18 Apr 2009

Aroma of Cornwall pastries and frangrance of the flowers of Eden Project - 28 March 09

Eden Project, Cornwall - the living theatre of plants and people.
This global garden explores the dependence on natural resources.
It's one of the biggest conservatories in the world....

..in simplistic term, I would rather describe it as a giant greenhouse bubble! Err..I mean bubbles as there are more than one exhibiting Biome. In a recent poll, these Biomes have been voted the UK's favourite modern building!


Here are the giant 'bubbles!':

And among the bubbles, we saw the giant bee!

As we proceed to our first 'bubble' - the Rainforst Biome - I didn't take too many photos in here cos' for a moment I thought I was transported back to Singapore's botantic garden!
Didn't I say it's a replicate of SG's botantic garden? It's so warm in here that we had to start shedding our mutiple layers of coats!! And btw, I was not kidding when I say I didn't take much photos. Below 'green' photos are courtesy of my friend.
And finally something you don't see in S'pore's botantic garden. Banana trees are plentiful but have you ever seen the fruits being hung by a sky conveying belt? My camera was also getting slightly misty with the condensation caused by the different temperatures between the biomes.
After the warm weather in the rainforest, we decided to grab a bite at the cafe - cornish pastries and super yummy fries. No photos for the moment. With my friend's camera again..

Next Biome - the Mediterrabean Biome. And your eyes shall feast
upon the whatever imaginable colors you can think of!!

You are first being greeted with the scent and fragrance of the rows and rows of flowers!
This is a perfume 'tub' - we got a sniff of the various floral scent.

Here are the series of 'calendar poster' images. It's FLOWER POWER!! :)

Let's zoom in now...btw, I am sticking to the mini images because the uploading seems to be taking ages!! I had to feel the petals to confirm they aren't artificial!!


Flower overdose? Let's move on to one of my favourite fruit then - the lemon. Not the typical lemon but one that is as large as my B's face!! :)

Rest assured lah! We didn't pluck that off the tree! The one he is holding on is for display..

More photos more on herbs, plants and trees :

Cork tree and flowers.

Even in its unprocessed and untreated state, cork already feel like cork! Think your stopper of your wine bottle.


As we continue our Biome journey..
Here's an indoor one:

Some photos on the exhibits: All about conserving energy, saving the Earth..etc etc




And what's the little one looking at?

Yes..this is what is captivating his attention - a plant processor!

Me and my friend and the giant eggy!
In case you wanna bring some of the flowers home, these are for sales at the shop..including those that bite!!

Ok... A group photo before we depart Eden Project! All of us in front of the monster! It's not your typical monster - this is one that is made from junk and discarded stuff such as old TV, washing machine etc etc. What a creative piece of artwork!
What's most memorable for me is to spot this beautiful rainbow just as we were all getting ready to leave Eden Project! Lady Luck is definitely smiling at us!


The Cornwall journey continues...

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