The Park Speaks gives voice to data emerging from the botanic garden Pukekura Park in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Temperature is converted into phrases about weather; light intensity is converted to phrases about light; and people counts are converted into phrases that describe crowding or lack of people.

Consequently a unique live report in English is obtained from hard data recorded by data sensors in the park. This is oputput live on the internet. The above image is of the lake in the centre of the park, with Julian Priest's modified wok, used as a themometer on the day of the pilot. Collaborators on the project included Julian, Trudy Lane, Andrew Hornblow and Adrian Soundy.