The Sonic Gathering Place (SGP) - designed in a research project by the second author - is an urban furniture installation constructed in an RMIT University courtyard. It consists of a 6.5m diameter annular seating arrangement with planter boxes. Speakers in the SGP reproduce natural sounds recorded in four national parks where the plants are native species. The design of the SGP, the field recordings in the national parks, and the sound reproduction system, are described elsewhere. This paper focuses on two aspects of the SGP, as installed. Firstly, it reports user's enjoyment of the SGP and their opinions regarding the effectiveness of this biophilic sound design in: encouraging them to stop and listen; providing the restorative effects experienced in nature; and by confirming their accord that the sounds, recorded in nature, complemented the plantings. Some methodological triangulation of these results is provided by the length of time users chose to spend at the SGP (median and modal durations of visits were 10 to 15 minutes) and their reports of being engaged, while there, in passive or reflexive pursuits. Secondly, this paper reports the levels of the background sounds at the installation site, and the levels that users would experience at the SGP during playback of the introduced sounds. This was a post-hoc examination of levels, as measurement had no role in the designer's determination of the playback levels of the natural sounds. Playback levels had been set through trial-and-error during SGP installation to achieve the designer's biophilic design intentions. The introduced sound levels proved to be only marginally louder than sound levels that existed before the installation. This information may provide useful guidance for further installations that include sound in their design and aid in the selection of sites where sound designs may prove attractive to users.