Melodies to grow to

It’s good to talk. It’s even better to sing. Join Eden Project’s new singing group for parents and carers of babies. Together, sing songs from around the world and bathe your baby in sound.

At Eden Project, you can travel around the world in a matter of steps. We’ll sing songs inspired by people, plants and places, using music to connect with these global stories, our babies and each other.

Tickets for Melodies to grow to in the Pavilion can be booked now. From October, we'll move to the Citrus Grove in the Med Biome with tickets available from the 26 September.

Mum and baby singing and socialising in Med Biome.

Man singing and playing a guitar in the Med Biome.

Mum and baby dancing to music in the Med Biome.

Music has many developmental benefits for babies, and also has positive impacts on adult health and wellbeing too. It helps us to us to breathe more slowly and deeply, lowers the stress hormone cortisol and lifts our mood. The synchronisation when we sing together develops social bonds. Research suggests that singing can positively impact on maternal mental health in the post-natal period.

This is a 45-minute singing group for adults with their babies, held in the cool interior of the Pavilion. Songs are selected and arranged by Matt Douglas and suitable for anyone, including complete beginners.

Pre-booking is essential. Sessions cost £3.50 and adults also require a valid form of Eden Project admission.

Further information

This is a singing group for adults – parents and carers – with their babies, aged 6 weeks to 9 months. Parents and carers accompany their babies throughout the session. The arrangements of the songs will be aimed at adults, and babies will benefit from being part of a warm and welcoming group and being surrounded by sound. Babies are welcome to join in and make some noise too, and, at some sessions, there will be some rattles and percussion instruments for them to play.

These sessions are held either in the Pavilion, a small building close to the arena, or in the Citrus Grove in the Mediterranean Biome, dependent on heat. The Pavilion is a cool and cocooning venue near the Orchard and Global gardens and the Citrus Grove is a bright and colourful space in the heart of the Med Biome. We’ll send further details about how to find the session with your booking confirmation. Leave plenty of time to walk from the Visitors Centre to the session location and dress for the weather as you’ll walk outside to reach the Pavilion or Med.

After the session, feel free to take a walk around the gardens and Biomes.

If you could benefit from attending but you cannot afford the session cost, please contact natureconnections@edenproject.com to ask about available funding and eligibility.

For referrals from social prescribers, health visitors, health professionals and early years support workers, contact natureconnections@edenproject.com.

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