Petal trails FLORAL house bringS A NATURAL PERSPECTIVE to events and environments developING exclusive pieces through collaboration.
MEET THE ARTISTS
CARINA GARCIGA MEYERS
Artist, designer, AND LOS ANGELES NATIVE, Carina Garciga Meyers has created a life among flowers since 2006. As a teenager, she worked alongside her mother’s flower and decor company. SHE fOUND peace in a large city BY hiking trails and exploration outdoors. SHE set a goal in motion TO enliven and intrigue the spirit of others THROUGH NATURE. After graduating from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) she began collaborating with other artists in the fashion and photography industry assisting with art direction, styling, and event design.
Pulling inspiration from NATURE’S compositions and texture, she BECAME assistant art director for a floral studio and began utilizing flowers as a tool to ground AND elevate SPACES. She believes that working with this medium is an energetic life force that fascinates the senses and grasps a period in time never to be replicated.
NICOLE WHITTEN
Nicole Whitten is a woman in love with life and believes it to be a boisterous tapestry of adventure, creativity, and fortitude. This San Francisco native cut her teeth in the neon lights and refined elegance of the restaurant and bar industry. A natural leader; her exceptional people management skills and tireless work ethic allowed her to run top tier restaurants in the city at a young age, eventually managing a beloved San Francisco circus Teatro Zinnzanni. Nicole’s creative spirit found its canvas in the world of high-end sculptural floral design in 2018.
Nicole's travels fuel her creativity, expand her horizons, and are reflected in her work. Whether she's wandering through bustling city streets or exploring serene landscapes, she draws inspiration from every corner of the world, infusing her work and life with an unmatched vibrancy. With an unyielding passion for her craft and an adventurous soul, Nicole Whitten is a force of nature— whose journey is a testament to the power of creativity and the joy of following one's passion and embracing each and every opportunity that comes her way.
SARAH HARF
CARINA GARCIGA MEYERS | SARAH HARF
Sarah and Carina work together producing preserved floral art as a way to extend the short life a flower has and place nature onto a canvas. The two artists were tired of seeing the waste of floral centerpieces after events and began to find ways to give them a second life.
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