What did you think?

[Peter]

Finally visited the Eden Project this week.
Found myself slightly underwhelmed by the place, a bit too much like a cross between the Natural History Museum and a zoo for plants.

Mind you it is pretty fertile, look at the bees.

[smallblueplanet]

Wow! That's like Land of the Giants!!!

Looks great, what were you expecting, Peter?

[Peter]

Not sure SBP, bit more explanation and naming of plants perhaps.
Bit less bare cement at the edges of the biomes.

[Alice]

I think it's a victim of it's own success Peter. We were lucky to have privilege tickets and walked straight in - but there were people queing for hours to get in. I wouldn't have done that.
It's very big - and toilets can be miles away (won't tell you any more about that )
I won't be rushing back.

[Shortie]

Wow.... I think that whopper would squash my raspberries rather thsn pollenate them, lol

Sorry to hear you were underwhelmed by the Eden Project. I've never been myself

[wellie]

We Took Some Lovely Photos Of Each Other....

At the same time as visiting The Eden Project, so we weren't at all disappointed!
Actually, we truly loved the 'tropical' side of the Eden Dome on the left, but felt disappointed by the Arid side on the right when we visited about five years ago.
I do actually 'take Peter's point' - and I can truly appreciate both sides.
We found it worth going to though.

[BarleySugar]

When we went I found the tropical biome very interesting, but I agree the arid one was very boring, nothing to see, possibly because it was the 'dry' season, especially for the south african area. The best bit was a display of mediterranean veg. We had been given free tickets after OH agreed to put us through a 'timeshare' presentation which wasted half a day of our holiday
While we were down that we we visited the Lost Gardens of Heligan, and we all agreed they were well worth the time.

[Two_Sheds]

I went to Eden last month (photos on my profile page).

I loved it, but was rushed round by Mr Sheds, who found it all rather dull and 'planty'. I didn't see any pineapples or lentils growing, which I remember from 5 years ago (perhaps I was rushed past them!)

[jackie j]

Friends of ours tried to go there a few weeks ago while on holiday but heard on the radio that it was busy and passing cars that had been turned away so they rang up to be told the car park was full .

[petal]

We loved the Eden Project, but I still prefer Kew Gardens. I am taking 30 15 year old boys there to draw, photograph things next week, they always enjoy it too. my advice for anyone going to the Eden project is to take a packed lunch and water. I found the restuarant stressful and pricey.