Florchestra

Garden soundscape by Falmouth artist Justin Wiggans, on display at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

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00:00The National Trust and Blue Diamond Garden Centres are delighted to be working with multi-award

00:12winning sound artist Justin Wiggin to create a fun and engaging sound project called The

00:19Floorchestra.

00:21In August 2022, Blue Diamond and the National Trust launched a five-year collaboration to

00:27see the development of an exciting collection of seeds, bulbs and plants that are inspired

00:33by the gardens the National Trust cares for.

00:37On a beautiful bank holiday, sound artist Justin visited Trelawny Garden Centre situated

00:43just outside Weybridge.

00:45He recorded seven key plants in the collection by converting their energy into sounds.

00:52He does this using a device that converts changes in electrical impulses into MIDI

00:57signals which then control synthesizers and digital instruments.

01:03Each plant had its own instrument as part of The Floorchestra and Wiggin used this data

01:09to produce a curious, energetic and thoughtful soundscape.

01:13Meet The Floorchestra.

01:23The Floorchestra.

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02:23The Floorchestra.

02:29When you buy one of these plants, you will be able to hear each plant by scanning the

02:33QR code on the side.

02:35If you buy all seven plants, you will have a full Floorchestra.

02:41Justin also produced a full soundscape using the data collected from the plants.

02:46This too will be available with the plants.

02:50Through sales generated from the National Trust collection by Blue Diamond, a minimum

02:54of 10% of all the retail price per product will be donated to the National Trust to help

03:00look after nature, beauty and history for everyone, forever.

03:06I'm alive!