SoundGarden

Orby the Alien has used her magical powers to make visitors very, very small so that they can experience the sounds of nature in a giant-sized garden – not to mention the sights, smells and textures too!

Leaf Cradle

• A safe, secure area resembling an up-turned leaf, designed especially for non-mobile children, with a soft, padded interior and seating for parents and carers to explore the space with their child
• Cuddle the friendly ladybird and feel her wriggle!
• Touch and listen to the dew-drop xylophone
• Spin the colourful flower and look at the pattern it makes
• Pull yourself up to look around the whole garden
• Look at the colourful butterfly flying overhead

Puzzle Pot

• Crawl inside the huge flower pot!
• Investigate the puzzle inside – can you match the night and day pictures?

Lullaby Flowers

• Sit under the giant flowers and listen
• Can you hear the songs?
• These are lullabies from all over the world

Musical Grasses

• Tap the bamboo stems, shake them, and find out which sounds they make

Tree Trunk Hideaway

• Look for the gap in the old tree. What’s inside?
• Come on in – can you find the animals and insects?
• Dress up as an animal, insect or whoever you’d like to be
• Tell us a story

Butterfly Painting

• Make your own beautiful butterfly wing design using the touch screen technology
• ‘Paint’ on the screen with your fingers
• Mix the colours
• Watch your butterfly fly away!

Honeycomb

• Climb inside the giant honeycomb
• Can you find the Queen Bee?
• Discover the sound-makers inside the honeycomb cells
• Look into the dioramas – what do you think the bees are doing?

Magpie’s Nest

• Magpies like to collect shiny objects
• What has this one found?
• Wind the watch
• Play the drum pads on the watch strap
• Hear the different sounds the metal ring makes when you touch it
• What’s inside the egg? Touch to find out

Smelly Flowers

• Flowers that look like the real thing, just bigger, have a secret
• Go up close and smell the Jasmine, the Marigold, and the Freesia