About us
We're an educational charity on a mission to reconnect people with the natural world. Our home is in an exhausted clay pit in Cornwall, once a great scar on the landscape, now quite possibly the most extraordinary garden created this century.
The plants aren't just for decoration. They're here to tell stories about where our food, medicine and materials come from, about how the living world works, and about how we might live better as a part of it, not apart from it. What began as conversations over a pint has grown into a charity working across the UK and around the world, creating new Edens, teaching, and helping nature recover.
Everything comes back to one belief. When people reconnect with nature, they're moved to look after it, and small actions add up to real change. We've been proving it in Cornwall since 2001, unearthing wonder in a place most people had written off. And we're only just getting started.
Our mission
We enrich life by inspiring positive action for the planet.
The charity behind the Biomes
Our story
From clay pit to global garden
Our projects
The projects growing our movement
Our architecture
Inspired by nature
Our impact
Walking the talk
Our team
The people who make Eden
Eden demonstrates...
Nature of communities
We bring people together and advocate for the importance of people to nature.
Our impact so far
Every ticket, Membership and donation supports our work. We're an educational charity and social enterprise, and the money raised in Cornwall helps us reconnect people with the natural world, right across the UK and around the globe.
25m+
visitors since 2001
Inspiring wonder, hope and action by reconnecting people with the natural world.
£6.8bn+
generated for the local area
We've driven regional economic growth since we opened in 2001.
1m+
young people reached
From immersive school trips to livestreamed lessons connecting classrooms with the natural world.
1.7m
Big Lunches held
Bringing people together to share food, friendship and fun since 2009.
Quote
Cornwall was never the destination – it was the proof. Every Eden, anywhere, is the same idea: people, plants, place, in service of the planet.
Our team
The people who make Eden
Eden runs on the knowledge and care of its people. From the gardeners tending the Biomes to the scientists, educators and hosts who welcome you each day, it's their skill and passion that bring the whole place to life.
Our partners
The company we keep
We can't do this alone. We work with organisations who share our belief that business can be a force for good, and whose support helps our projects reach further, into communities and through conservation work across the UK and around the world.