This invention relates to a garden sound automatic play device and a method, in which, a base, a support, a lower shell, a reflection cover, a connecting piece, a decoration ring, a middle shell, a upper shell and a diffusing cover are soldered orderly, the middle shell and the player are fastened together and plugged in a lamp, a battery, a decoder, a reader, a microcomputer, a flash memory, a remote controller, a detector, a sensor, a converter, an amplifier, a processor, a loudspeaker are inserted in the shell , the battery is connected with the decoder and the amplifier, the decoder is connected with the reader, the converter and the microprocessor, which is connected with the flash memory, the remote controller, the detector, the sensor and the lamp, the converter is connected with the amplifier, which is connected with the processor and the loudspeaker, the playing method is that human body signals pass through the detection, sensing, control, instruction, flash memory, decode, read, conversion, amplification, process and played by the loudspeaker to be stopped when the person leaves and the lamp is turned off.