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# Eden Project gardeners wassail in Eden's orchard
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## Every autumn, our gardeners hold a ceremony to scare off evil spirits and
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protect the Eden Project's orchard.
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![Eden Project's gardeners ward away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest][1]
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Eden Project's gardeners ward away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest
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![The team toast bread on the fire][2]
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The team toast bread on the fire, before steeping it in cider and hanging it
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on tree branches
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![Cider from the orchard is used in the wassailing ceremony][3]
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Cider from the orchard is used in the wassailing ceremony
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4:33PM GMT 09 Feb 2011
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Today our gardeners are up to important business in the Eden orchard;
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wassailing, to ward away evil spirits from the apple trees and ensure a good
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harvest this autumn.
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Every year on 17 January, the ancient rite sees the team toasting bread on a
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bonfire, steeping it in cider and hanging it on the bare branches of a tree.
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After this offering to the good spirits, the team sings a traditional
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wassailing song around the tree and then makes a lot of noise to scare away
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the bad ones (farmers used to fire guns but here we use party poppers).
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The trees could certainly do with some extra protection this year as we've had
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a few visits from the rabbits recently, who adore the bark.
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We've planted the Eden orchard, on the perimeter of the site, with as many
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Cornish and South West apple varieties as we could, including the
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fantastically named Pendragon, Cornish Aromatic and Captain Broad - many of
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which went into today's spiced cider. Hic…
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## [Eden Project][9]
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* ### [Sponsored »][10]
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* ### [Gardening »][11]
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Share:
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* [Tweet][8]
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* ![Eden Project][12]
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[Eden Project Videos »][13]
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### [Ant Plant at the Eden Project][14]
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[![Ant Plant at the Eden Project][15] ][14]
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These have swollen bases that contain tunnels in which ants live. In return,
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the ants protect the plant from grazers and pests, but this also chases
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pollinators away, forcing the plant to self pollinate.
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### [Stone Pine at the Eden Project][16]
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[![Stone Pine (Pinus pinea)][17] ][16]
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Tap a cone of the Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) and a huge cloud of pollen is
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released. You can find the plant in the Eden Project's Mediterranean Biome.
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### [The Sensitive Plant at Eden][18]
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[![The Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica)][19] ][18]
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The Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) folds up its leaves when touched. You can
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find the plant in Eden's Rainforest Biome.
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### [Bear Grylls visits the Eden Project][20]
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[![][21] ][20]
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Survival expert Bear Grylls drops in on the Rainforest Biome at the Eden
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Project.
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### [Extreme gardening][22]
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[![Extreme gardening][23] ][22]
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The Rainforest Biome is the biggest greenhouse in the world; watch one of our
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gardeners climb up to the roof for a spot of extreme gardening.
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### [Ideas to create a Cornish garden][24]
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### [Cocoa plants explored][25]
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Eden Project Diary
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[![The Eden Project's strelitzias look stunning throughout April.][26] ][27]
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### [Current plant highlights at Eden][27]
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Tulips, the Jade Vine, and the Bird of Paradise - from the familiar to the
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bizarre, it's all at Eden this spring.
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[![Giant lemons are growing at Eden Project][28] ][29]
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### [Giant 'lemons' growing in Med Biome][29]
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An excellent crop of giant citrus fruits have been growing in Eden's
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Mediterranean Biome this year.
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[![Eden Project's gardeners ward away evil spirits to ensure a good
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harvest][30] ][31]
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### [Wassailing in the orchard][31]
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Every autumn, our gardeners hold a ceremony to scare off evil spirits and
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protect Eden's orchard.
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[1]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01822/eden1_1822167c.jpg
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[2]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01822/fire_1822169c.jpg
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[3]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01822/cider_1822207c.jpg
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[4]: #
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[5]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/4590190/Share-this-article-
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[8]: http://twitter.com/share?via=Telegraph
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[9]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/gardening/eden-project/
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[10]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/
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[11]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/gardening/
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[12]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01823/logo_1823800a.jpg
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[13]: http://www.youtube.com/user/edenprojecttv
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[14]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8541718/Ant-Plant-Eden-Project-
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video.html
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[15]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01907/Ant-
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Plant_1907087e.jpg
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[16]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8541473/Stone-Pine-Eden-
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Project.html
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[17]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01906/stone-
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pine_1906846e.jpg
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[18]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8540906/Sensitive-Plant-Eden-
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Project.html
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[19]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01906/Sensitive-
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Plant_1906656e.jpg
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[20]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8314287/Eden-Project-video-Bear-
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Grylls-visits-the-Rainforest-Lookout.html
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[21]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01823/bear-
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grylls_1823148e.jpg
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[22]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8314309/Eden-Project-video-Extreme-
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gardening-in-the-Rainforest-Biome.html
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[23]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01823/extreme-
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gardening_1823177g.jpg
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[24]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8314322/Eden-Project-video-Ideas-
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to-create-a-Cornish-garden.html
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[25]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8314314/Eden-Project-video-Cocoa-
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plants-explored.html
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[26]:
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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01873/highsum_1873904g.jpg
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[27]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8454320/Current-plant-highlights-
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at-Eden.html
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[28]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01821/giant-
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lemon_1821868g.jpg
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[29]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8313206/Eden-Projects-
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Mediterranean-Biome-grows-giant-lemons.html
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[30]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01822/eden1_1822167g.jpg
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[31]: /sponsored/gardening/eden-project/8313981/Eden-Project-gardeners-
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