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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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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the proposals for Eden Project Dundee as “stunning”, after the charity revealed its preferred site in the city.
It can be revealed today the plans involve converting the former Dundee Gasworks on East Dock Street into the Eden Project’s home in Scotland.
The education and environment charity has a “global garden” in tropical biomes across a space the size of 30 football pitches at its site in Cornwall – and revealed plans to create Edens across the globe, including the City of Discovery.
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