Sound artist transforms plants into instruments

Falmouth-based Justin Wiggan uses equipment to transform energy from plants into audio

An artist from Cornwall has celebrated his recent success at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Falmouth-based sound artist Justin Wiggan transforms energy from plants into audio.

His equipment turns electrical impulses from plants into a signal that can be read by instruments.

Mr Wiggan said of all the plants he had experimented with, cacti were "the divas of the plant world".

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