Who owns the Eden Project?

Sir Tim Smit KBE
Tim Smit

Who funded the Eden Project?

The Eden Project Cost over £100 million The build was funded through a series of government grants and loans from institutions like the Millennium Commission – with funding coming from the National Lottery – and European regeneration funds.

What is the Eden Project inspired by?

Inspiration. Grimshaw’s starting point was the geodesic system made famous by the American architect Buckminster Fuller, who designed the Montreal Biosphere in Canada. Before Eden, Grimshaw had designed a similar structure for Waterloo International Station in London.

What is the main purpose of the Eden Project?

We are an educational charity and social enterprise. Our global mission is to create a movement that builds relationships between people and the natural world to demonstrate the power of working together for the benefit of all living things.

What is inside the Eden Project?

The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) inflated cells supported by geodesic tubular steel domes.

How much does it cost to get into the Eden Project?

Is the Eden Project Worth the £27.50 Entrance Fee?

Is Eden Project Worth the money?

Very very very dissapointing! I paid £16 to visit this over-hyped attraction and as far as I am concerned it was a complete waste of my hard earned cash. You can visit much better gardens/attractions in Cornwall and pay half this entrance fee.

What is inside The Eden Project?

Is the Eden Project worth visiting?

What are the Eden Projects values?

Explore our mission

• Education. Education is at the heart of everything we do.
• Plants and nature. The Eden Project celebrates plants and the natural world, reconnects people with them and works to regenerate damaged landscapes.
• Arts and culture.
• Sustainability.
• Community.

Is it warm inside the Eden Project?

The Eden Project is home to the largest indoor rainforest in the world, with over 1,000 varieties of different plants and a temperature of between 18-35 degrees celsius.

Is parking free at the Eden Project?

Free parking onsite There is ample free visitor parking at Eden. From the car parks, you can either walk down to the visitor entrance and ticket desks or take a free park and ride bus (temporarily suspended during the coronavirus pandemic).

When did the Eden Project open to the public?

The first plants began arriving in September of that year, and the full site opened on 17 March 2001. The Eden Project was used as a filming location for the 2002 James Bond film, Die Another Day. On 2 July 2005 The Eden Project hosted the “Africa Calling” concert of the Live 8 concert series.

How big is the second phase of the Eden Project?

Our cities at a crossroads: how do we create prosperous, fair and climate resilient cities? The second phase of The Eden Project’s development refers to the ‘biomes’, a sequence of eight inter-linked geodesic transparent domes covering 2.2 ha and encapsulating vast humid tropic and warm temperate regions.

Why is the Eden Project important to Cornwall?

The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage.

How did the Eden Project do in the referendum?

It received just 12.07% of the votes, the lowest for the four projects being considered. As part of the campaign, the Eden Project invited people all over Cornwall to try to break the world record for the biggest ever pub quiz as part of its campaign to bring £50 million of lottery funds to Cornwall.