Our
first visit to the Eden Project eight years ago was an absolute delight, so we
were all keen to go back, especially my mum who is a keen gardener. It also meant we would be out of the rain and
cold and for some parts of the Project, in the heat.
The
Eden Project consists of a number of areas: a tropical dome, a Mediterranean
dome, children event and play area, an outdoor area and large area of shops and
canteens .
Both
the tropical and Mediterranean biodomes were as interesting and enjoyable as we
remembered them (I will write about those individually), but the thing that really stood out was the accessibility of
the site. There were free buses from the
parking area to the domes with the kindest most helpful bus driver you could
ask for. There were covered walkways to
get us out if the rain. But more than
that there was an attitude and feel that the place cared about accessibility
and had gone out of their way to make it as accessible to wheelchair users,
those with other disabilities and families with small children as possible.
One
of the things I really like is the art that you can see everywhere, I remember
quite a few of these displays from our last visit:
We
spent most of the time on the domes, but once we were done the children spent
some time playing the games in the children’s are and trying to win small
prizes for completing as many as they could. The boys had fun running around
this maze:
We
don’t tend to eat out and take picnics because we don’t know what vegetarian or
halal options will be available, but the small café in the children’s area
confirmed that the chips were not made with any meat product. I can’t tell you how over the moon the kids
were. Hubby and I shared the deserts.
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