Broad Meadow, a free wildflower installation

Smell the sweet scent of flowers, hear the buzz of wings and submerge yourself in the lost nature of our city centre. You’re invited to take a seat and relax in a wildflower meadow installation that gives you a taste of what life used to be like in Broadmead.

Whilst immersed in the plants and wildlife around you, you’ll be able to access an audio piece via your smartphone. The audio experience addresses our intertwined relationship with the plant world and connects us to Bristol prior to the 1500s, when Broadmead was a wet meadow, regularly flooded by the river Frome. The wildflower installation’s soil structure and plant species have been carefully chosen to mimic the meadow that once may have grown there.

The installation is made up of 70 wildflower and tree boxes spread out between Broadmead West (outside the Arcade), Merchant Street North (outside TK Maxx) and Merchant Street South (near corner Philadelphia Street).

Learn more about the project at BroadMeadow.art