Luke Jerram’s Plant Orchestra allows plants to occupy a larger space in our consciousness.

Although imperceptible to the human ear, plants create sound. Using specialist microphones water can be heard as it flows slowly up the stem of a plant. If trees are suffering from drought, scientists can measure acoustic emissions that occur caused by cavitation and embolism within the plant.

The sounds created during the day are different to those at night and they alter with the seasons of the year. Amplifying the acoustic emissions of plants using dozens of special microphones we will reveal to the public this new and hidden acoustic world.

The choice to receive visitors at night time is my favourite part of the project; with the light and ambient noise low, the power of the plants’ new voices is magnified.

Read more about it at Jerram’s website.