Editing Eden Project (section)

== Other projects ==

=== Eden Project Morecambe ===
In 2018, the Eden Project revealed its design for a new version of the project, located on the seafront in [[Morecambe]], [[Lancashire]]. There will be biomes shaped like [[mussel]]s and a focus on the marine environment. There will also be reimagined [[Lido (swimming pool)|lido]]s, gardens, performance spaces, immersive experiences, and observatories.<ref name="edenprojectnorth">{{cite web|url=https://www.edenproject.com/media/2018/11/new-vision-morecambes-eden-project-revealed|title=New vision for Morecambe's Eden Project revealed|website=Edenproject.com|access-date=21 December 2018|archive-date=21 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230358/https://www.edenproject.com/media/2018/11/new-vision-morecambes-eden-project-revealed|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="indynorth">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/morecambe-eden-project-morecambe-bay-mussl-david-harland-cornwall-a8537126.html|title=Morecambe Eden Project will be shaped like a giant mussel|date=24 November 2018|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref>

[[Grimshaw Architects|Grimshaw]] are the architects for the project, which is expected to cost £80 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/plans-80m-eden-project-north-15458954|title=Plans for £80m Eden Project North are unveiled|first=Damon|last=Wilkinson|date=23 November 2018|website=Manchestereveingnews.comm|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref> The project is a partnership with the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, [[Lancaster University]], [[Lancashire County Council]], and [[Lancaster City Council]].<ref name="edenprojectnorth" /><ref name="indynorth" /> In December 2018, the four local partners agreed to provide £1 million to develop the idea, which allowed the development of an outline planning application for the project.<ref name="placenorthwest">{{cite web|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/eden-project-north-secures-council-cash/|title=Place North West - Eden Project North secures council cash|date=19 December 2018|website=Placenorthwest.co.uk|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref> It is expected that there will be 500 jobs created and 8,000 visitors a day to the site.<ref name="placenorthwest" />

Having been granted planning permission in January 2022 and with £50 million of levelling-up funding granted in January 2023, it is likely to open in 2027 or 2028 and predicted to benefit the North West economy by £200 million per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn87yp969qzo |title=Eden Project Morecambe opening 'edging towards 2027'|date=13 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=31 January 2022 |orig-date= |title=Eden Project North granted planning permission |url=https://www.edenproject.com/media-relations/morecambes-eden-project-north-granted-planning-permission |access-date=3 September 2022 |website=edenproject.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=19 January 2023 |orig-date= |title=Eden Project Morecambe gets £50m Levelling Up investment |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-63952492 |access-date=19 January 2023 |website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eden Project Morecambe, UK {{!}} Eden Project |url=https://www.edenproject.com/new-edens/eden-project-morecambe-uk |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.edenproject.com |language=en}}</ref> In July 2024, Lancaster City Council received the first £2.5m of a promised £50m in UK government funding for the scheme. The grant would be used to appoint a main contractor to develop the designs for Eden Project Morecambe.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whelan |first1=Dan |title=First govt cash lands for £100m Eden Project Morecambe |url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/first-govt-cash-lands-for-100m-eden-project-morecambe/ |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=Place North West |date=24 July 2024}}</ref>

===Eden Project Dundee===
In May 2020, the Eden Project revealed plans to establish their first attraction in Scotland, and named [[Dundee]] as the proposed site of the location.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-05-27 |title=Eden Project to explore Dundee as new tourist attraction venue |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-52818911 |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> The city's [[Camperdown Country Park|Camperdown Park]] was widely touted to be the proposed location of the new attraction however in May 2021, it was announced that the Eden Project had chosen the site of the former gasworks in [[Dundee]] as the location. It was planned that the new development would result in 200 new jobs and "contribute £27m a year to the regional economy".<ref name="BBCDundeesite">{{cite news |title=Eden Project reveals site of new Dundee tourist attraction |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-57185846 |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=BBC News |date=21 May 2021}}</ref>  The project is in partnership with [[Dundee City Council]], the [[University of Dundee]] and the Northwood Charitable Trust.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eden Project Dundee, UK |url=https://www.edenproject.com/new-edens/eden-project-dundee-uk |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Eden Project |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021, Eden Project announced that they would establish fourteen hectares of new wildflower habitat in areas across Dundee, including [[Morgan Academy]] and Caird Park.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-15 |title=Eden Project to establish 14 hectares of new wildflower habitat across Dundee |url=https://www.edenproject.com/media-relations/eden-project-to-establish-14-hectares-of-new-wildflower-habitat-across-dundee |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Eden Project |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2023, new images were released depicting what the Dundee attraction would look which accompanied the planning permission documents for the new attraction which would be submitted by autumn 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saunders |first=Tom |date=2023-07-13 |title=Eden Project will transform Dundee's East Docks into £27m a year attraction |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/first-look-at-eden-project-dundee-which-is-set-to-bring-in-over-20m-a-year-0vm7z6f3s |access-date=2023-07-15 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

Planning permission for the project was approved by [[Dundee City Council]] in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ogston |first=Graeme |date=2024-06-17 |title=£130m Dundee Eden Project approved by councillors |newspaper=[[BBC]] |language=en |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggpy12er9o |access-date=2024-06-18}}</ref>

===South Downs===
In 2020, [[Eastbourne Borough Council]] and the Eden Project announced a joint project to explore the viability of a new Eden site in the [[South Downs National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=World-famous Eden Project working on new venture in Eastbourne|url=https://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/environment/world-famous-eden-project-working-new-venture-eastbourne-1383507|access-date=17 August 2020|website=www.eastbourneherald.co.uk|date=3 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

===Qingdao, China===
In 2015, the Eden Project announced that it had reached an agreement to construct an Eden site in [[Qingdao|Qingdao, China]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-10-22 |title=China visit seals deal on 'China Eden' project |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34606824 |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref> While the site had originally been slated to open by 2020, construction fell behind schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opening date was delayed to 2023. The new site is expected to focus on "water" and its central role in civilization and nature.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-16 |title=Eden Project in China three years behind schedule |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-61325713 |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref>

===Eden Project New Zealand===
A planned Eden Project for the [[New Zealand]] city of [[Christchurch]], to be called Eden Project New Zealand/Eden Project Aotearoa, was expected to be inaugurated in 2025. It was to be centred close to the [[Avon River (New Zealand)|Avon River]], on a site largely razed as a result of the [[2011 Christchurch Earthquake]].<ref>"[https://www.edenproject.com/new-edens/eden-project-new-zealand Eden Project New Zealand]," ''Eden Project''. Retrieved 30 September 2023.</ref> The project has since been cancelled. <ref>”[https://www.thepress.co.nz/environment/350235972/eden-project-officially-scrapped],” ‘’Eden Project officially scrapped’ ‘. Retrieved 21 January 2025.</ref>