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{{Short description|Visitor attraction in Cornwall, United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox building
|name                = Eden Project
|image               = Eden project.JPG
|building_type       = Multiple greenhouse complex
|architectural_style = Inspired by [[James T. Baldwin]]'s Pillow Dome<ref>{{cite web |last= Baldwin |first= James T. |author-link= James T. Baldwin |title= The Pillow Dome |url= http://www.thegreencenter.net/pdf/dome1985.pdf|publisher=[[The Buckminster Fuller Institute]] |access-date= 9 February 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120617025855/http://www.thegreencenter.net/pdf/dome1985.pdf |archive-date= 17 June 2012}}</ref>
|structural_system   = Steel frame and thermoplastic
|location            = [[Cornwall]], England
|completion_date     = {{start date and age|2000|05}}
|opened              = {{start date and age|2001|03|17|df=y}}
|main_contractors    =
|architect           = [[Grimshaw Architects]]
|structural_engineer = Anthony Hunt and Associates
|services_engineer   = [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]]
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The '''Eden Project''' ({{langx|kw|Edenva}}) is a visitor attraction in [[Cornwall]], [[England]]. The project is located in a reclaimed [[china clay]] [[clay pit|pit]].<ref name="osexp1">Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map 107 – Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel''. {{ISBN|0-319-23708-7}}.</ref><ref name="Dickinson-2025-05-27">{{Cite news |last=Dickinson |first=Greg |date=2025-05-27 |title=25 years on, the Eden Project is fighting for survival |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/cornwall/eden-project-fighting-survival/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant [[species]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.edenproject.com/come-and-visit/whats-here/rainforest-biome/index.php | title = Rainforest Biome | publisher = Eden project | access-date = 11 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111024185941/http://www.edenproject.com/come-and-visit/whats-here/rainforest-biome/index.php | archive-date = 24 October 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and each enclosure emulates a natural [[biome]]. The biomes consist of hundreds of [[hexagon]]al and [[pentagon]]al ethylene tetrafluoroethylene ([[ETFE]]) inflated cells supported by [[Geodesic dome|geodesic tubular steel domes]]. The larger of the two biomes simulates a [[rainforest]] environment (and is the largest indoor rainforest in the world)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Steven |title=Lizards, vines, papayas: working solo in the Eden Project during lockdown |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/08/working-solo-in-the-eden-project-cornwall-during-coronavirus-lockdown |website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=8 May 2020 |date=8 May 2020}}</ref> and the second, a [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean environment]].

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.

There are plans to build an Eden Project North in the seaside town of [[Morecambe]], [[Lancashire]], with a focus on the marine environment.

== History ==
[[File:Equus eden.jpg|thumb|Driftwood sculpture of a horse by Heather Jansch,<ref>{{cite web |first= Heather |last= Jansch |url= http://www.heatherjansch.com/index.php |title= Heather Jansch Sculptor Bronze & Driftwood Horse |publisher= Heather Jansch }}</ref> from the main entrance]]
[[File:Eden Project sculpture Made from the detritus of modern living - the teeth are computer mouses.JPG|thumb|Eden Project sculpture Made from the detritus of modern living—the teeth are computer mice]]
[[File:Grasswoman eden.jpg|thumb|''Eve'', by Sue and Pete Hill, shaped from the soil]]
The clay pit in which the project is sited was in use for over 160 years.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edenproject.com/whats-it-all-about/behind-the-scenes/about-us/our-story |title= Our Story |publisher= Eden Project |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120712023922/http://www.edenproject.com/whats-it-all-about/behind-the-scenes/about-us/our-story |archive-date= 12 July 2012}}</ref> In 1981, the pit was used by the [[BBC]] as the planet surface of Magrathea in the TV series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/oct/03/hitchhikers-guide-galaxy-douglas-adams |location= London |work=[[The Guardian]] |first= Jenny |last= Turner |title= Does the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy still answer the ultimate question? |date= 3 October 2009 }}</ref> By the mid-1990s the pit was all but exhausted.<ref name="edenproject.com">{{cite web |url= http://www.edenproject.com/whats-it-all-about/behind-the-scenes/10th-birthday/10th-birthday-timeline |title= Eden story, educational charity – Eden Project, Cornwall |publisher= Eden Project }}</ref>

The initial idea for the project dates back to 1996, with construction beginning in 1998. The work was hampered by torrential rain in the first few months of the project, and parts of the pit flooded as it sits {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=on}} below the water table.<ref name="edenproject.com" />

The first part of the Eden Project, the visitor centre, opened to the public in May 2000. The first plants began arriving in September of that year,<ref name="edenproject.com" /> and the full site opened on 17 March 2001.

