Eden Project

My own favorite environmentalist is a chap called Tim Smit.

Tim actually started off as a record producer, but you will know him as co-founder of the Eden Project in Cornwall, which is also in China, by the way, and it's on its way in Morecambe and Dundee.

One of the things that came out in conversation with Tim is that he accepts every third invitation to do something.

So when I sent you off to the far-flung places

I went to speak in a Nissan near Taunton, and I was told there would only be 50 people and a dog there.

But I went because it was a third invitation.

And blow me down, three months later, I was in Plymouth addressing the European Commissioners trying to seek money for the Eden Project.

and it was quite obvious we weren't going to get it.

Right.

The Eden Project is closed on Christmas and then shuts down Monday to Friday for most of January 2027.

The Porthcurno Museum drops down to just three days a week from November to March.

And take St. Ives.

Cornwall's three most reviewed attractions failed the bar.

This is the crazy part.

Eden Project is 3.9 on 14,009 reviews.

Lost Gardens of Heligan is 4.3 on 7,299.

And when you have an ask of people, actually people are incredibly generous with their time.

So the Big Help Out this year, 15 million people sort of participated in their community and we ran it with the Eden Project and the Big Lunch.

So there's huge appetite for people to step forward.

I think what the sector is not good at

I'm going to ask every question twice and then we'll circle back around to the answers later in the quiz.

So question number one is, who directed the 1978 film Halloween? Question one, who directed the 1978 film Halloween? Question two, the Eden Project is a visitor attraction in which UK county? The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in which UK county? Question three.

The Fabia or Fabia is a car from which brand? Question three.

The Fabia or Fabia is a car from which brand? Question four.

And if you are looking for inspiration for something to watch this Halloween, I can definitely recommend that.

Question number two.

The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in which UK county? That is Cornwall.

Question number three, the Fabia or the Fabia is a car from which brand? That is Skoda or Skoda.

Yes, yes, an angel.

So anyway, this week just gone, we went to a place in Cornwall in England called the Eden Project that's installed all these marble runs across this huge botanical garden type property.

And Edward loves a marble run.

We looked it up.

Question number 17.

Cornwall's Eden Project opens to the public.

Billie Eilish is born and George Harrison dies.

In which year? 2001.

Didn't get the status back.

Got put back to the Eden Project.

Well, that's just around the corner.

Brilliant, yeah.

He is a prominent botanist and ecologist who has worked at the New York Botanical Garden and spent much of his time undertaking fieldwork in the Amazon rainforest.

has been the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and also involved in the Eden Project and in the Nature in Art Trust.

Welcome Sir Gillian.

Thank you.

And so I recommend it to anyone who's going to Gloucester.

Yes.

So at this time at Kew, you're now coming to the end of your time at Kew, but you get involved in the Eden Project.

So another major project.

Yeah, it's per- You don't have to go through Lancaster anymore, so it's perfect.

And nobody comes to Morecambe anyway, not until the Eden Project's, uh, built, and then all, we'll get all the tourists coming.

There you go.

You'll get me next summer.