Moments Of Outdoors posted: " The Eden Project first started out 20 years ago as a china clay pit in Cornwall, UK. It opened it's doors in March 2001. Now it is an educational charity and social enterprise whose mission is to build relationships between people and the natural world t"
The Eden Project first started out 20 years ago as a china clay pit in Cornwall, UK. It opened it's doors in March 2001. Now it is an educational charity and social enterprise whose mission is to build relationships between people and the natural world to show the power of working together for the benefit of all living things. The site has 2 huge biomes that are filled with plants from set areas. One biome is Mediterranean whilst the other is the rainforest. The Eden Project is one of Cornwall's biggest tourist attractions and I can safely say it's not the first time I have been to visit.
At the time of writing there were still covid restrictions in place as to how many people can enter the site. Therefore, we had to book our tickets in advance and arrive during a time slot. Usually you are able to turn up and pay for your tickets on entry. A few months prior to going we were able to buy a 'Locals Pass'. The pass is available to those who live in set postcodes around the venue and offer a reduced price entry for an annual ticket. This meant that we had nearly a year to use the ticket and could visit as often as we wanted. Even in one trip we would have saved money.
The Eden Project
Once we were in the site and walked through to the grounds you were met with the enormity of the biomes. I had forgotten how much of the landscape they took up and they seemed so out of this world. What I vividly remember the Eden Project being used for was a set for a James Bond Film - Die Another Day. In this film the biome was used as the evil lair and Bond abseiled from the roof.
Mediterranean Biome
We walked around the grounds and explored the learning centre before we went into the Mediterranean biome. When I had visited previously, quite a few years ago, I had no interest in the plants that were at the Eden Project but now I had a better understanding about what things were, I was absolutely fascinated. I was able to take plenty of beautiful photos as we went around. To my great pleasure the Eden Project sportive was on at the same time we were there. So not only did I get to see loads of plants I also got to see plenty of expensive bicycles - I was in Heaven.
We got an ice cream and had a good look at the bikes. We then explored the rainforest biome before getting lunch. The only thing that would complete the day would be an alcoholic beverage. By the time I had got the taste buds for a drink a marquee was in front of us and low and behold - it was selling alcohol. I really could not have asked for more as we explored the remainder of the grounds.
Dahlia
We finished our trip with a look around the gift shop before we left. Here they had locally sourced products and eco items. I purchased a soap bar, some bamboo socks with bicycles on to remember the occasion and also a honey cider brewed locally. We had spent 5 or 6 hours exploring what Eden had to offer. I was not disappointed from the day and certainly glad we had purchased the local pass. I feel like it will be a long time before I visit again to peruse the grounds unless I was to do the Zipline which is England's Longest or the high ropes course. That will be another adventure.
Would I recommend going to the Eden Project - Yes! I feel like it is something you have to visit to get a scale of the biomes and a sense of purpose within the world and just how much we interact with the natural world without knowing.
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