Easter in the garden of Eden

VISITORS to the Eden Project, #Cornwall, will be invited to free-range all over the gardens this #Easter holiday (April 1 to April 17) for a collection of cracking egg-themed activities. 

Traditional fairground games will be available throughout the holiday, as well as Egg Scramble: teams will have two minutes to hunt for as many eggs as possible in our crazy Easter garden, full of inflatables, ball pools and more!, Slide Eggs: will you be able to crack the egg and chuck it on target as you bounce down the inflatable slides? and the Golden Egg Hunt: every day there will be 12 fabulous golden eggs hidden across the Eden landscape. 

All Easter activities are included in the standard Eden Project admission fee. 

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Oggy Oscars . . .

THE sixth annual celebration of Cornwall's most famous dish; the pasty takes place at The Eden Project on March 4. The championships feature varieties from #Cornwall as well as from around the world.

Four pasty specialists – two each from the United States and Canada – will be competing to be named the world’s top pasty maker at the annual event also known as the Oscars of the Oggy.

In 2011, after a long campaign, the #CornishPasty Association won European Union Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status for the Cornish Pasty which means that only pasty makers based in Cornwall who make pasties in a traditional manner and follow a traditional recipe are able to label their products as Cornish.

For all World Pasty Championships rules and entry details go to: 

www.edenproject.com/pasty

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Cornwall food glorious food . . .

#CORNWALL offers a host of events throughout the year making it the perfect place for a break all year round, not just for the Summer holidays. Try out one of these fantastic local food and drink festivals in #October.

The Eden Project’s Annual Beer Festival, October 1
Promising a selection of top tipples, fabulous food and live music. The one-day festival, organised in partnership with the renowned St. Austell Brewery, will feature a huge range of speciality beers and ciders.

Oktoberfest Truro, October 7 & 8
A celebration of Bavarian culture at Truro Lemon Quay (the piazza) with beers, food, music.

Falmouth Oyster Festival, 13-16 October
Falmouth Oyster Festival will for the 20th year welcome visitors to enjoy a programme of cookery demonstrations, live music and freshly shucked oysters.

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Telly chefs to tantalize tastebuds at Eden

A FEAST of fabulous food and drink is on the menu when the Eden Project's Festival of Food returns with a three-day programme (September 9-11). The event will feature a line-up of celebrity chefs, foodie treats, and daily wine tastings. 

First up among the top chefs will be Vivek Singh (September 9), one of the most successful and respected modern Indian chefs in the country with three London restaurants to his name.

John Whaite (September 9) is best known as the winner of the third series of the BBC's Great British Bake Off.

Chef, presenter and author Phil Vickery (September 10) has been a part of ITV's This Morning show for more than 14 years, as well as appearing on Ready Steady Cook, Proof of the Pudding, and his own series Phil Vickery's Pudding Club.

Lesley Waters (September 10) is known for her regular television appearances on Ready Steady Cook, Great Food Live, This Morning and Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is, and is the author of several cookery books. Lesley opened her own cookery school in West Dorset using local produce.

Brian Turner (September 11) is one of Britain's best-known chefs. He opened The Capital hotel kitchens in London with Richard Shepherd where they won a Michelin star.

Jun Tanaka (September 11) is head chef and owner of The Ninth, a contemporary restaurant in London.

All of the talks and demos are free with Eden admission.

www.edenproject.com/festival-of-food

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Half-term fun and games at the Eden Project

VISITORS can play their way through half-term at #Cornwall’s #EdenProject with a wide range of oversized, retro, and traditional games to entertain all ages from May 28 to June 5. 

There will be a giant selection of hands-on games, and younger ones can explore the many play areas and hidden nooks and crannies that Eden's gardens have to offer.

In the Core building, gamers can step into the history of video games, from vintage to virtual reality. There will also be Subbuteo table tournaments and classic 8-bit games in a magnetic form on the fridges.

In the Rainforest Biome, Eden's narrators will be teaching visitors about a variety of global games, such as mancala, a strategy game played using a wooden board with hollows in and either seeds, small stones, or marbles.

Kate Francis, Eden Live Programme producer, said: ‘Game On will be a great chance for families to play and share their favourite games with one another. We are inviting visitors to come to explore the world of gaming at Eden from arcade classics to playground games. Gaming is about having fun, but it's also about being creative, collaborating, and solving problems. These are all skills that are very useful in day-to-day life. There are a lot of advantages in all of us playing games. It tests our brains, helps us think differently about our environment, and teaches us life lessons for the future, no matter how old you are!’

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Easter in Cornwall

VISITORS to the Eden Project, Bodelva, will be invited to free-range all over the gardens this Easter holiday (March 25 to April 10) for a collection of cracking egg-themed activities. 

Traditional fairground games will be available throughout the holiday, including hook-a-duck (or other egg-laying animals), an egg shy, and egg hunts. Marksmen can try their hand at firing a fried egg at a frying pan, and there will be an Easter-themed crazy golf course.

All Easter activities are included in the standard Eden Project admission fee. 

www.edenproject.com. 

EASTER at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, near  near Mevagissey, runs from March 25 to April 10, when there will be a Great Emu Egg Hunt. http://heligan.com

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Monster alert at the Eden Project

CORNWALL’S #EdenProject will be taken over by rampaging beasts this summer (July 24-September 2) for the #Dinosaur Uproar season.

