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
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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.
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