Book description
'With passion and commitment thousands of "small" people
built Eden as a symbol of hope in action...
We may all have feet of clay, but that shouldn't stop us trying to
make a difference. Wouldn't we all rather look back and say, "I'm
glad I did," rather than "I wish I had"? Some might
smile at the naivety of such ambition, believing it to be impossible.
We say, "Demand the impossible".'
So said Tim Smit and thus was the impossible delivered: a living
theatre of plants and people and their interdependence, housed in a
disused china clay pit and featuring the world's largest greenhouses.
Well over five million visitors have since made their way to Eden,
drawn by the astonishing, visionary ambition of its founders. This is
Tim's story of how it all came about: the Project's genesis in the
Lost Gardens of Heligan, its design and construction against all the
odds, its supremely talented team of larger-than-life personalities.
Above all, how the energy that brought the vision to life is being
applied to possible futures. It is a vision for all to share.
Tim Smit is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, near
St Austell in Cornwall. He is also on the board of the Prince's Trust
Business division, a member of the Cornwall Gardens Trust and a Director
of Kneehigh Theatre. He recently chaired the Landscape Heritage Trust's
feasibility study of urban parks and gardens throughout the UK and
presented their findings to the government Select Committee on the
Environment. In 2000 he was given the Outstanding Contribution to
Tourism in the UK Award by the English Tourism Council. He lives with
his wife and family in Cornwall.
