New pictures reveal how Eden Project Morecambe's seafront gardens will look
New images show how outdoor gardens at the Eden Project in Morecambe could look.
Artists’ impressions show how the Bring Me Sunshine Garden could look at the front of the Eden Project on Morecambe’s promenade, along with a sheltered garden classroom and the main entrance area.
Construction of the garden is due to start with a ground-breaking ceremony next week on June 24.
Once finished, the garden is due to open in spring 2027 while the full Eden site is due to open in winter 2028.
Eden Project Morecambe grabbed national attention at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, when the coastal-inspired Bring Me Sunshine Garden received two accolades.
The garden was designed by Harry Holding and Alex Michaelis and made with youngsters from Morecambe.
It received an RHS Silver-Gilt medal and the Environmental Innovation Award.
Thousands of plants from the Chelsea show have been transported to Morecambe.
It will form part of a bigger, 1.5-acre community garden, due to open next spring.
The garden will have materials reflecting Morecambe Bay’s heritage and a solar‑powered, shell‑shaped canopy with local limestone.
It will shelter an outdoor classroom for horticulture, crafts and digital learning.
The new design for Eden Project Morecambe features two main shell-inspired domes and coastal gardens – rather than four domes as originally planned.
The design had to be reduced because of rising costs and other factors. But Eden bosses insist it will still ‘wow’ visitors and help to regenerate Morecambe.
Groundwork at the Morecambe site will begin with the new 1.5‑acre, free-to-enter Bring Me Sunshine Garden.
A ground-breaking ceremony for the garden is planned for next Wednesday, June 24, along with the latest Eden Project community conversation event at the Morecambe Winter Gardens venue at 4.30pm.
Guests will hear from the project team and the main contractor, VINCI Building.
Andy Jasper, Eden’s chief executive, said: “We will host a very special event on June 24. The breaking ground ceremony will bring together dignitaries, funders, core stakeholders and the local community on the site to mark the moment before work officially begins.
“It will be like the ‘clay pit moment’ before construction started at Eden Project Cornwall, which we reflect on a lot. The people who stood there on the cusp of transformation in Cornwall were part of something very special. And we want to give people in Morecambe that same sense of being part of something important that they can reflect on in years to come. History in the making.”