The School of Psychology is delighted to announce that Fresh garden ‘Digital Capabilities’ has taken Gold at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year.
Created by academics at the University of Lincoln, UK, including Psychology’s Prof Harriet Gross and working with award-winning designers Harfleet & Harfleet, the garden was divided diagonally by an autonomous-panelled screen which separated the planting of two distinct zones.
A tapestry of familiar plants and foliage greeted visitors, with the partially obscured exotic planting behind the partition providing a dramatic contrast. The panelled screen responds in real-time to the ‘buzz’ of excitement about RHS Chelsea Flower Show, as measured by activity on Twitter using the #rhschelsea tag, with the inner depths of the garden only being seen when public excitement is at its peaks.
The project is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between academics from the University of Lincoln’s School of Computer Science, School of Psychology and School of Architecture who are all involved in the development of the installation.