To counter criticism from environmental groups, the Eden Project committed to investigate a rail link to the site.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 June 2002|title=Car fumes blight Eden's green vision|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2002/jun/02/travelandtransport.theobserversuknewspages|access-date=21 February 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The rail link was never built, and car parking on the site is still funded from revenue generated from general admission ticket sales. A bus service links the site to [[St Austell]] railway station, on the [[Cornish Main Line]].

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 [[Live 8 concert, Eden Project|"Africa Calling" concert]] of the [[Live 8]] concert series. It has also provided some plants for the [[British Museum]]'s Africa garden.

In 2005, the Project launched "A Time of Gifts" for the winter months, November to February. This features an ice rink covering the lake, with a small café-bar attached, as well as a Christmas market. Cornish choirs regularly perform in the biomes.

In 2007, the Eden Project campaigned unsuccessfully for £50&nbsp;million in [[Big Lottery Fund]] money for a proposed [[desert]] biome.<ref name=BigLottery>{{cite web |url= https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/press-releases/england/south-west/eden-edges-closer-to-winning-lottery-millions |title= Eden edges closer to winning Lottery millions: Big Lottery Fund |access-date= 16 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7140621.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date= 12 December 2007 |title= Routes scheme tops lottery vote |access-date= 3 February 2008}}</ref> It received just 12.07% of the votes, the lowest for the four projects being considered.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_the_peoples_50_million.htm |publisher= [[The Big Lottery Fund]] |title= The People's 50 Million – Sustrans' Connect2 wins £50 million prize |access-date= 3 February 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080119020032/http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_the_peoples_50_million.htm |archive-date= 19 January 2008 |url-status= dead }}</ref> 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&nbsp;million of [[lottery]] funds to Cornwall.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edenproject.com/about/3200.html |title= About |publisher= Eden Project |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071226181304/http://www.edenproject.com/about/3200.html |archive-date= 26 December 2007}}</ref>

In December 2009, much of the project, including both greenhouses, became available to navigate through [[Google Street View]].

The Eden Trust revealed a trading loss of £1.3&nbsp;million for 2012–13, on a turnover of £25.4&nbsp;million. The Eden Project had posted a surplus of £136,000 for the previous year. In 2014 Eden accounts showed a surplus of £2&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/St-Austell-8217-s-Eden-Project-black/story-21239280-detail/story.html#ixzz3df3N6sV2 |title= St Austell's Eden Project |date= 15 June 2014 |work=[[Cornish Guardian]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210710/http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/St-Austell-8217-s-Eden-Project-black/story-21239280-detail/story.html#ixzz3df3N6sV2 |archive-date= 23 September 2015}}</ref>

The [[World Pasty Championships]], an international competition to find the best [[Cornish pasties]] and other pasty-type savoury snacks, have been held at the Eden Project since 2012.<ref>{{citation |ref= {{harvid|World Pasty Championships winners chosen}} |title= World Pasty Championships winners chosen |date= 4 March 2012 |journal=[[BBC News]] |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-17249619 |access-date= 13 August 2016}}</ref>

The Eden Project is said to have contributed over £1&nbsp;billion to the Cornish economy.<ref name=personally>{{cite web |url= http://www.personallyspeakingbureau.com/speaker/tim-smit-kbe-sir/ |title= Tim Smit KBE, Sir – Personally Speaking Bureau |access-date= 16 May 2016 |archive-date= 27 November 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171127201404/https://www.personallyspeakingbureau.com/speaker/tim-smit-kbe-sir/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> In 2016, Eden became home to Europe's second-largest [[redwood]] forest (after the Giants Grove at Birr Castle, [[Birr Castle]], Ireland) when forty saplings of coast redwoods, ''[[Sequoia sempervirens]]'', which could live for 4,000 years and reach 115 metres in height, were planted there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/our-ethos/redwood-conservation-project|title=Redwood conservation project|date=March 2016|website=Eden Project|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513103752/https://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/our-ethos/redwood-conservation-project|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Eden Project received 1,010,095 visitors in 2019.<ref name="ALVA 2019 visitor numbers">{{cite web |title=ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions |url=https://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 |website=www.alva.org.uk |access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>

