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New educational workshops for school trips to Eden
As we start a busy new term here at Eden we’re looking forward to sharing three brand spanking new educational workshops with the kids on our school trips. We’ve designed them to get students trying out new things, from becoming canopy scientists to learning how to survive in the rainforest to running a sustainable enterprise. [...]
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A heart-warming story from Eden’s rainforest: The Lady of the Moon
Snuggle up with a warm drink to read this uplifting winter story. Once upon a time, on a cold and dark night, the stars shone so brightly it was as if diamonds had been hung from the heavens. This was no ordinary night. Something stirred softly in the shadows and some creature from far, far [...]
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- A Time of Gifts, pollinators, Rainforest Balloon, Rainforest Biome, story
Help us build a new Rainforest Encounter
We’ve got exciting plans to create a new visitor experience inside our Rainforest Biome, offering you a multisensory journey to discover the story of the rainforests – from the food they provide to the people that live there. Expect a huge canopy walkway, aerial rope bridges, an expedition base camp, giant sculptures, as well as [...]
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Sowing the seeds of Britain’s biggest flower, Titan Arum
Remember the giant Corpse flower that caused a stir in the Rainforest Biome when it bloomed for a few rare days this summer? Well our gardeners have just harvested its ripened fruits, to collect seeds for a new plant. Each gorgeous orange fruit contains one or two seeds, which we’re now extracting in our nursery [...]
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Olympic Torch to fly in Eden’s rainforest balloon on its way to London 2012 Games
The Olympic Flame will take a spectacular flight around our Rainforest Biome as part of its journey to the Games in London. Eden will be one of the host locations for the first day of the flame’s journey, Saturday 19 May 2012. The helium balloon used by our gardeners to reach the dizzy heights of [...]
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BBC scientist to be sealed in plant-filled ‘bell jar’ at Eden
Scientist and presenter Professor Iain Stewart will live inside a sealed, airtight chamber in our Rainforest Biome for 48 hours as part of a major new BBC Two series provisionally titled How Plants Made the World. The chamber will be crammed with more than a hundred plants and Iain will be entirely dependent on the [...]
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The story behind our baobab smoothies
If you’re in need of some refreshment in the steamy Rainforest Biome this summer, try one of our unusual baobab smoothies. They’re made from the pods that grow on Africa’s iconic baobab trees – the ones with the stout trunks and spreading canopies. The trees in our Biome are only tiny, so the fruit in [...]
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Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visit Eden to mark start of new Rainforest Walkway
We had some special guests yesterday, when Charles and Camilla, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, came to Eden as part of a two-day tour in the West Country. During their visit they helped us mark the start of our planned Rainforest Walkway, which we’re building to enable people to explore the treetops high up in [...]
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Win season tickets to Eden Sessions 2012
We’re offering you the chance to win an exclusive season ticket for Eden Sessions 2012, entitling you and a friend to free entry to each performance at next year’s exciting line-up. It’s sooo easy to enter – simply text the answer to our simple question on our competition page, by 5pm 31 August 2011. All [...]
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Eden Project’s smelly corpse flower is ‘Britain’s biggest flower’
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: Corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) A giant, smelly plant we’ve grown here at Eden is being hailed as Britain’s biggest flower ever after bursting [...]
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