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WORLD'S LARGEST GREENHOUSES TAKING SHAPE IN CORNWA

The Eden Project, a massive greenhouse construction undertaking being completed in an old china clay pit outside St. Austell, England, will be partially open to the public May 22. Intended in part as a tourist draw for an economically depressed part of England, this project will eventually house plants from all over the world and will serve as a base for botanical research. From above, the greenhouses look like insect eyes, with 728 hexagonal windows made of a transparent, foil-like substance that is lighter than glass. The scaffolding utilized in the steel frames' construction has already gained two entries in the Guiness Book of World Records. Click on the link above to get a whiff of what Cornwall's inhabitants aspire to become: a new version of the Garden of Eden.

Sat, 20 May 2000 07:41:17 -0700

Submitted by: William L. Smith