The Eden Project
The Eden Project was conceived by Tim Smit after his involvement with the restoration of the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Work on the Eden Project began in the late 1990s and the visitor centre opened to the public in May 2000 followed by the main attraction in March 2001. The biomes are effectively giant bubble wrap, with each panel containing an insulating gas bubble sealed within plastic. This allows a tropical climate to be maintained in one where nearly 4 acres of rainforest thrives. The Core building was added in 2005 to provide an education facility which includes classrooms. The Eden Project is run as a social enterprise by the Eden Trust - a charitable trust dedicated to educating the public about the natural world.
On walks
- Eden Project (2.2 mile walk)
Get the iWalkCornwall app
Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
