Enlivening minds through floral installations and green art education

INTRODUCTION

Metafleur is a London based design studio led by artist and gardener Alice McCabe. We create large-scale floral installations and deliver workshops, education and curation programmes using flowers and art to explore contemporary culture and societal issues.

GTR X Metafleur – Blossoming Spring Portal - Bio-Diverse Railway Garden Installation commissioned by GTR and Spider, 2023

Zipcar X Metafleur – Sustainable Living Car Design commissioned by Manifest London, 2021

BBC Green Planet – Living woodland Installation at Eros Fountain Piccadilly Circus, commissioned by The Crown Estate, 2022

Detail from BBC Green Planet – Living woodland Installation at Eros Fountain Piccadilly Circus, commissioned by The Crown Estate, 2022

BBC Showcase – Seven Worlds One Planet, M & S Arena, 2019

BBC Showcase – Perfect Planet, M & S Arena, ICE Awards 3rd place for sustainable event design, 2020.

BBC Premiere – Blue Planet II, London Imax, 2017

BBC Showcase – Blue Planet II, M & S Arena, 2017

LARGE-SCALE FLORAL INSTALLATIONS AND LIVING LANDSCAPE DESIGN - SUSTAINABILITY

With every design brief that we execute we endeavour to find new ways of highlighting the majesty of the natural world without compromising adherance to permaculture ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. Key to this is ongoing materials research as well as establishing links with local community and working out, often selectively, vision of jobs we can commit to. Our portfolio includes all our work to show scale of previous jobs, which we would now re-callibrate via these ethics. Please bear with us as we work to be able to share green data-based accreditations. For a copy of our sustainability and inclusion policy please contact us.

Prices for installations start from £10,000 with design fees charged following initial chat at £650/day.

SELECTED CLIENTS

BBC Worldwide
Anish Kapoor
Raqib Shaw
FKA Twigs
Livia Rita, Queer Fashion Week, V & A
South London Gallery
Haseeb Ahmed, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
Eden Project
National Maritime Museum
National Army Museum
Manifest London
Zipcar
OmVed Gardens
Market Peckham
Snapchat
Nobu
Cheil

METAFLEUR

Unit 5 Burgess Business Park
Parkhouse Street
London SE5 7TJ

CONTACT

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020 7101 4158

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Enlivening minds through floral installations and green art education

WHO WE ARE

We are a floral design studio based in London, creating large-scale floral installations and living landscapes for events and films, alongside dried floral art for exhibitions.

HOW WE WORK

Our expertise lies in conceptualising flower displays and landscape set design, using research and botanical knowledge to expand the language of flowers. Focus is placed on collaboration with client, research of selected materials and increasing project sustainability so that our designs are realised with precision. We offer a worldwide consultation and design service, partnering up with local horticultural experts and flower designers to realise designs outside of the U.K.

LARGE- SCALE FLORAL INSTALLATIONS and LIVING LANDSCAPES

Equal to the importance of our designs are our plans for procurement and future life of living materials used. As well as using the best seasonal and locally grown flowers and plants, our designs incorporate innovative supports to minimise waste; with opportunities arranged for re-working or planting flowers and plants post-event via charity and community organisations.

BBC Green Planet – Living woodland Installation at Eros Fountain Piccadilly Circus, commissioned by The Crown Estate, 2022

Detail from BBC Green Planet – Living woodland Installation at Eros Fountain Piccadilly Circus, commissioned by The Crown Estate, 2022

Zipcar X Metafleur – Sustainable Living Car Design commissioned by Manifest London, 2021

BBC Showcase – Seven Worlds One Planet, M & S Arena, 2019

BBC Premiere – Blue Planet II, London Imax, 2017

BBC Showcase – Blue Planet II, M & S Arena, 2017

BBC Showcase – Perfect Planet, M & S Arena, ICE Awards 3rd place for sustainable event design, 2020.

DRIED FLOWER ARTWORKS and BOTANICAL SCULPTURES

We offer bespoke dried floral installations for exhibitions and commissions as well as providing a range of dried flower artworks and botanical sculptures ready for loan. Using dried flowers allows for a more sustainable approach to arranging (as the flowers can be re-used) and bold designs. As each display can last up to six months with zero upkeep, they are also more affordable than regular fresh flower deliveries.

Please contact us to arrange a consultation and hear about our different pricing plans both for purchase of installations and loan.

Dried flower arrangement for Gatherers exhibition at OmVed Gardens, ceramic vase by Zuleika Melluish, 2020

Flipside Garden: Spring / Autumn at JGM Gallery, 2020

Flipside Garden: Summer / Winter at JGM Gallery, 2020

Dried flower and living succulent arrangement for Gatherers exhibition at OmVed Gardens, 2020

Dried foliage hanging wall with ceramics by Zuleika Melluish for Gatherers exhibition, a collaboration with Thrown and OmVed Gardens, 2020

Corporate dried flower arrangement, 2019

Fieldwork I on the way exhibition at Ken Space, 2021_ Photograph by Ben Deakin