Through artists’ eyesWelcome to the Living Theatre of Plants and People.Come and explore our dependence on plants.

Take the steep, stepped route past the waterfall (great panoramic view) and see the work of these Peruvian shamanic artists, showing the spiritual connection between plants and people. Funded by the British Council, they came over in 2001 to paint in the Biome. Francisco and Panduro sometimes uses psychoactive plant infusions, ayahuasca, to create the visions which are the source for his paintings. It was the first time Montes Shuña had ever painted with acrylics; he usually uses rainforest natural dyes.

R.05 Rainforest Biome top path: Shaman paintings Francisco Montes Shuña and Panduro Baneo

The totems, by West African sculptor El Anatsui, came from charred timbers recycled from a part of Falmouth docks which was destroyed by fire. They started their life as trees in West Africa. The Rainforest Canopy Walkway handrails come from the same source. We bought this Falmouth dock wood from the local Holifield Farm who use the money to support their charitable educational day care project with the disadvantaged. www.holifieldfarmproject.co.uk, www.octobergallery.co.uk/artists/anatsui

R.03: West Africa – Totemic sculpture El Anatsui

Cork trees, unlike others, don’t die when their bark is cut off, so buying cork products supports biodiverse cork oak wood pastures which support many bird species and provide a home for Iberian pigs (high value ham). Heather Jansch travelled to meet the cork farmers, collect cork and hear their stories before making the cork pigs and the cork stork (look up). Heather also made the driftwood horse in the Visitor Centre. She loves her horses as well as sculpture – it shows. www.heatherjansch.com

M.06: Cork pigs and stork Heather Jansch

Rainforest Biome top path: R.05 Shaman paintings

R.03: West Africa – Totemic sculpture

M.13: Grape vines – The Rites of Dionysus

S.02: WEEEman

M.06: Cork pigs and stork

E.09: Tea poems

Watery Windows

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‘The Rites of Dionysus depicts fourteen life-size copper beaten figures: Dionysus, the Greek god of the vines, presides over the writhing forms of his followers – the Maenads. The Dionysian myths are amongst the oldest and most potent stories that link mankind with nature. Not only do they serve as an insight into ancient civilisations, but they also articulate truths of human nature that resonate with veracity to this day – beneath the veneer of everyday society lie dark and powerful forces of unpredictable magnitude… ‘ Tim Shaw, sculptor.

Eden chose to commission Dionysus so he could sit between the wild and cultivated lands, a reminder of the need for balance and of how delicate that balance is. www.timshawsculptor.com

M.13: Grape vines – The Rites of DionysusTim Shaw

Our waste giant is made from all the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (about 3.3 tonnes) one person throws away in a lifetime. Designed by Paul Bonomini, originally commissioned by the Royal Society of Arts. www.bonominidesign.com

S.02 Outdoor Gardens: WEEEmanPaul Bonomini

When Eden started we set up a little group called ‘Scryfa’ comprising Mike Andrews (BBC Film producer), Annamaria Murphy (Cornish writer) and Eden’s in house writers. We scribble and scribe. The tea poems were the result of one of these sessions. Who have you drunk tea with? www.annamariamurphy.com

E.09 Outdoor Gardens: Tea poems

A dark, moonless night, huge black plastic bags, some massive pieces of photographic film, a river in the woods, three volunteers, a sheepdog and artist Susan Derges. We were capturing the water cycle on film, immortalising transient images. Susan used a camera-less technique, by making a photogram (the impression of an object recorded by light directly onto photographically-sensitive paper) to record these fluctuations in the natural world. www.susanderges.com

The Core: Watery Windows Susan Derges

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