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The story behind our baobab smoothies

July 30, 2011
Author: Hannah

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

July 13, 2011
Author: Hannah

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

June 16, 2011
Author: Hannah

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’

June 2, 2011
Author: Hannah

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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Introducing… the plant that climbs and climbs

May 24, 2011
Author: Hannah

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: Calico flower (Aristolochia littoralis) The deep-coloured, trumpet-like flowers of this Brazilian vine emit a smell of rotting flesh to attract the flies that [...]

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Introducing…the plant that gets on with ants

May 23, 2011
Author: Tom

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: Ant Plant (Myrmecodia) The Myrmecophytes (Ant Plants) tend to be epiphytes – plants that grows above ground level and often use another plant [...]

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Celebrity green quiz raises money for new rainforest experience

May 17, 2011
Author: Hannah

We’re currently fundraising to develop an exciting new treetop walkway and learning centre inside our Rainforest Biome (right), to bring our visitors and school groups an even richer experience when they come to Eden. So it’s great news that last week’s quiz night, hosted by comedian Marcus Brigstocke and TV designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, has raised more than £40,000 for [...]

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Rainforest Biome supports struggle against illegal logging

May 11, 2011
Author: Dan

We got up to some serious play yesterday as rainforest conservation biologist Dr Mika Peck took a trip up in Eden’s canopy balloon to collect leaf samples from our tropical trees. He’s using the plant material to start making a genetic fingerprinting tool to help combat illegal logging. Eden’s huge indoor rainforest is an ideal [...]

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Brazil nut tree joins the ranks in Rainforest Biome

March 25, 2011
Author: Hannah

We’ve an exciting new addition to our Rainforest Biome: a baby Brazil nut tree. The shiny, green sapling was planted to commemorate our 10th birthday by none other than Sir Ghillean Prance, a world authority on rainforest plants and Eden’s Scientific Director. Hetty Ninnis, Eden’s Supervisor for the Rainforest Biome, said: ‘To be able to [...]

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Explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison on why he likes Eden’s rainforest just as much as the real thing

March 24, 2011
Author: Guest

Acclaimed explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison helped lay the foundations for the global rainforest movement. He tells us why Eden is an important part of the story too. I’m the hot place explorer. I don’t do cold or high or the sea, if I can help it, but I have spent much of my life travelling in [...]

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