A Walk At Cornwall's Eden Project - With 27 Photos

We decided to visit Cornwall's Eden Project. We hadn't been for quite a while, what with all of the coronavirus rules and regulations. We walked our usual route and I snapped a few photos.

There were flowers of varying colours and the sky was blue.

Lots of the flowers were growing free which I like to see. A couple of poppies were trying to hide.

A few more similar photos.

There is a Pollination Trail to attract bumblebees and other insects. Below they were being tempted by lavender.

Mind you - you have to be careful that the bees remain a manageable size.

We continued walking in the direction of the two biomes.  The  Rainforest biome is the world's largest indoor rainforest. The other is the Mediterranean biome.

We are now inside the Mediterranean Biome, five photos follow.

The next photo from the Mediterranean Biome is actually from Africa! This is the CAMFED Garden.

The Campaign for female education believes that when girls are educated they can lift their communities out of poverty.

It supports girls in rural Africa, enabling them to stay in education, develop businesses, create jobs and deliver prosperity

Moving on the figures below represent the festivities of Dionysus: wine and fertility - and perhaps a little more wine.

Back to flowers in the Mediterranean biome.

We have now left the biomes. We didn't visit the Rainforest biome this time, as it was so busy.

Next we have The Minibeast Mansion Hotel to keep children amused.

Three photos from fields of flowers on the way to Eden's Core building.

The Core has an exhibition of Invisible Worlds and also other exhibits as below.

A last look at the biomes as we make our way home.

It's hard to visualise now that the Eden Project was built in a china clay pit - but you can see the white clay in the photo below.

I remember years ago visiting the Eden Project as it was being constructed. Staff said that seeing Eden being built was on a par with watching the pyramids being built in Egypt. I thought this a mite over the top! But, who knows, as Eden is spreading to several other countries. Below, for example, is a model of another Eden to be built in Qingdao, China.

Thus ends our Eden Project visit, but we'll be back. No doubt next time we'll also visit the Rain Forest biome, though it can get busy at times - plus the warmth and moisture tends to mist up my camera lens!

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Visiting Cornwall's Eden Project During Covid-19

We went to Cornwall's Eden Project with our son and family. The first time I've been since the coronavirus. It was all very organised - probably a bit too organised for my taste but I guess this is what we have to expect nowadays.

Eve appeared to be quite relaxed about everything.

I only snapped a few quick photos as it was a family outing.

On the way to the biomes we saw Turvey the Turtle who eats plastic bottle.  

Nearly forgot, Adam was at work. Obviously there has to be an Adam where there is an Eve.

We wandered though the Rain Forest Biome.

A few flowers about ...

... and saw the waterfall.

We also went into the Mediterranean biome but I only snapped the one photo.

The biomes from the outside.

We moved on to the Core building and the enormous ceramic sculpture which ejects vapour rings. Children (and some adults!) like to see if they can catch the vapour rings before they disappear.

The sculpture pays homage to one of the world's smallest, but most important organisms: cyanobacteria. They represent the earliest form of life on Earth.

The next two photos are from a film about the exhibit. I think the second photo looks like a rabbit - the great rabbit of the sky

We then meandered back to our cars. All in all the Covid-19 adjustments are well done but, somehow, Eden didn't feel quite the same - but, I guess neither does life in general nowadays.

Kindly note: All visitors to the Eden Project must now pre-book a time slot in advance of each visit. This includes Members, Passholders, and those who can visit for free. And don't forget your masks.

Other Eden Project Posts:

(1) A Flavour Of Cornwall's Eden Project: 15 Photos

(2) Cornwall's Eden Project With The world's Largest Indoor Rainforest - Plus Much More

(3) More Flavour of Cornwall's Eden Project - 14 Photos

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May Flowers In Cornwall

Here we are into May but, unfortunately, still in lockdown. But we have to look on the bright side. We have the May flowers to enjoy for example. Ah, but perhaps not as many to view this year as last year. The first two photos were taken in Victoria Gardens, Truro - so I won't be able to get there until lockdown is eased.

All of the photos on this post are from the month of May, 2019.

The next photos were snapped in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, which is also closed temporarily because of the coronavirus.

And it's the same with the next two photos of Charlestown, we shouldn't go there either to see the harbour and the old cottages.

Luckily five photos from my own garden, which is somewhere they can't stop us visiting!

The wild rhododendrons below are luckily opposite my house on the other side of the road.

Now we move on to six photos of Cornwall's Eden Project, which is also now closed.

I'm sure, though, we'll still see lots of plants and flowers.

There is much beauty everywhere if we have time to stop and stare.


A few more flower posts:

22 Cornwall Flower Photos

15 Photos of Flowers in Cornwall, England 

10 Photos of August Flowers and Colour In Our Garden In Cornwall