Eden, The Eden Project (That Is)

Talk about heaven on Earth. The website doesn't even come close to describing what is truly one of the greatest environmental restoration projects ever conducted on the planet. Visionary Tim Smit and his team have accomplished something that is unrivaled anywhere on Earth. The world's largest greenhouses are morphed into the bottom of what was once a GIANT hole created to mine china clay. Cornwall, England, was once one of the most economically deprived areas of England. The Eden Project has generated incredible wealth, jobs, and features the best of environmental horticulture, art, education, and more. You have to see it to believe it...worth a trip to England, just to visit this place and then go home - REALLY!

In the bottom of an old clay mining pit in Cornwall is the 8th wonder of the world...What's in it?

More than 1,000,000 plants representing 5,000 species from many of the climatic zones of the world. Many of these can grow in the mild conditions of Cornwall, others need greenhouses and that is where Eden's two gigantic Biomes - the biggest conservatories in the world - come in.

In addition to the plants, art is central to Eden's messaging, and the site is liberally peppered with fascinating, thought-provoking works and installations.