![Rainforest leaves being watered in the Rainforet Biome at the Eden Project](/sites/default/files/styles/192_55_media_xx_large/public/2021-05/rainforest-plants-eden.jpg?h=7266d1f1&itok=FXkbWFHu)
Our mission: plants and nature
Plants are our lifeblood. They provide us with food, fuels, medicines, materials, the very air we breathe and colour the fabric of our lives. Plants and nature provide the world’s life support system: fresh air, clean water, fertile soil, nutritious food, a stable climate and health and wellbeing.
That's why the Eden Project celebrates plants and the natural world, reconnects people with them and works to regenerate damaged landscapes.
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“ At Eden there was a big story to be told: of the plants that changed the world and of our total dependence on, and connection to, the natural environment. ”
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Dig deeper into our work
![Wildflowers](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_medium/public/2021-05/wildflowers_0.jpg?h=ef78ec42&itok=yxK7xFqI 340w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_large/public/2021-05/wildflowers_0.jpg?h=ef78ec42&itok=XwEiYD4h 550w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_extra_large/public/2021-05/wildflowers_0.jpg?h=ef78ec42&itok=dVqG4vzQ 825w)
Restoring habitats
We’re home to the National Wildflower Centre, working to reverse ecological decline and bring wildflowers back into the UK’s living culture.
![Young boy with a herd of cows in the desert](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_medium/public/2021-06/chad-boy.jpg?h=ac6f203f&itok=KXs3xkJ4 340w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_large/public/2021-06/chad-boy.jpg?h=ac6f203f&itok=dZHkvNbS 550w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_extra_large/public/2021-06/chad-boy.jpg?h=ac6f203f&itok=7MgQ9U-K 825w)
Ecological restoration
In Chad, north-central Africa, we're demonstrating how ecological restoration can create social and economic resilience.
![Community member with Eden gardener planting together](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_medium/public/2021-05/horticulture-therapy.jpg?h=0775493e&itok=UwAB6kWH 340w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_large/public/2021-05/horticulture-therapy.jpg?h=0775493e&itok=vyznaPT8 550w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_extra_large/public/2021-05/horticulture-therapy.jpg?h=0775493e&itok=3EyKv9CR 825w)
Nature for wellbeing
We make use of our site to support people with a range of conditions, from mental ill health to diabetes, through social prescribing.
![Toddler and grandparent looking at leaves close up](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_medium/public/2021-06/grandparents-play-cornwall.jpg?h=dd642a1e&itok=r7DI4yDq 340w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_large/public/2021-06/grandparents-play-cornwall.jpg?h=dd642a1e&itok=OyhplLeB 550w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_extra_large/public/2021-06/grandparents-play-cornwall.jpg?h=dd642a1e&itok=pRt_tmE8 825w)
Reconnecting kids
Our activities for under-5s aim to reconnect a generation of children with nature and to create enquiring minds.
![Hands holding a tablet up in the Rainforest and viewing an augmented reality overlay on the screen](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_medium/public/2021-07/eden-universe-ar-rainforest.jpg?h=faf5302d&itok=ZxFSxhr3 340w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_large/public/2021-07/eden-universe-ar-rainforest.jpg?h=faf5302d&itok=dwvrjJDd 550w, /sites/default/files/styles/1_1_media_extra_large/public/2021-07/eden-universe-ar-rainforest.jpg?h=faf5302d&itok=0cSzSBli 825w)
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