Frequently Asked Questions
At Polly’s Secret Garden, we specialise in handcrafted faux wedding flowers. Below you’ll find answers to our brides’ most common questions about our artificial bridal bouquets, bridesmaid bouquets, buttonholes, corsages, flower girl posies, and wedding cake flowers.
Around 4-6 months before your event date. This allows plenty of time for you receive your order, and make sure you’re happy with everything. If you order too much before this, you could make changes to your event theme that may affect your flower choices.
Yes, we ship Australia-wide! Whether you’re in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Darwin or regional areas, your flowers will arrive safely packaged. At this stage we do not offer international shipping.
Start with a long piece of string. Place the piece of string around your head where you would like your flower crown to sit. Just a relaxed tightness, no need to pull super tight. Then take the piece of string and measure the length with a ruler of tape measure.
Bridal bouquets should be carried with relaxed arms so the bouquet sits in line with the pelvis rather than up near your chest. When you’re nervous you tend to tighten up your arms and the bouquet will sit up too close to your face. Concentrate on keeping your arms relaxed and down and your photos and videos will reflect how relaxed you looked!
Always in season....
You can always have the flowers you want. No more relying on Mother Nature to come up with the goods on the exact day of your wedding.
Colour….
Did you know- variations in weather can affect the colour of real flowers? When you choose from our range of gorgeous flowers you know that's exactly what you'll get.
No last-minute surprises....
This is a big one! You can order your flowers from Polly's Secret Garden as much in advance as you want, so you don't have to wait until the morning of your wedding to see if you'll receive what you had pictured.
Forever fresh....
No drooping during the all important ceremony and photos. Your forever flowers will look as good at the end of the day as they did when you walked down the aisle.
Budget....
Because you can go to our online shop and see the cost of everything you need, you can plan and stick to your budget easily, without any budget blowout from unclear quotes on fresh flower prices.
Order online....
Don't stress out visiting hundreds of florists trying to explain to them what it is you want. You'll be able to go to our online shop and choose exactly what you love. No stressful consultations, quotes and confusing conversations.
Hard to believe but all the flowers and foliage you see in Polly’s Secret Garden are either artificial or preserved. We will specify where the flowers are “real” and preserved, but for the most part our flowers are artificial and very life like.
All our buttonholes and corsages come with a t-bar pin to allow them to be easily attached to the lapel or shoulder. The pin slides across-ways through the fabric of the garment. We also include a pearl headed pin if extra stabilisation is needed. The pin is inserted up and out of the fabric parallel to the stem, and then pushed up through the side of the buttonhole or corsage stem.
We have chosen to offer individual products so our clients can easily put together the items they need for their special event.
Yes! Our faux wedding bouquets are handcrafted using premium artificial flowers that look and feel just like the real thing. Many brides tell us their guests couldn’t tell the difference.
Absolutely. One of the biggest benefits of artificial wedding flowers is that your bouquet will last forever as a keepsake of your special day.
Each collection is slightly different, but our bridal bouquets are designed to be full and natural-looking, similar in size to fresh florist bouquets. Exact dimensions are listed in each product description.
Yes! Each collection includes coordinating bridesmaid bouquets, buttonholes, corsages, flower girl posies, and more so your whole bridal party matches beautifully.
Yes, while most brides choose from our ready-to-order collections, we also offer custom designs. You can fill out our custom design form with your ideas, colours, or inspiration photos.
All bouquets are carefully packaged for safe delivery. In the rare case of damage, contact us immediately and we’ll make it right.
Simply keep your bouquet in its box or on display away from direct sunlight and dust. After the wedding, it can be displayed in a vase or kept as a memory of your special day.
Email is the best way to contact us. Just send us a message with your questions, no matter what they are, and we will get back to you with a helpful response. We're all about making wedding flowers easy here, so don't hesitate to reach out! 😊hello@pollyssecretgarden.com.au