The soulful singer Paolo Nutini is just one of the many people who have shown their support for Eden’s new volunteering scheme the Barefoot Games.
We caught up with Paolo just before his second sell-out performance at the Eden Sessions to tell him all about it.
The Barefoot Games is a new volunteering scheme for young people [...]

Yesterday saw one million people up and down the country sit down to eat together for The Big Lunch, the initiative started by the Eden Project to sow the seeds of community and friendship.
Across the UK bouncy castles were inflated, sack races cheered and smiley faces painted on children and adults as neighbours came together [...]

This Sunday, Brits are breaking out the bunting and barbecues for The Big Lunch. In all four corners of the UK, people are organising events ranging from a full-blown street party to a simple bring-your-own picnic with a couple of neighbours.
There’s still time to take part where you live – search for a local Big [...]

Eden hosts “longest picnic table in the world”

The biggest greenhouses in the world played host to what could be the longest picnic table today. A grassy roof between the iconic Rainforest and Mediterranean Biomes at the Eden Project in Cornwall was the setting for the 48m long picnic for a 100 people and a dog.
The [...]

Eden has a hunch that our neighbours could be the biggest untapped potential in our lives, so it came up with The Big Lunch, a one-day get-together for neighbours.
On one day last summer, the best part of a million people got together across the country to sit together and eat lunch, play games and generally get to know each [...]

Homeless people and prisoners on day release have created the biggest garden ever seen at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Five hundred people supported by 43 homelessness agencies and 50 from eight prisons have teamed up with gardeners from the Eden Project to grow and plant the Places of Change garden, led by award-winning designer Paul Stone.

With [...]

Pull up a chair for the second Big Lunch on Sunday 18th July.

The Guardian’s Ian Tucker writes about our Places of Change garden. Read on for the full article!
“”The appeal of horticulture for me is that at the beginning you have a flat canvas, a barren bit of land that no one has got any interest in, but you get your heads together and create something,” says [...]

A FREE one day course  held at Eden on Thursday 6 May
9:45am (for a 10:00am start) to 4:30pm
 Learn new project planning skills and refresh existing skills in this highly interactive course.  Making it Happen looks at how to successfully run a community energy project from start to finish.  You will take part in hands-on [...]

The lovely new Big Lunch website is up and running- register your Big Lunch now!