New Eden Projects to be built overseas
New Eden Projects to be built overseas
The founder of the Eden Project has announced plans to expand the venture. Tim Smit has held discussions with organisations wanting to create similar attractions worldwide.
Smit has discussed the possibility of new Eden Projects in several destinations and hopes that construction on one of them will begin before the end of this year, according to The Guardian. The founder and chief executive of the popular attraction in
Cornwall, Smit has spoken with parties in
Japan,
San Francisco and two Gulf states.
Smit is said to have previously rejected the idea of developing like-minded ventures as he felt the new sites would simply be replicas of the original
Eden Project. However, Smit is now confident that any new projects would have a different focus and design: "They wouldn't necessarily be botanical," he said. Speaking of the Eden Project's distinctive biomes, Smit continued: It might not have a lid. It's about an attitude rather than architecture."
The Eden Project was developed in a barren china clay pit and now houses the biggest greenhouse in the world. The attraction aims to foster interest in the diversity of the planet and welcomes over one million visitors per year to its biomes and grounds.
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