In December 2020 the project was closed after heavy rain caused several [[landslip]]s at the site. Managers at the site are assessing the damage and will announce when the project will reopen on the company's website.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 December 2020|title=Cornwall Eden Project closes after heavy rain causes floods|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-55377974|access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref> Reopening became irrelevant as Covid lockdown measures in the UK indefinitely closed the venue from early 2021, though it had reopened by May 2021 after remedial works had taken place. The site was used for an event during the [[2021 G7 Summit]], hosted by the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|title=G7 world leaders meet the Queen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/06/11/president-joe-biden-first-lady-jill-meet-queen/|access-date=12 June 2021|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=11 June 2021}}</ref>

== Design and construction ==
The project was conceived by [[Tim Smit]] and [[Jonathan Ball (architect)|Jonathan Ball]], and designed by [[Grimshaw Architects]] and structural engineering firm [[Anthony Hunt Associates]] (now part of [[Sinclair Knight Merz]]). [[Davis Langdon]] carried out the project management, [[Sir Robert McAlpine]] and [[Alfred McAlpine]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edenproject.com/whats-it-all-about/behind-the-scenes/our-history/index.php |title= Our history |publisher= Eden project |access-date= 27 September 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100611003612/http://www.edenproject.com/whats-it-all-about/behind-the-scenes/our-history/index.php |archive-date= 11 June 2010 |url-status= dead }}</ref> did the construction, [[Mero-Schmidlin|MERO]] jointly designed and built the biome steel structures, the [[ETFE]] pillows that build the façade were realized by [[Vector Foiltec]], and [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]] was the services engineer, economic consultant, environmental engineer and transportation engineer. Land Use Consultants led the masterplan and landscape design. The project took 2½ years to construct and opened to the public on 17 March 2001.

== Site ==
[[File:Eden Project geodesic domes panorama.jpg|thumb|center|upright=3|Panoramic view of the geodesic biome domes at the Eden Project]]

=== Layout ===
[[File:The Bee (Eden Project).JPG|thumb|''The Bee'']]
Once into the attraction, there is a meandering path with views of the two biomes, planted landscapes, including vegetable gardens, and sculptures that include a giant [[bee]] and previously The [[WEEE]] Man (removed in 2016), a towering figure made from old electrical appliances and was meant to represent the average electrical waste used by one person in a lifetime.

=== Biomes ===
At the bottom of the pit are two covered [[biome]]s:

The Rainforest Biome, covers {{convert|1.56|ha|acre|1|abbr=on}} and measures {{convert|55|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} high, {{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} wide, and {{convert|200|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} long. It is used for tropical plants, such as fruiting [[banana]] plants, [[coffee]], rubber, and giant [[bamboo]], and is kept at a tropical temperature and moisture level.
[[File:The Tropical Biome.jpg|thumb|The Rainforest Biome]]

The [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] Biome covers {{convert|0.654|ha|acre|1|abbr=on}} and measures {{convert|35|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} high, {{convert|65|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} wide, and {{convert|135|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} long. It houses familiar warm [[temperate]] and [[arid]] plants such as [[olive]]s and grape [[vine]]s and various sculptures.

The Outdoor Gardens represent the temperate regions of the world with plants such as [[tea]], [[lavender]], [[hops]], [[hemp]], and [[sunflower]]s, as well as local plant species.

The covered biomes are constructed from a tubular steel (hex-tri-hex) with mostly hexagonal external cladding panels made from the thermoplastic [[ETFE]]. Glass was avoided due to its weight and potential dangers. The cladding panels themselves are created from several layers of thin [[ultraviolet|UV]]-transparent ETFE [[tensile structure|film]], which are sealed around their [[perimeter]] and inflated to create a large cushion. The resulting cushion acts as a thermal blanket to the structure. The ETFE material is resistant to most stains, which simply wash off in the rain. If required, cleaning can be performed by [[abseil]]ers. Although the ETFE is susceptible to punctures, these can be easily fixed with ETFE tape. The structure is completely self-supporting, with no internal supports, and takes the form of a [[geodesic dome|geodesic]] structure. The panels vary in size up to {{convert|9|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} across, with the largest at the top of the structure.

