An Archeologist who became a famous Rock Musician creates The Eden Project and restores The Lost Gar
- ABC Radio National Presenter Richard Fidler
- Mar 27, 2017
- 1 min read
Listen to this inspiring Podcast on Sir Tim Smit interviewed at Womadelaide by Richard Fidler on Radio National's Conversations, best known for his work in Cornwall, southern England, where he instigated two much-loved projects.
Tim spent most of the 80s writing and producing pop music, and amassing and losing a fortune in the process.
He then moved to Cornwall, where he happened across an abandoned Edwardian estate which had lain untouched since WW1.
Tim and colleagues faithfully restored the Heligan estate's vast grounds and structures to their former glory.
Source: The Eden Project
The Lost Gardens of Heligan are now among England's most-visited public gardens.
Tim's more recent project, completed in 2000, is described by some as the eighth wonder of the world.
The Eden Project is a series of enormous geodesic domes housing tropical and Mediterranean biomes, built in the crater of a former clay pit.
Further information
More on The Lost Gardens of Heligan
More on The Eden Project
Tim was awarded a knighthood in 2011
This interview was recorded at WOMADelaide 2017
Before
Source: The Eden Project
After
Source: The Eden Project
