: Light up Christmas at Eden Project

Club La Costa World visitors to Trenython Manor and Hustyns, the CLC resorts in Cornwall, are in for a fabulous festive season experience for all the family if they head to the Eden Project, one of the county’s premier attractions.

Eden Time of Gifts 2011, Pic SamMorganMoore/Apex/Eden

Eden Time of Gifts 2011 - Picture Credit: SamMorganMoore - Apex/Eden

Eden is pulling out all the stops to make Christmas time memorable with glittering lantern parades, live music, ice skating, festive food and Christmas crafts right through to the end of December.

It’s open for its special Time of Gifts evenings from 6pm every Friday and Saturday from now until Saturday December 17th, and then each night from Tuesday December 27th through to Friday December 30th.

Excited youngsters in the Love Rickshaw - Picture Credit: SamMorganMoore - Apex/Eden

There are special activities in the famous Biomes, all inspired by the season of giving. Love and friendship will be celebrated in the Mediterranean Biome where couples, friends and family have a chance to win a ride through the olive groves on a “love rickshaw”. During their journey they will enjoy the music of acclaimed Cornish-based composer Jim Carey and his Collective, and the voices of the Eden Choir.

Diddy Dave’s Puppet Show and laughter booth will tickle the kids and in the Rainforest Biome there will be magical storytelling and singing from a helium balloon and a candlelit display symbolising hope on the Malaysian pond.

Beautiful giant lanterns made by local artists and St Austell schoolchildren will be carried on the processions and visitors, musicians and singers will come together for the grand finale at 8.45pm.

Picture Credit: SamMorganMoore - Apex/Eden

For visitors between now and December 18th who are still keen to find something that little bit different to decorate their homes, the answer could lie in the Mechanical Theatre, where they can learn how to make seasonal decorations, gift boxes, origami gifts and Christmas stockings in The Hive of Activity, open every Friday and Saturday from 1am to 8pm and Sunday from 11am to 6pm.

And if all this activity works up a hunger then there’s delicious seasonal food on offer in the Eden Bakery and the Mediterranean Biome throughout the Christmas period including the evenings. The winter festival activities are included in the admission price, apart from the ice-skating, and a small charge for back rubs on offer in the Rainforest Biome for those who want to ease their weary muscles.

The Eden Project is very near Trenython Manor and an easy drive from Hustyns.

Visit www.edenproject.com for more information.