The ETFE technology was supplied and installed by the firm [[Vector Foiltec]], which is also responsible for ongoing maintenance of the cladding. The steel spaceframe and cladding package (with Vector Foiltec as ETFE subcontractor) was designed, supplied and installed by MERO (UK) PLC, who also jointly developed the overall scheme geometry with the architect, Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.

The entire build project was managed by McAlpine Joint Venture.
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:Eden Project Winter 2008 showing Bruce Munro field of Light.JPG|The Biomes and Link building showing [[Field of Light]] installation by [[Bruce Munro]]
File:Eden Project - tropical canopy.jpg|Inside the Rainforest Biome
File:The Eden Project, Cornwall.JPG|The Biomes (or eco domes) at The Eden Project in Cornwall
File:EdenProjectRoof.jpg|The hexagonal structure looking from the inside
File:Eden Project from air Fossick.jpg|Aerial View
</gallery>

=== The Core ===
[[File:The Core, Eden Project.JPG|thumb|The Core]]
The Core is the latest addition to the site and opened in September 2005. It provides the Eden Project with an education facility, incorporating classrooms and exhibition spaces designed to help communicate Eden's central message about the relationship between people and plants. Accordingly, the building has taken its inspiration from plants, most noticeable in the form of the soaring timber roof, which gives the building its distinctive shape.

Grimshaw developed the geometry of the copper-clad roof in collaboration with a sculptor, Peter Randall-Page, and Mike Purvis of structural engineers [[Sinclair Knight Merz|SKM Anthony Hunts]]. It is derived from [[phyllotaxis]], which is the mathematical basis for nearly all plant growth; the "opposing spirals" found in many plants such as the seeds in a sunflower's head, [[pine cone]]s, and [[pineapple]]s. The copper was obtained from traceable sources, and the Eden Project is working with [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]] to explore the possibility of encouraging further traceable supply routes for metals, which would enable users to avoid metals mined unethically. The services and [[acoustics|acoustic]], mechanical, and electrical engineering design was carried out by [[Buro Happold]].

==== Art at The Core ====
[[File:The Seed at Eden Project.jpg|thumbnail|right|upright=0.6|''Seed'' by [[Peter Randall-Page]]]]
The Core is also home to art exhibitions throughout the year. A permanent installation entitled ''Seed'', by [[Peter Randall-Page]], occupies the anteroom. ''Seed'' is a large, 70 tonne egg-shaped installation, carved from a single block  of [[granite]] from [[De Lank Quarries|De Lank Quarry]] on [[Bodmin Moor]], standing some {{convert|13|ft}} tall and displaying a complex pattern of protrusions that are based upon the [[Fibonacci number#Nature|geometric and mathematical principles that underlie plant growth]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Granite seed is 'planted' at Eden |work=[[BBC News]] |date= 11 June 2007 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6738783.stm |access-date= 25 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edenproject.com/visit/whats-here/seed-sculpture |title= Seed sculpture by Peter Randall-Page |publisher= Eden Project |access-date= 25 February 2018 |quote= Made out of a single piece of granite, its surface has been carved with 1,800 nodes in the pattern of a Fibonacci spiral – the growth pattern found across the natural world in things like sunflowers, pine cones and ammonites}}</ref>

== Environmental aspects ==
The biomes provide diverse growing conditions, and many plants are on display.

The Eden Project includes [[environmental education]] focusing on the interdependence of plants and people; plants are labelled with their medicinal uses. The massive amounts of water required to create the humid conditions of the Tropical Biome, and to serve the toilet facilities, are all sanitised rain water that would otherwise collect at the bottom of the quarry. The only [[Public utility|mains]] water used is for hand washing and for cooking. The complex also uses Green Tariff Electricity – some of the energy comes from one of the many [[wind turbine]]s in Cornwall, which were among the first in Europe.<!-- any PVsolar? -->

In December 2010 the Eden Project received permission to build a [[geothermal electricity]] plant which will generate approx 4MWe, enough to supply Eden and about 5000 households.<ref name="BBC Geotherm">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-12026753 |title=BBC News – Eden Project geothermal plant plans to go ahead |work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=18 December 2010|date=18 December 2010}}</ref> The project will involve [[geothermal heating]] as well as geothermal electricity. [[Cornwall Council]] and the [[European Union]] came up with the greater part of £16.8m required to start the project. First a well will be sunk nearly 3 miles (4.5&nbsp;km) into the granite crust underneath Eden.

