Landscape & Urban Design Issue 25 2017 | Page 8

The Jeremy Vine Texture Garden is designed by Matt Keightley and is an immersive tactile garden that features bold geometric forms juxtaposed with a soft and elegant planting pallet. Varying material finishes and planting structure seemingly evolves through the space to create a garden people want to interact and relax in. The Zoe Ball Listening Garden, designed by James Alexander- Sinclair aims to reproduce the feeling when you stand too close to a speaker stack at a concert; the sensation of feeling music 8 Landscape & Urban Design through your whole body. Whilst you can’t hear the sound of music at the garden, it will be visible in water patterns in water features and felt through the floor. The music will be from the last 50 years of Radio 2. The BBC Radio 2 Feel Good Gardens are half the size of the big Show Gardens and will have the backdrop of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. www.rhs.org.uk