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Eden Project

2000 establishments in EnglandBotanical gardens in CornwallBuilding engineeringBuildings and structures completed in 2000Buildings and structures in Cornwall
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Eden project
Eden project

The Eden Project (Cornish: Edenva) is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 km (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell.The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) inflated cells supported by geodesic tubular steel domes. The larger of the two biomes simulates a rainforest environment (and is the largest indoor rainforest in the world) and the second, a Mediterranean environment. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage. There are plans to build an Eden Project North in the seaside town of Morecambe, Lancashire, with a focus on the marine environment.

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National Wildflower Centre
National Wildflower Centre

The National Wildflower Centre opened in the Knowsley borough of Merseyside, England, in 2000 as a Millennium project, funded by the Millennium Commission and Big Lottery. It closed at this location in January 2017 and the Eden Project stepped in to save its legacy and build a new partnership from its new southwest base. Originally located in Court Hey Park, Liverpool, the visitor attraction was hoped to regenerate and help communities in the local area. The centre was designed around the concept of Wildflowers. This was combined with a visitor centre, a shop and a cafe. The National Wildflower Centre is now based at the Eden Project, Cornwall. It continues its work nationally, particularly focusing on urban ecological regeneration in cities such as Liverpool and Manchester, and the establishment of local provenance seed for projects in southwest England. Several meadows have been established on the Eden Project site and are accessible to the public free of charge. The original attraction remained in operation until the early months of 2017, when owner and operator Landlife went into liquidation and, subsequently, the National Wildflower Centre was closed in order to raise funds. Landlife blamed decreasing visitor numbers, expensive maintenance of the buildings and grounds, and a new threat, severe vandalism. Landlife also blamed the contractor that constructed the buildings, Kier Group. Landlife claimed that in just 16 years, the buildings had visibly badly weathered and the roof of the visitor centre and cafe would regularly leak water. Since the attraction's closure, the site's entrances have been sealed and windows boarded up. In 2019, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council announced that they were looking for a buyer for the site. If successful, the site would be refurbished.