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Just £5 for Eden Locals’ Annual Pass for residents of Cornwall and Devon
If you live in Cornwall or Devon, make the most of visits to Eden throughout the year with a one-year Locals’ Annual Pass for just £5, or two years for £10. We’re running this special offer for locals until Friday 10 February 2012. Don’t worry, if you can’t visit straight away but are keen to [...]
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Royal message for Big Lunch street party organisers
Exciting news – The Queen has sent a personal message of support for organisers of Big Lunch street parties and neighbourhood get-togethers taking place as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations on 3 June. Since Eden Project kick-started the annual Big Lunch initiative in 2009, millions of people have held events, ranging from street parties [...]
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Free tools for school and community gardens in Cornwall
Budding gardeners, young and old, are being given the chance to win sets of special tools. The trowels, forks, hoes and more have been recycled through Eden’s Tool Shed initiative, which gives inmates at prisons around the country the opportunity to learn new skills. The project has been running since last spring, when we teamed [...]
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Inspirational community engagement case studies
If you’re looking to get a local project off the ground or need advice on neighbourhood planning and community engagement, take a look at our downloadable case studies full of ideas and inspiration. We’ve put them together for anyone looking for refreshing and creative approaches to kickstart conversations about where they live and work, which [...]
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Drinking traditions around the world
Christmas time lends the perfect occasion to raise a glass with friends and family. But have you ever wondered what’s behind the ancient ritual of clinking glasses, and why drinking traditions differ around the world? It’s said that the tradition started as a gesture to prove that the contents had not been poisoned. If the host [...]
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Christmas in Cornwall: video of Eden’s winter festival
If you’re in need of some warmth and light on these long, cold evenings, join us for our winter festival. We’re open late on certain evenings throughout December, for craft activities, music and song, food and drink, plus storytelling, massage and comedy for all the family – all topped off with a magical lantern parade. [...]
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Free neighbourhood planning event for communities
If you’re inspired by the idea of helping shape where you live, then the forthcoming neighbourhood Planning Camp at the Eden Project could for you. The three-day, residential event has been designed to give residents and community leaders the know-how, inspiration and confidence to return home and make a real difference to the future of [...]
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Play a starring role in our lantern parade
We’re offering a handful of lucky people the opportunity to lead our spectacular lantern procession during Eden’s winter festival evenings. Come and help carry one of the giant magical lanterns, made by local artists, through our gardens to the heart of Eden, where visitors, musicians and singers will join together for a grand finale. As [...]
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Tell us how to spend £1m on Cornwall’s Clay Country
Eden’s Big Green Bus is touring Cornwall’s Clay Country on Saturday 22 October, to give locals the opportunity to put forward their ideas on how to spend £1 million from the Big Lottery Fund. St Blazey, Par and Tywardreath have been chosen for a slice of the £200 million investment that the Big Lottery Fund [...]
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How to plan your own neighbourhood
Ever wanted to have a go at designing your own neighbourhood? Ever felt that you and your neighbours know best where the extra bike lanes should go, where you could do with some extra parent-child parking spaces? Or that your community could run the recycling services better than the council does? The chances are that [...]
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