Catalan fish stew recipe, from the Eden chef

Some of you may have tried the Spanish-style fish stew here at Eden. Here’s chef Tony Trenerry’s special recipe so that you can create it at home. Ingredients (for 6 people) 50ml olive oil 100g Spanish onion, chopped 100g fennel bulbs, chopped 500g cooked diced potato 20g red chilli, finely chopped 15g fennel seeds, ground 20g [...]

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Enjoy a taste of the Mediterranean with Eden’s new outdoor ovens

If you’ve visited our Mediterranean Biome recently, you may well have tried some of the fantastic food being cooked in our outdoor ovens.  Well, now, you can buy these original outdoor ovens from our webshop and to celebrate we’ve asked our chef, Tony Trenerry, to share his popular recipe, for pizza twists.   Pizza twists from the Eden Project Ingredients (serves 6) • 7g [...]

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Introducing…the plant that releases clouds of pollen

As part of our Freaky Nature season, we introduce you to the weird and wonderful world of plants – poisonous ones, spiky ones, carnivorous ones and even exploding plants. Today’s freaky specimen: Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) Found growing in the Mediterranean regions of the world, the Stone Pine has an explosive surprise hiding inside its [...]

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Spring highlights at Eden

Take a wander around our 28 acres of outdoor gardens in March as spring really gets going. Outdoor Biome Daffodil Narcissus Eden’s bursting with life at the moment, with buds and blossom appearing all over the outdoor gardens. Our bright yellow daffodils are a sure sign spring has sprung. Rainforest Biome Pineapple Ananas comosus ‘Queen’ [...]

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Vegetarian spanish stew recipe, with an Eden seasonal twist

Have you tried the warming vegetarian stew we’re serving up in our Mediterranean Biome? Eden chef Tony Trenerry shares his secret recipe. Ingredients (for 8 people): 15ml olive oil 125g white onions, diced 10g garlic, chopped 125g courgette, diced 50g celery, diced (1/2 cooked) 375g potato, diced (cooked) 125g swede, diced (cooked) 50g celeriac, diced (1/2 [...]

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Stunning ‘candle’ flowers bloom in Mediterranean Biome

We’ve got some gorgeous exotic flowers out in our Med Biome at the moment – from temperate regions across the globe. Right now, the South Africa section is a blaze of colour with a collection of giant Aloes putting up brilliant blooms in candelabra clusters. Here’s our Mediterranean Biome Supervisor, Catherine Cutler, with the tallest [...]

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Recycled hotel to pitch in Eden Biome for the night

Visitors to Eden will see an unusual structure come to life in the Med Biome next week – a ‘one-night hotel’ made out of 10,000 disused tent poles. Designed by the engineering company behind the velodrome for the 2012 Olympics, the shelter is being put together by a world-class team of experts – along with [...]

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Recipe from Eden’s Med Biome: Pork belly and chorizo stew

Our chef Tony Trenerry has come up with a warming Mediterranean-inspired dish that we’re serving up in our Biome. If you’d like to try this at home, here’s the recipe.  Pork belly and chorizo stew This is a simple recipe. Once you’ve prepared the ingredients, the mixture only needs about 15 minutes on the stove before you pop it in [...]

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Giant ‘lemons’ in our Med Biome

Check out our giant ‘lemon’ These freaky fruit might look like they’re from the Land of the Giants, but we actually grow them in the Mediterranean Biome at Eden! Although they are genuinely large, they are not genuine lemons: they are citrons (Citrus medica) and we’ve had an excellent crop this year. If you’re thinking [...]

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Time of Gifts Calendar: Day 19: Eden choir warming up with a bit of Justin Timberlake

Sure to warm you up on a wintry day, the Eden choir peform a Justin Timberlake classic, ‘What goes around comes around’, during a late-night opening in the Mediterranean Biome. You can catch live peformances from the choir, singing a variety of arrangements, on Friday and Saturday evenings throughout our winter season of events.

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