Eden co-founder, Sir [[Tim Smit]] said, "Since we began, Eden has had a dream that the world should be powered by renewable energy. The sun can provide massive solar power and the wind has been harnessed by humankind for thousands of years, but because both are intermittent and battery technology cannot yet store all we need there is a gap. We believe the answer lies beneath our feet in the heat underground that can be accessed by drilling technology that pumps water towards the centre of the Earth and brings it back up superheated to provide us with heat and electricity".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/14/eden-project-drilling-clean-geothermal-energy Eden Project to begin drilling for clean geothermal energy] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>

Drilling began in May 2021,<ref>{{cite web |title=Eden Geothermal Energy Project |url=https://www.edenproject.com/eden-story/behind-the-scenes/eden-geothermal-energy-project |publisher=The Eden Project |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> and heating of the biomes began in 2023, using 85°C<!--not suitable for electricity-->.<ref>{{cite web |title=New geothermal energy project comes online in UK, first in 37 years |url=https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-geothermal-energy-project-comes-online-in-uk-first-in-37-years/ |website=RenewEconomy |language=en-AU |date=21 June 2023}}</ref>

== 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>

== Eden Sessions ==
Since 2002, the Project has hosted a series of musical performances, called the Eden Sessions, usually held during the summer. The 2020 sessions were postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and were rescheduled as the 2022 sessions lineup.

The 2025 sessions will be headlined by [[Texas (band)|Texas]], [[Gary Barlow]], [[The Script]], [[Deftones]], [[Biffy Clyro]], [[Madness (band)|Madness]] and [[The Libertines]]. [[Kneecap (band)|Kneecap]] were originally scheduled to perform on 4 July, however, it was announced on 29 April that their show was cancelled following their public statements criticising Israel's genocide in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kneecap's Eden Sessions gig cancelled after 'concerns' over rap group|url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/kneecaps-eden-sessions-gig-cancelled-10142956|access-date= 29 April 2025|website=Cornwall Live|date=29 April 2025 }}</ref>

