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Eden Project

The Eden Project is a living Theatre of Plants in the heart of Cornwall. All life on Earth depends upon the survival of the plants that surround us - each day of our lives, we use plants from every continent on the planet. The Eden Project is a gateway into this fascinating interactive world of plants and people, a living Theatre, exploring our global garden inheritance - revealing plants, as you've never seen them before.

Eden is a truly unique experience, in the heart of Cornwall's Clay Mining country - a place to explore the amazing relationship that exists between the human population and the fascinating world of plants - and the extent that we depend on plants for our very existence.

The world's largest geodesic domes contain two distinct biosphere's to explore - the Humid Tropical Biome featuring a jungle environment, and the Warm Temperate Biome, featuring plant species from the Mediterranean, South Africa and California.

Outside there is a series of landscaped gardens where you can enjoy a diverse collection of plants from the Wild Cornwall section to the terraced tea slopes.

A visit to this dramatic and fascinating project will enable you to experience;

• A fantastic range of plants from around the world.
• Marvellous stories demonstrating the many ways in which man uses plants for; food, medicine, construction, entertainment, the air we breathe and a whole lot more.
• Information on the relationship between plants and the development of our global cultures.
• A glimpse into the future, following the use of plants in new designs and technologies.
• A chance to get involved; feeling, tasting, seeing and using plants on themed tours and in a wide range of workshops.
• Demonstrations of resource use and the showcasing of local and global projects and initiatives working towards securing a sustainable future.
• Information and simple practical ideas on how to care for the plants and their habitats, that provide for us. Working towards a sustainable future.

Stay at luxury Fowey Hall overlooking the Fowey estuary and close to the pretty riverside town of Fowey of Daphne du Maurier fame.

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