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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Eden’s wildlife helpers: new video

Meet the unusual wildlife helpers that Eden’s gardeners have enlisted to keep plants healthy and reduce chemical use, in this new video. Warning, contains close-up scenes of insects engaging in bug warfare!

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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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Eden to host green building centre

Good news – we’re to host a new green building centre, where specialists, manufacturers, academics and the public come together to improve sustainable construction within Cornwall and beyond. The centre, known as The Green Build Cornwall Foundation, is to be run by Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust (CSBT) and will be housed within a cutting-edge green [...]

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Why use bamboo?

It’s easy to underestimate the humble bamboo as just panda food. But in fact many people rely on it around the world. It’s such a versatile material, providing scaffolding, clothing, tools, paper, chopsticks, bikes, toys, food and drink, to name just a few. Bamboo is actually a type of grass – one of the fastest growing [...]

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Win free entry to Eden for a year

It’s almost Christmas, so in our final competition of the Advent calendar, we’re giving away an Eden Project annual pass, allowing one lucky person to free entry to visit us for a whole year. They’ll get to come back and see our plants change throughout the seasons, visit for special events like our February chocolate [...]

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Our favourite gifts under £5

Looking for some small but quirky gift ideas? We’ve cut the stress out for you by creating this handy gift guide of presents under £5 that are bound to please anyone. Plus, by ordering through us your money will help our educational charity right here at Eden. 1. Birdie bistro house £5 This is the [...]

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Enter our competition to win a cuddly toy

Today’s treat for our friends is the chance to win a gorgeous cuddly toy, made from super-soft bamboo fibre. These baby teddy bears and puppies are filled with recycled materials too, so they’re not only lovely to cuddle but great for the environment. Bamboo is such a green material because it’s fast-growing and thrives naturally [...]

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Our guide to green Christmas trees

Real Christmas trees are so much nicer than plastic, artificial ones. But with eight million of them ending up on the streets each New Year, we reckon there’s got to be a better way to decorate your home this Christmas. Here are five ways to make sure that ‘a tree is for life, not just [...]

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Green business course wins top award

Our sustainability training programme for businesses has just won a top award. Green Foundation scooped the prize for Best Business Support Through Mentoring and Education at the Western Morning News Business Awards last night. Since it started in October 2010, the course has worked with 315 people from 273 businesses in the local area. Designed [...]

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