Eden Project Annual and Sustainability Reports
Browse our Annual Reviews and Sustainability Reports to find out about our work and our sustainability performance, and to see a summary of Eden's finances for each financial year.
Sustainability Report 2010-11
That was the year that:
- Eden’s visitor and catering facilities were badly flooded, and we came up with the idea for the Eden Bakery.
- We received planning permission to build one of the first deep engineered geothermal power plants in the UK generating both heat and electricity.
- We opened the Eden Project Cafe in a green building in St Austell.
- Our show garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, created by homeless volunteers and prisoners, won a silver medal.
Download our Sustainability Report 2010-2011 (PDF)
Annual Review 2008-09
That was the year that:
- We welcomed our 10 millionth visitor.
- 30,000 people took part in our outdoor den building activities. KT Tunstall, The Verve and Bill Bailey performed at Eden.
- We gave over 400 homeless, offenders and excluded young people a free Great Day Out at Eden.
- Our waste programme won an 'innovation' award from CIWM.
Download our Annual Review 2008-2009 (PDF)
Annual Review 2007-08
That was the year that:
- Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid us a visit.
- 25,000 schoolchildren from Kenya, India and the UK worked together on our Gardens for Life programme.
- Our Post-Mining Alliance convened a roundtable in Toronto on how to regenerate mining regions.
- We launched the first ever green car show, which 64,000 people visited.
Download our Annual Review 2007-2008 (PDF)
Annual Review 2006-07
That was the year that:
- The Queen opened our new education centre, the Core.
- The giant WEEE Man sculpture was installed at Eden.
- 122 fantastic volunteers helped us do our work.
- We published another 11 books under the Eden Project Books brand.
- We got 43% of our water needs from harvested grey water onsite.

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