The Eden project which seems to have the goal of bringing the world to Cornwall has expanded again, this time bringing around 800 plants from Chile in South America.
This new exhibition of fauna and flora will include over 60 varieties of plants from the county, some of which Brits will be familiar with already such as the monkey puzzle tree and fuchsia, along with some less well known varieties.
Why plants from Chile? According to Jamie McCormick, Eden Project horticulturist, the region where these plants are native is some of the most important and endangered for biodiversity in the world.
The Eden project is hoping to highlight the problems within the Valdivian Forest area of Chile which is one of the largest regions of undisturbed temperate forest in the world.
For more information, see the Eden Project, which as it happens is also 10 years old this year.
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