=== Lineup history ===
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|-
! Date
! Headliner<ref>{{Cite web|title=Previous line-ups|url=https://www.edensessions.com/line-up/about-us/|access-date=15 September 2021|website=Eden Sessions}}</ref>
! Supporting Act(s)
|-
!colspan=3|2002
|-
|5 July
|[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
|[[Chilly Gonzales]] and [[Sea Power (band)|British Sea Power]]
|-
|6 July
|[[Spiritualized]]
|[[Beth Orton]] and [[Six by Seven]]
|-
|12 July
|[[Doves (band)|Doves]]
|[[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]] and [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]]
|-
!colspan=3|2003
|-
|1 August
|[[Badly Drawn Boy]]
|[[The Thrills]]
|-
|5 August
|[[Moby]]
|[[The Orb]]
|-
|15 August
|[[PJ Harvey]]
|[[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]
|-
|22 August
|[[World of Music, Arts and Dance]]
|
|-
!colspan=3|2004
|-
|16 July
|[[Brian Wilson]]
|
|-
|6 August
|[[Primal Scream]]
|
|-
|13 August
|[[Air (French band)|Air]]
|[[Super Furry Animals]]
|-
|20 August
|[[Supergrass]]
|[[The Beta Band]]
|-
|27 August
|[[World of Music, Arts and Dance]]
|
|-
!colspan=5|2005
|-
|2 July
|[[Live 8 concert, Eden Project|Live 8: Africa Calling]]
|
|-
|1 August
|[[Keane (band)|Keane]]
|[[Editors (band)|Editors]]
|-
|19 August
|[[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]]
|[[Hard-Fi]]
|-
|26 August
|[[Basement Jaxx]]
|[[Lady Sovereign]]
|-
|27 August
|[[Ian Brown]]
|[[Badly Drawn Boy]] and [[Sea Power (band)|British Sea Power]]
|-
!colspan=4|2006
|-
|12 August
|[[The Magic Numbers]]
|[[José González (singer)|José González]]
|-
|22 August
|[[Muse (band)|Muse]]
|Hey Molly and Nixon and the Burn
|-
|25 August
|[[Goldfrapp]]
|[[Ladytron]]
|-
|27 August
|[[Snow Patrol]]
|[[Rocco DeLuca]] and [[Liam Frost]]
|-
!colspan=6|2007
|-
|20 June
|[[Peter Gabriel]]
|
|-
|2 July
|[[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]]
|
|-
|10 July
|[[Rufus Wainwright]]
|[[Hot Chip]]
|-
|17 July
|[[Amy Winehouse]]
|Leon Jean-Marie
|-
|18 July
|[[Lily Allen]]
|[[Mark Ronson]]
|-
|22 July
|[[Pet Shop Boys]]
|[[Dirty Pretty Things (band)|Dirty Pretty Things]]
|-
!colspan=5|2008
|-
|27 June
|[[The Verve]]
|
|-
|29 June
|[[The Raconteurs]]
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|11 July
|[[Bill Bailey]]
|
|-
|15 July
|[[Kaiser Chiefs]]
|[[White Lies (band)|White Lies]] and [[Late of the Pier]]
|-
|25 July
|[[KT Tunstall]]
|[[Guillemots (band)|Guillemots]] and [[Sons and Daughters (band)|Sons and Daughters]]
|-
!colspan=5|2009
|-
|4 July
|[[Kasabian]]
|
|-
|9 July
|[[Razorlight]]
|[[The Maccabees (band)|The Maccabees]]
|-
|10 July
|[[Paul Weller]]
|[[Florence and the Machine]]
|-
|14 July
|[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
|
|-
|18 July
|[[The Kooks]]
|[[Ladyhawke (musician)|Ladyhawke]]
|-
!colspan=6|2010
|-
|26 June
|[[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|[[Mojave 3]]
|-
|27 June
|[[Mika (singer)|Mika]]
|[[Diana Vickers]]
|-
|2 July
|[[Doves (band)|Doves]]
|[[Mumford & Sons]]
|-
|3 July
|[[Calvin Harris]]
|[[Audio Bullys]]
|-
|9 July
|[[Al Murray]]
|[[Greg Davies]] and [[Craig Campbell (comedian)|Craig Campbell]]
|-
|13–14 July
|[[Paolo Nutini]]
|[[Martha Wainwright]]
|-
!colspan=5|2011
|-
|23 June
|[[Primal Scream]]
|[[The Horrors]] and [[Seth Lakeman]]
|-
|25 June
|[[Pendulum (drum and bass band)|Pendulum]]
|[[Pretty Lights]]
|-
|30 June
|[[The Flaming Lips]]
|[[The Go! Team]] and [[OK Go]]
|-
|1 July
|[[Fleet Foxes]]
|[[Villagers (band)|Villagers]] and [[The Bees (English band)|The Bees]]
|-
|12 July
|[[Brandon Flowers]]
|[[Mystery Jets]] and [[Crowns (band)|Crowns]]
|-
!colspan=7|2012
|-
|23 June
|[[Tim Minchin]]
|[[Craig Campbell (comedian)|Craig Campbell]]
|-
|30 June
|[[Example (musician)|Example]]
|[[Rudimental]]
|-
|1 July
|[[Frank Turner]]
|[[Stornoway (band)|Stornoway]], [[Bellowhead]], [[Colin MacIntyre|Mull Historical Society]], [[Seth Lakeman]], [[The Staves]], and [[Dodgy]]
|-
|4 July
|[[Chase & Status]]
|[[Labrinth]]
|-
|6 July
|[[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]]
|Bebe Black
|-
|8 July
|[[Blink-182]]
|[[Crowns (band)|Crowns]], [[The Computers]], Bangers, and Black Tambourines
|-
|11 July
|[[Noah and the Whale]]
|[[The Vaccines]]
|-
!colspan=5|2013
|-
|3 June
|[[Eddie Izzard]]
|
|-
|29 June
|[[Kaiser Chiefs]]
|[[Tom Tom Club]] and [[Deap Vally]]
|-
|30 June
|[[Sigur Rós]]
|[[Daughter (band)|Daughter]] and [[Willy Mason]]
