The Eden Project Pt 4 - The Outdoor Biome
The Outdoor Biome has everything from plants that make beer, dyes, medicines, food and fuel, to sculptures and things to amuse the kids. Covering over 20 acres, it’s not about what there is to see, but more about what you’re going to have to leave out.
As with the other two biomes, the outdoor gardens are not about how pretty they can look, but more about how plants are used to create things and make our world the place it is.
Consequently, the time you spend here will depend on how interested you are in all the different ways plants are used. As a guideline, Eden suggests that you’ll probably need a couple of hours here, but it’s probably likely that it’ll depend more on your own personal timetable and what interests you the most.
It’s pointless trying to explain everything that the Outdoor Biome covers because there is so much. It’s one of those places that the more you look, the more you see. I’ve been here several times and at different times of the year and I still find it difficult to take everything in. It might not appear like that at first glance, but believe me, there’s been a lot of thought that’s gone into this place – and it’s ongoing – funds permitting.
The Outdoor Biome was created with a view to showing how plants are used in different situations in our everyday lives
The Pollination Garden is a good example of the Outdoor Biome in action
Originally posted 2018-12-02 18:16:37.
Now of course the cynocal will say that is to spare the toursist going through Blackscroft or the bottom of Stobbie if they get lost. But where it is cited is s also partly on the bit where Mary Shelley stayed when she stayed in Dundee.
I can see that it’s in an industrial area, but the clay pits were an eyesore. It took a lot of imagination to turn those waste clay pits into what it is now and the funny thing is that I almost miss the lunar landscape that was there before.
oh I can get that too. It’s familiarity.
The Eden Project is coming to Dundee on the site of the old gasometer just on the fringes of the actual town centre, so this was fascinating.
If it’s half as good as what Tim Smit did in Cornwall you’ll be impressed.
Well while it is hard to see over the big old wall, the times I have bene upstairs on the bus I can see it is well taking shape. And there will a wlakway connecting it with the V and A and the ergo the station so….
I’m sure it will be a welcome asset.
The transformation from what it was like to what it has become is quite startling, and all the vision of one man
This is quite some place.. got to say I had never heard of it till now.
Really must visit one day!
The more time that you can spend wandering around here, the more it will repay the inquisitive mind