False Banana Pavilion
Designed and built by FleaFolly, The False Banana Pavilion was one of five temporary installations located within the grounds of Kew Wakehurst’s National Trust wild botanic gardens in West Sussex. The programmes brief was to explore and bring to life an aspect of Kew’s world-leading international science projects through immersive installations. FleaFolly chose to explore and celebrate the remarkable Enset plant, a climate-smart crop of the future otherwise known as the tree against hunger or the false banana.





False Banana Pavilion:
Client: Wakehurst Kew & National Trust
Budget: £25,000
Dimensions: (L)3.7m x (W)3.7m x (H)5.0m
Design & Fabrication: FleaFolly
Structural Engineer: Momentum
Photography: Jim Holden for RBG Kew