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We’d be surprised if you didn’t know about the Eden Project already. Built on the site of a former clay pit near St. Austell, this garden complex has become one of Cornwall’s most popular attractions, having welcomed 22 million visitors since it first opened in 2001. Those massive geodesic biomes – which house the largest indoor rainforest in the world, FYI – are an iconic sight the world over.
And now, in excellent news for people in other parts of the UK at least, the charity and social enterprise behind the gardens is going global. The Eden Project North in Morecambe on the Lancashire coast is already under construction, with a subterranean site on the Isle of Portland in Dorset and a riverside complex on the banks of the Foyle in Northern Ireland also in the works.
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A deal has been secured with the two owners of the site – National Grid and SGN – after completion of a six-month feasibility study into the project, which is predicted to have a potential economic spin-off for the city of more than £27 million a year.
Up to 500 jobs are expected to be created – 200 directly and 300 as a result of the attraction opening, which could happen as early as 2024.
A series of walled gardens is planned to be created at the brick-walled site on East Dock Street, which would become the “eastern anchor” of Dundee’s £1 billion waterfront regeneration. Other “embassies” could be created around the city.