so the ward decides. As a general guide for Australian hospitals, flowers and plants are not allowed in neonatal intensive care or special care nurseries, in the adult high-dependency area or in rooms with infection precautions. Gynaecology and oncology patients may be asked to avoid cut flowers after chemotherapy. Phone the hospital on (08) 6458 2222, ask for the ward and check before you order. If a baby is in the neonatal unit, send the flowers to the family home or wait until mother and baby are discharged.
Visiting hours at Bagot Road
Visiting hours are 8am to 8pm, and the hospital asks anyone who is unwell to stay away. Our florists deliver during the day and hand the flowers to the ward or the main reception, where staff take them through. A morning order is the best chance of an afternoon delivery, but to a hospital same day is never promised.
Writing the order and the card
Write the mother's full name as admitted, the ward and room number, and a mobile number for the support person. Postnatal stays are short, often one to three nights, so if the family is going home to Subiaco, Shenton Park, Wembley or further afield within a day, deliver there instead. On the card, name the baby if you know it and keep it short; the mother is reading between feeds.
Cut-off in Perth time
Same-day delivery runs Monday to Saturday for orders placed before 2pm on a weekday or 10am on a Saturday, Perth time. Perth has no daylight saving, so from October to April the 2pm cut-off is 5pm in the eastern states and 4pm in Brisbane. Bouquets start at about AUD 75 and the delivery fee is added at checkout.
Did you know? King Edward Memorial Hospital opened on 14 July 1916 and is Western Australia's largest maternity hospital and home to Australia's first human milk bank.
Frequently asked questions about flowers to King Edward Memorial Hospital
Can I send flowers to a new mum at King Edward Memorial Hospital?
Yes, to the postnatal wards in most cases. The hospital has no published ban, but neonatal intensive care, special care nurseries and high-dependency areas do not take flowers, which is standard in Australian hospitals. Phone (08) 6458 2222, ask for the ward, and keep the arrangement small.
What size and type of bouquet suits a maternity room?
Small and self-contained: a boxed posy or a jar arrangement that sits on a bedside locker without a vase. Choose soft colours or cheerful gerberas, with little scent and no loose pollen. Leave out lilies, hyacinths and pot plants, and skip latex balloons, which many hospitals ban.
The baby is in the neonatal unit. Where do I send flowers?
Not to the unit; neonatal intensive care and special care nurseries do not allow flowers. Send them to the family home, or to the mother's postnatal room if she is still admitted and the ward agrees. Many families prefer flowers on the day baby finally comes home.