Autumn at Eden

We decided to go for an Autumn walk today, and as we have annual passes at the Eden Project we thought we'd go back there. It is the kind of place where there is something to see all through the year.


We particularly enjoy walking in the outdoor area, climbing the hill to the Wild Cornwall area. We had a lot of laughs here, as John has just bought the iMovies app and wanted to take some film clips to play around with... Sean and I duly obliged with some seriously crazy acting up- goodness knows what John can do with it but we laughed a lot and had great fun.


The outdoor area is spectacular, careful planting makes it all very natural. It's a quiet area, many visitors just focus on the biomes, but as in so many places, a little extra walk is well worth the effort.





Some new features are the sensory gardens... I found the water feature particularly relaxing.


After a mocha and Danish pastry we were ready for the Tropical biome. For the first time on one of our visits the high viewing platform was open. It is 50 feet above the canopy and is closed as soon as it gets too hot to be safe. I don't like heights or wobbly bridges so left John to go up alone... It scared me enough watching him... He is the person to the right of the three going up the steps in this photo... Rather him than me!!!





It's the little things that make your day! I discovered this outdoor pipe glockenspiel while Sean was exploring... Of course it wasn't long before he wanted a go too...


What a lovely autumn day, lets hope that we get enough good weather over the next couple of months to visit again before winter. How lucky we are to live so close.

Until next time
Gillian

Eden inspiration

As well as looking amazing, the sights of Eden are inspiring. I really want to do a mini quilt of the biomes one day, but it is the diversity of plants and foliage in particular that catch my eye.


Today I'm just reviewing done of the photos from Wednesday.


These are my favourites...








I hope they convey the feeling of the place...






It's soothing and beautiful....




Graceful and elegant...




Natural...

Special...

Until next time
Gillian

Eden 2012

We paid another visit to Eden on Wednesday, the first of 2012. It's half term here so they put on special events, this week the theme was chocolate.










So as well as visiting the biomes, we attended a talk on chocolate and Sean made a chocolate lolly.










Our favourite activity was helping Sean follow a trading game which taught him about the history of chocolate. It was a great activity. 




It started with him being given cocoa beans which he traded for gold... 






Which he then traded for a ticket to Europe... 


Which he traded for a gold coin... 


Which he used to buy some fair trade chocolate (while listening to why we should support fair trade produce and how fair trade money is spent). Each trading station was in the extremely hot Tropical Biome so it really was great.


He is still talking about the activity so it really shows he enjoyed it.


We really enjoyed our day  (though they do absolutely awful coffees- luke warm!!! - and we really must take our own picnic food next time- their bakery is expensive and horribly crowded).

So until next time
Gillian