Eden

''Smit''s vision of Eden is the eighth wonder of the world'' Independent

''Inspiring... An invaluable guide to how a large project can exceed against all odds'' The Sunday Times

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An updated edition of the bestselling story of the Eden Project featuring stunning new photography.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the impossible was delivered. From the sterile depths of a disused china clay pit in Cornwall rose one of the most remarkable and ambitious ventures in recent memory. The Eden Project''s Biomes, the world''s largest conservatories, are the symbol of a living theatre of plants and people and their interdependence, of regeneration and of a pioneering forum for the exploration of possible futures.

This is the extraordinary story of the Eden Project, of its conception, design and construction, of the larger-than-life personalities who made it happen and of all that has happened since its doo