She said many of the materials used in the area were being "recycled from Chris Beardshaw's Groundwork Garden at RHS Hampton Court show, as well as wooden decking and chalets from last summer's Canal Festival and picnic benches donated by KRObar".
And echoes of Lyra, heroine of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, can be heard around the colleges, the streets of Jericho and the Botanic Garden.