|-
|2 July
|[[The xx]]
|[[Chic (band)|CHIC]] (featuring [[Nile Rodgers]])
|-
|13–14 July
|[[Jessie J]]
|[[KABBA (singer)|A*M*E]]
|-
!colspan=5|2014
|-
|21 June
|[[Dizzee Rascal]]
|[[Katy B]] and Backbeat Soundsystem
|-
|25 June
|[[Skrillex]]
|
|-
|8 July
|[[Ellie Goulding]]
|[[Kwabs]]
|-
|9 July
|[[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]
|[[Tricot (band)|Tricot]]
|-
|14–15 July
|[[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]
|[[Jimi Goodwin]]
|-
!colspan=6|2015
|-
|12 June
|[[Paolo Nutini]]
|[[The Staves]] and Harry Collier
|-
|16–17 June
|[[Elton John]]
|
|-
|24 June
|[[Paloma Faith]]
|[[Liam Bailey]]
|-
|27 June
|[[Motörhead]]
|[[The Stranglers]] and King Creature
|-
|9 July
|[[Spandau Ballet]]
|[[Rusty Egan]]
|-
|17 July
|[[Ben Howard]]
|[[Joe Pug]]
|-
!colspan=5|2016
|-
|14–15 June
|[[Lionel Richie]]
|[[Corinne Bailey Rae]]
|-
|22 June
|[[Jess Glynne]]
|Jay Prince
|-
|26 June
|[[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]
|
|-
|27 June
|[[PJ Harvey]]
|[[Jehnny Beth]]
|-
|9 July
|[[Manic Street Preachers]]
|[[Bill Ryder-Jones]] and [[The Anchoress (musician)|The Anchoress]]
|-
!colspan=7|2017
|-
|15 June
|[[Bastille (band)|Bastille]]
|[[Rationale (musician)|Rationale]]
|-
|16 June
|[[Madness (band)|Madness]]
|Backbeat Soundsystem
|-
|22 June
|[[Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]]
|[[Turbowolf]]
|-
|23 June
|[[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
|[[Dodgy]]
|-
|1 July
|[[Van Morrison]]
|Paul O'Brady
|-
|6 July
|[[Bryan Adams]]
|
|-
|11 July
|[[Foals (band)|Foals]]
|[[Everything Everything]]
|-
!colspan=7|2018
|-
|6 June
|[[Gary Barlow]]
|Jason Brock
|-
|15–16 June
|[[Massive Attack]]
|[[Young Fathers]]
|-
|23 June
|[[Levellers (band)|Levellers]]
|[[New Model Army (band)|New Model Army]] and [[Reef (band)|Reef]]
|-
|30 June
|[[Ben Howard]]
|[[Gwenno Saunders|Gwenno]]
|-
|3 July
|[[Queens of the Stone Age]]
|[[CRX (band)|CRX]]
|-
|5 July
|[[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|[[Nick Mulvey]]
|-
|7 July
|[[Björk]]
|Lanark Artefax and [[Klein (musician)|Klein]]
|-
!colspan=5|2019
|-
|20 June
|[[Stereophonics]]
|[[Sea Girls]] and [[The Wind and The Wave]]
|-
|21 & 23 June
|[[Nile Rodgers]] & [[Chic (band)|CHIC]]
|[[Kokoroko]], [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[Dreadzone]], [[Asian Dub Foundation]], Bill Jefferson, and Backbeat Soundsystem
|-
|26 June
|[[Liam Gallagher]]
|[[Fontaines D.C.]] and The Velvet Hands
|-
|28 June
|[[The Chemical Brothers]]
|James Holroyd
|-
|2–3 July
|[[Kylie Minogue]]
|[[Nina Nesbitt]]
|-
!colspan=6|2021
|-
|11 September 
|[[Ben Howard]]
|Femmes De La Mer
|-
|12 September 
|[[McFly]]
|Ultra Violets
|-
|14 September 
|[[Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]]
|[[The Mysterines]]
|-
|16 September 
|[[Snow Patrol]]
|Lucy Blue
|-
|17 September 
|[[The Script]]
|[[Ward Thomas (band)|Ward Thomas]]
|-
|18 September 
|[[Idles]]
|Spectres and [[Black Honey (band)|Black Honey]]
|-
!colspan=6|2022
|-
|16–17 May
|[[My Chemical Romance]]
|[[Frank Turner]] and [[LostAlone]]
|-
|15 June
|[[Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds]]
|[[Confidence Man (band)|Confidence Man]]
|-
|17–18 June
|[[Nine Inch Nails]]
|[[Nitzer Ebb]] and [[Yves Tumor]]
|-
|21 June
|[[Diana Ross]]
|DJ Offline
|-
|29 June
|[[Bryan Adams]]
|
|-
|5 July
|[[Stereophonics]]
|[[Himalayas (band)|Himalayas]]
|-
!colspan=9|2023
|-
|7 June
|[[Lionel Richie]]
|[[Gabrielle (singer)|Gabrielle]]
|-
|10 June
|[[Yungblud]]
|[[Crawlers (band)|Crawlers]]
|-
|18 June
|[[The War on Drugs (band)|The War on Drugs]]
|[[Beth Orton]]
|-
|23 June
|[[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|[[Hollie Cook]]
|-
|24 June
|[[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
|Lealani and Far From Saints
|-
|28 June
|[[Pet Shop Boys]]
|[[Mike Pickering]]
|-
|1 July
|[[Kasabian]]
|[[Miles Kane]]
|-
|7 July
|[[Anne-Marie]]
|[[Rachel Chinouriri]]
|-
|25 July
|[[The Who]]
|[[Simon Townshend]]
|-
!colspan=7|2024
|-
|12 June
|[[Crowded House]]
|[[Liam Finn]]
|-
|14 June
|[[Fatboy Slim]]
|Charlie Boon
|-
|19 June
|[[Paolo Nutini]]
|Prima Queen
|-
|29 June
|[[Manic Street Preachers]]<br>[[Suede (band)|Suede]]
|
|-
|2 July
|[[The National (band)|The National]]
|[[This Is The Kit]]
|-
|3 July
|[[Rick Astley]]
|[[The Lightning Seeds]]
|-
|5 July
|[[Tom Grennan]]
|[[Liv Dawson]]
|-
|13 July
|[[JLS]]
|[[Tinchy Stryder]]
|}

