Biophony SoundGarden 2023
Metropolis Kids
Get a hands-on interactive experience making music with plants. Fun for the entire family!
Making Music with Plants
Join us on the Trail of Plant Evolution in the Conservatory Entry Garden to get a hands-on interactive sound experience allowing participants to use plants as live musical instruments.
You will be invited to interact with the plants to explore how your physical touch changes the music soundscape and create your own “living” composition.
Our team will be on-hand to answer your questions about the Interactive Musical Plant Installation and the Biophony: SoundGarden experience.
How Does it Work?
Sensors attached to each plant will detect slight electrical variations as well as humidity levels in the plant’s soil.
These variations are translated into different pitches that can be played by several different musical instruments using a mobile app.
You can play multiple plants together by touching their leaves and branches to generate different patterns, textures, and melodies.