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The Eden Project began as a dream. In the late 1990s, Tim Smit – an archeologist turned pop-music producer – decided to build a new Eden. In his imagination he saw a beautiful park with huge greenhouses filled with exotic plants from all over the world. He even found a place for his park – a disused clay pit in Cornwall. All he needed was the money. Amazingly, many people agreed to help him and Tim's dream came true. In the spring 2001, the Eden Project, a large environmental park in Cornwall, opened to the public. The press called it "The English Wonder of the World".
Since its opening, millions and millions of people have visited the Eden Project. It has become the country's top tourist attraction, more popular than the Tower of London.
The Eden Project consists of two giant greenhouses, shaped like grapefruit halves, and an outdoor area. These are called "biomes". They recreate the natural environment of three different climates found around the world.
The Humid Tropics Biome recreates the natural environment of the world's hottest regions. It houses hundreds of trees and other plants from the jungles of South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. There one can see banana trees, rubber trees, cocoa, bamboo and mahogany. It is the largest of the three biomes and the most impressive. In the Warm Temperature Biome you can travel to South Africa and California and walk among orange and lemon trees, old olive groves and grape vines.
There is also the Roofless Biome, an open outdoor area with plants from the Cornwall and similar climates in Chile, the Himalayas, Russia and Australia. It tells the story of plants that have changed the world.
Tim Smit and other creators of the Eden Project see the site as much more than a collection of plants. The main purpose of Eden is to educate the public about the natural world, to show how we depend on plants and what we can do to save them.
What is Eden Project mostly about?
- The cradle mankind
- Plants
- Cultural diversity
What is Biomes?
- Grapefruit halves
- Climate names
- Greenhouses
Which of the three Biomes is the largest?
- The Humid Biome
- The Warm Temperature Biome
- The Roofless Biome
Why is it called Roofless?
- It's an outdoor area.
- It's a dome without a roof.
- It's dedicated to Russia and Australia.
What was Tim Smit's purpose in creating the Project?
- To earn money and popularity
- To promote his pop music projects
- To enlighten people about the natural world