The Eden Project ’s initiative to lend wrapping of color to the metropolis of Dundee with its 14 hectares of Modern wildflower habitat kick off on Saturday ( March 26 , 2022 ) as the first seeds of the ambitious projection were sow . The site for the initial sowing is at Seabraes , located near the scientific discipline center and close to a mi from the former Dundee Gasworks on East Dock Street , the offer website for the Eden Project ’s habitation in Dundee .
On Saturday people from across the local biotic community gathered at the site to participate in the significant milestone event . Among those in attendance were local council member , students from the University of Dundee and congresswoman from Bonnie Dundee , West End Community Council , St Paul ’s Cathedral Eco Group and the University of Dundee Botanic Garden .
Upon arriver , each individual was greet with their own bag of wildflower seeds , which they were then able to sow on to an area of the site , take into account everyone to follow together and be part of the transformation process . representative from The Big Lunch were in attendance , ahead of the upcoming Big Jubilee Lunch , and the community were also treated to subsist music from local vocaliser ballad maker Nicola Madill , whose seventies - inspired tracks flux a mixture of folk , blues and Americana with some easterly influence .
The planting programme is part of Eden ’s commitment to the city ahead of the planned 2025 initiative of the Eden Project site in Dundee . The kickstart of the undertaking at Seabraes has been support by NatureScot , a nature agency with 30 years ’ experience advise the Scottish Government , promoting , care for and improving Scotland ’s nature and landscapes .
Seabraes is the first of several sites across Dundee city where Eden ’s National Wildflower Centre will be sowing wildflower and each site will look unlike , featuring its own unique mix of wildflowers from the centre which have been orient to the habitat and substrate on which they are sown .
The mixing integrate different species to suit a plurality of dissimilar pollinator as well as provide colour for the whole growing season . Eden has worked intimately with local specialists Scotia Seeds to assure local wildflower species and seed are present within all mixes .
For the Seabraes site , species of seed being sown let in Cornfield yearbook that will create a blaze of colour this summertime time of year include blues , Edward Douglas White Jr. and yellowness .
Also included are wild flower perennials such as inglorious knapweed , Red campion , Cow Petroselinum crispum , Meadow butter-flower , Yarrow and Selfheal . These will become establish during the first year and will bring full vividness in the second class and further years to come . The mix of unlike colours , heights , physique and smell will attract many different pollinator to the site and will make the most of the free draining detritus on which they are embed .
Flax is also featured in the mix to showcase its local implication to Dundee due to the urban center ’s history in linen production . Its tall stem and bright blue flowers will be on show this summer .
In improver , a further seven sites have been identified by Dundee City Council that will be developed and keep up through the Nature Restoration Fund . Eden will brook the evolution of these website with training and narrative building .
These meadows will be at Magdalen Green and Dawson Park , Lochee and Myrekirk Parks , Claypotts Pond , Caird Park and Claverhouse Industrial Estate . Further funding for the project , which will ab initio take place over two yr , is being provide by the Alexander Moncur Trust , a grant making Polemonium van-bruntiae based in Dundee celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2022 .
To achieve its ambitions , the project will see Eden working alongside several collaborator include Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc , Scots Enterprise , the University of Dundee , University of Dundee Botanic Garden , James Hutton Institution and Dundee City Council .
Together , the wildflower web site will support Dundee City Council ’s biodiversity scheme to raise all habitat and to render the Colorado - benefits of both climate variety adaptation and extenuation . They will also provide accessible spaces with opportunities for diversion , social fundamental interaction , outdoor play and learning and space to unwind and relax .
The sites will also act as a hub to scat creative and artistic creation - based activities and deliver opportunities for families , young people and others to enlist in cultural events .
sooner this month , Eden and its partners - Dundee City Council , The Northwood Charitable Trust and the University of Dundee - agreed a funding package that will pay for the next stages of work on Eden Project Dundee .
The £ 7.6 thousand injection into the projection will fund detailed intent and exploitation and complete the body of work required for a planning lotion . This is effectively everything call for to get the undertaking ready for grammatical construction .
This work follow the completion of the Eden Project Dundee pollination study and master architectural plan , which set up the economic , societal and environmental case for the project and started exploring pattern and content .
