Ever since we read The Lost Gardens of Heligan, which narrates the story of the rediscovery and restoration of one of the great Victorian gardens of England by Tim Smit, we have been meaning to visit them in Cornwall.
We recently discovered a second reason to visit Cornwall – the Eden Project:
Also a project by Tim Smit, this one is to establish a tropical rain forest and a humid temperate biotope under huge bubble-shaped greenhouses (the largest in the world) in a disused clay pit. The Eden Project houses over 100,000 plants representing 5,000 species. The site was opened for visitors in 2001 and was one of the locations for the Live 8 charity concert earlier this year.
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