The prehistoric programme will feature five times as many dinosaurs as last year's Dinosaurs Unleashed.

The stars of the show at Eden include:

• The Tyrannosaurus Rex – Otherwise known as the Tyrant Lizard, the T. Rex lived 65 million years ago and had teeth up to nine inches long. These vicious dinosaurs could weigh more than seven tonnes but were still fearsome predators.

• The Australovenator – The carnivorous Australovenator – meaning Southern Hunter – is Australia's answer to the T. Rex. With long legs, arms, and tail, it was built for speed and hunting.

• The Titanosaur – These were some of the heaviest creatures ever to walk the earth, some of which might have weighed up to 90 tonnes. Titanosaurs were well-armoured and had spikes on their backs.

• The Meganeura – A species of giant insect related to modern dragonflies but with a wingspan of approximately 30”. 

Chris Pritchard, Eden's production manager, said: ‘Last year we unleashed dinosaurs at the Eden Project and it was a roaring success. This year they're taking over! Everything about Dinosaurs Uproar will be bigger and better. We'll have five times more dinosaurs running amok around Eden and fascinating activities and exhibits for palaeontologists of all ages.’ 

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Dinosaurs back at Eden

#DINOSAURS are roaring back to the #EdenProject this summer 

(July 24-September 2) with a programme of #prehistoric mayhem. Dinosaur Uproar is the follow-up to last summer's Dinosaurs Unleashed season.

The 2015 season features five times as many dinosaurs as last year, including a giant Australovenator that will be regularly rampaging across the Eden site.

The clocks will once again be wound back 67 million years to the Cretaceous period, but this time a whole range of dinosaurs will take over at Eden, from babies to one of the largest carnivorous beasts.

Chris Pritchard, Eden's production manager, said: ‘As well as marvelling at escaped dinosaurs and life-size skeletons, we hope our visitors will leave Eden having learned something new about our ancestors and the world they lived in.’

Eden's Locals' Summer Pass is now available for people living in Cornwall and Devon, giving holders unlimited visits to Eden until October 31, 2015. A pass costs £10 for adults, £8.50 for concessions, £6 for children, and £30 for a family of two adults and two children.

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Xmas at Eden

FATHER CHRISTMAS and his elves will be returning to the Eden Project in Cornwall this winter. The Christmas at Eden season starts on November 29.

There will be choirs, ice-skating, reindeer, festive food, and seasonal craft workshops.

Emma Hogg, Eden Live Programme producer, said: ‘This year is something very special. 

 We're creating a unique festive experience – Christmas as you've never seen it before – in the humid tropics of our Rainforest Biome. 

While the weather will be wintry outside, visitors can discover twilight magic as our rainforest comes alive.’

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Get on your skates at the Eden Project

THE Eden Project’s ice rink opens on October 18, and will be open for everyone from twirling toddlers to pirouetting seniors until February 22.

 

Some 100,000 skaters a year have sharpened their skills at Eden since the rink opened in the winter of 2004.

Says Eden Live programme producer, Emma Hogg: ‘We are looking forward to celebrating a decade of skating at Eden. The rink has been a top winter attraction and a huge success and it is especially great to see skaters returning again and again.

Some of the younger ones have been coming every year and have 

grown up with the rink to become skillful skaters.’

Public skate sessions costing £6 per person are 40 minutes

long and begin on the hour. 

With a £35 Skater Pass Discount Card, it costs just £3 per session.

For very young skaters, there are Penguin skating aids to gain

confidence on the ice. For full details, go to www.edenproject.com

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Harvest time at Eden

JACK MONROE, star blogger and author of bestselling cookery book A Girl Called Jack, is one of the top chefs at the Eden Project's Harvest Festival, starting on September 6. 

Harvest [www.edenproject.com/harvest] is a feast of foodie fun taking place over five weeks. The first two weeks are dedicated to demonstrations, question and answer sessions, and book-signings from some of the best culinary talents in the UK.

Kate Francis, Eden's senior programme lead, said: ‘Eden's Harvest is back even bigger and better than it was last year. We have a great variety of chefs in the first fortnight and a fantastic programme in the weeks afterwards. This autumn, Eden is going to be a heaven for foodies.’

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Dinosaurs Unleashed at the Eden Project

A JOURNEY 67 million years back in time to the lost world of dinosaurs awaits visitors to the Eden Project in Cornwall this summer. 

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Dinosaurs Unleashed, which runs from July 21, will turn visitors into true explorers as they track down and discover the giant beasts that once roamed the planet.

Dr Jo Elworthy, Eden's Director of Interpretation, says: ‘This will be the biggest, most compelling summer activity Eden has ever staged. As well as immersing you into the Cretaceous world to give you a close encounter with some incredibly realistic dinosaurs, you can become a dino detective and learn how scientists worked out how these animals looked, what they ate, where and when they lived, how they moved and even how they smelt and saw.

‘As a living reminder of the lost world of dinosaurs, you will be able to meet some of the plants that were around then and which are still thriving today. See more about it at www.edenproject.com/dinosaurs-unleashed 

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