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The Eden project's iconic biomes

EDEN’S ICONIC BIOMES TO REOPEN

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The Eden Project confirmed today that the Rainforest and Mediterranean Biomes and Core education centre will reopen to visitors on Saturday July 4. Eden’s 30-acre outdoor garden, shop and some food outlets are already open.  The reopening of the Biomes and Core follow the latest Government directives announced today by the Prime Minister. The Eden team has been working hard…
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Podcast 57: The Gardens of Eden

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The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. The Eden Project first opened its doors in 2001 and still maintains its initial purpose to highlight the importance of plants in every aspect of our lives. Take a tour with the head of Eden’s outdoor horticultural team, Julie Kendall (read by Rachel Atkins).…
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Eden braced for orchid mania

Eden braced for orchid mania

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Orchid mania is set to break out at the Eden Project with a dazzling new exhibit in the Rainforest Biome this month. This important new floral display in the Biome will house 500 orchids in the heart of the biggest rainforest in captivity. Stars of the show will be varieties of moth orchid, also known as Phalaenopsis, and currently being…
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Bat's the way to pollinate

Bat’s the way to pollinate

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Our nocturnal friends pollinate the jade vine in the rainforest. But in Cornwall, people take over the task with paintbrushes… The coming of spring at the Eden Project in Cornwall has been marked by the bursting into bloom of a rare and beautiful tropical flower usually found in the Philippines rainforest. Visitors to the Rainforest Biome – the biggest rainforest…
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Eden’s red-hot hillside wins top national award

Eden’s red-hot hillside wins top national award

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The Eden Project has been given highly prestigious National Plant Collection status by conservation charity Plant Heritage. Hundreds of red-hot pokers, scientific name Kniphofia, were planted early last year and this spring and summer created a dazzling display of striking flowers on the steeply sloping acre of land with the world-famous Biomes as a backdrop. This represented the biggest planting…
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TOMATOES BLACK AND BLUE

TOMATOES BLACK AND BLUE

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Highly exotic salads await visitors to the Eden Project this summer thanks to a new growing programme led by a former apprentice turned super food grower. Black, blue and orange tomatoes, cucamelons, tomatillos (also sometimes known as the Mexican husk tomato) and inca berries are among the strange and wonderful produce nurtured by 21-year-old Jake Hawke, now ready for the…
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