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Sunday 4 April 2010

Day 3 Part 1: Eden Project


"The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in the United Kingdom, including the world's largest greenhouse.Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 2 kilometers (1.25 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.

The complex is dominated by two enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house plant species from around the world. Each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The domes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The first dome emulates a tropical environment, and the second a Mediterranean environment.

The project was conceived by Tim Smit and designed by architect Nicholas Grimshaw and engineering firm Anthony Hunt and Associates (now part of Sinclair Knight Merz). Davis Langdon carried out the project management, Sir Robert McAlpine and Alfred McAlpine[4] did the construction and MERO designed and built the biomes. Land Use Consultants led the masterplan and landscape design. The project took 2½ years to construct and opened to the public on 17 March 2001."

Eden project merupakan rumah hijau yang terbesar di dunia menjadi salah satu daya tarikan pelancung di United Kingdom khususnya di Cornwall. Terdapat pelbagai tanaman dari serata dunia yang ditanam di sini.Terbahagi kepada dua section. Section yang pertama kawasan tropical dan section yang kedua kawasan mediterranean



Domes yang mula-mula kami lawati kawasan beriklim tropical. Masuk je kawasan ni terus terasa kehangatan cuaca di Malaysia. Tak sampai pun 10 minit kembar dan Zalifah dah mula buka coat dan sinsing tangan baju. Terasa seolah-olah berada di Malaysia dengan segala macam pokok termasuk pokok kari, kunyit, serai, lengkuas, cekur, pokok pisang, koko, kopi, pokok pandan sampaikan pucuk paku pun ada......


Domes yang kedua kawasan mediterranean, mula-mula masuk je terus terpegun dengan keindahan taman yang dipenuhi tulip pelbagai warna. Selain dari pokok -pokok bunga terdapat juga pokok-pokok limau, pokok zaitun dan macam-macam lagi.


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