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Children from Chernobyl enjoy day out at Eden
A group of children from Belarus, within the radioactive region of Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor incident, visited Eden today as part of their annual month-long stay in Cornwall. The 14 children have come to the UK for a respite break through the Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline charity. Their few weeks not only [...]
Greening the grey: how gardening turned my life around
Emily Hegarty, one of the team who’s worked with Eden to create a vibrant rooftop garden on the concrete roof of the Southbank Centre, shares her personal take on the transformation. Walking home past London’s dreary Southbank on a winter’s day it wasn’t hard to see why we had been invited to build a roof garden there with the [...]
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World Harmony Run torch and awards presented to Eden staff
Global torch relay the World Harmony Run carried its torch to Eden yesterday to present a special award to three members of staff who have inspired their communities. The World Harmony Run is described as ‘one of the world’s largest and most enduring grassroots efforts for peace’ and has visited more than 140 nations over the [...]
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Make your own decorative tiles and get inspiration on community action
Come along to the Eden Café, St Austell, to make your own decorative tiles, in a free workshop led by Bodmin Moor-based artist Jenny Beaven. The sessions will take place in a in White River Place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 17 July. Visitors can make tiles to take home as well as contribute to [...]
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Parachute jump to support Eden disability project
One of the Eden team is undertaking a daring feat to raise money for our People & Gardens programme, a unique therapy and support scheme run by and for people whose lives have been affected by disability. People & Gardens founder Ken Radford is doing a parachute jump on 16 July 2011 and is looking [...]
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Big Lunch brightens communities nationwide
Wow, we think that yesterday’s Big Lunch, the nationwide community get-together kickstarted by the Eden Project, was the biggest since the annual event started three years ago. Despite the wet weather in many areas, over a million people the length and breadth of the UK got together in their neighbourhood’s for food, fun, games and [...]
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New veg bag scheme for St Austell area to support disadvantaged
Eden’s neighbours, within the St Austell area, can now sign up for a delicious fortnightly veg bag, filled with local produce grown at Eden’s plant nursery. Behind the veg bag scheme is the heart-warming story of the People and Gardens project, which gives those with physical and mental health issues the opportunity to learn all [...]
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New accessible facility opens at Eden for people with disabilities
We’re excited to announce that we’ve just opened a new accessible toilet in our Visitor Centre, for people with profound and multiple disabilities. In line with recommendations from the Changing Places campaign, led by disability charity Mencap, the 13-square metre amenity includes a height-adjustable changing bench, a hoist system, shower and space for a disabled [...]
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Cornish community allotment creates traditional African keyhole garden
Families just down the road from Eden, in the village of Penwithick, have created a special garden based on a traditional African design (right). During an open day at the Penwithick Community Allotment, residents pitched in to create the communal garden, in which a raised circular bed is built around a central compost pit. The idea [...]
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Support community projects by recycling your old tools at Eden
We’ve just set up a collection point for broken and unwanted tools to provide schools and community gardens with free garden equipment. The Tool Shed scheme will offer practical skills to prisoners at Dartmoor’s resettlement unit, who’ll learn to the refurbish hoes, spades, trowels and the like in special workshops before they’re distributed locally. Run [...]
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