Bright Young Things to showcase young creative talent

Young people across the South West are preparing to perform and exhibit their creative work at Eden’s Bright Young Things showcase on Saturday (29 January). The event, now in its third year, is a platform for 13-21 year olds who live, work or study in Devon or Cornwall to show off their creative talents. This [...]

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Eden to open eco cafe in St Austell town centre

We’ve got something exciting up our sleeve for you next year – an Eden eco cafe right in the heart of St Austell, just a couple of miles down the road from the Eden Project. Due to open in February 2011, the cafe will bring a little of bit Eden to the new retail development [...]

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Time of Gifts Advent Calendar: Day 21: How to create human warmth in deep midwinter

On this shortest day of the year, let’s create some human warmth!  Here are five simple things you could do to spread some cheer at this cold time of year, ranging from good deeds to thoughtful gift ideas to ways to celebrate the festive season. Don’t stick to our suggestions, though, use your imagination to share the lurve. 1. Do [...]

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Children from flood-hit school mark re-opening of Eden ice rink

More than 100 children whose own school was flooded out got their skates on today to re-open our ice rink. The pupils from Pondhu Primary School in nearby St Austell enjoyed the first skate on the rink since it was put out of action for a month due to the flood. The rink was among several [...]

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Pictures of Eden reopening

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Eden reopens after the floods

We’re very excited about reopening our doors to the public this morning, following an amazing clean-up operation by our committed team. To the sound of a lone Cornish piper, our site was officially reopened by Di Mullis (pictured), a member of our Pollinator Team whose own home was severely flooded. She paid tribute to the [...]

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Salvaged lanterns brighten Torchlight Carnival

The beautiful lanterns we made with local schools took to the streets on Saturday for a torchlit procession at St Austell Carnival. Luckily the paper and willow creations, stored at Eden, had survived the flooding and kids were able to see their handiwork in full glory. And, thanks to epic all-night sewing sessions by Eden’s textile artist Sue Bamford, we [...]

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Prince Charles meets Cornish businesses

While we’ve suffered a serious setback from the floods here at Eden, we know we’re not the only ones in Cornwall mopping up in the aftermath. So we’re really pleased to be able to join local business leaders and the Prince of Wales today, to talk about how we can all work together to help [...]

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Flooding throughout our creative workshop

Unfortunately one of the areas most damaged by the flood is The Hive, our area where people from across Cornwall and Devon have been joining us to share their creative skills on everything from making decorations and quilt making to jive dancing and singing.

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Local school lanterns safe from flood waters

14.30: We’re really pleased that the lanterns that we’ve been creating with local schools for the St Austell Torchlight Carnival have survived the torrential rains and are safe, dry and looking as beautiful as ever. The delicate lanterns were being made in our Dome Tent, which is right at the bottom of the site, where [...]

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