Leeds Playhouse, Tiered Gardens
Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP

PIANO

by Leeds Allotment Federation

Representing links with nature and the music of nature, the surrounding dome echoes the protective environment of allotment plots, with frames to support and grow plants.

Explore by walking round the patch, enjoying the shapes and scents while listening for the music playing from the shed before looking inside to find a surprise!

SCULPTURE

Piano Meant-A-Lot

An allotment shed made entirely from old pianos and piano parts houses a beautiful old playable upright piano. Empty piano cases lying on their backs filled with vegetables and flowers complete the bucolic idyll. Look closely and you can find clues to the history of the pianos that make the sculpture. After a long and happy life where better for a piano to go than back to the earth where it can help promote new growth? 

Installation created in collaboration with Leeds Allotment Society and Hannah Stained Glass.