== In the media ==
The Eden Project has appeared in various television shows and films such as the [[James Bond (franchise)|James Bond]] film ''[[Die Another Day]]'', ''[[The Bad Education Movie]]'', in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Last Bus (TV series)|The Last Bus]]'', in the [[CBeebies]] show ''Andy's Aquatic Adventure'' and in [[Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023|Armenia]]’s postcard in the ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]]''.

A weekly radio show called ''The Eden Radio Project'' is held every Thursday afternoon on CHAOS Radio, formerly known as [[Radio St Austell Bay]].

On 18 November 2019, on the ''[[Trees A Crowd]]'' podcast, [[David Oakes]] interviewed Eden Project's Head of Interpretation, Dr Jo Elworthy, about the site.

== See also ==
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* [[BIOS-3]]
* [[Biosphere 2]]
* [[Closed ecological system]]
* [[IBTS Greenhouse]]
* [[Montreal Biodome]]
* [[Montreal Biosphère]]
* [[Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory]] ("The Domes" of Milwaukee)
* [[Ecosystem]]
* [[Vivarium]]
* The [[Lost Gardens of Heligan]]
* [[List of topics related to Cornwall]]
* [[Earthpark]]
* [[Richard Carew Pole|Sir Richard Carew Pole]]
* [[Thin-shell structure]]
* [[List of thin shell structures]]
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Philip McMillan Browse, Louise Frost, Alistair Griffiths: ''Plants of Eden (Eden Project)''. Penzance 2001: Alison Hodge.
* [[Richard Mabey]]: ''Fencing Paradise: Exploring the Gardens of Eden'' London 2005: Eden Project Books. {{ISBN|1-903919-31-2}}
* Hugh Pearman, Andrew Whalley: ''The Architecture of Eden''. With a foreword by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw. London 2003: Eden Project Books. {{ISBN|1-903919-15-0}}
* Eden Team (Ed.): ''Eden Project: The Guide 2008/9.'' London 2008: Eden Project Books.
* Tim Smit: ''Eden''. London 2001: Bantam Press.
* Paul Spooner: ''The Revenge of the Green Planet: The Eden Project Book of Amazing Facts About Plants''. London 2003: Eden Project Books.
* [[Alan Titchmarsh]]: ''The Eden Project''. United Kingdom: Acorn Media, 2006. {{OCLC|225403941}}.

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