Tim Smit educate people about environmental matters and encourages a greater understanding and empathy with these matters. Smit raised the needed funds and was the driving force, pulling the team of people together to build what has been described as 'the eighth wonder of the world' ; the site design was by Nicholas Grimshaw. The Eden Project is said to have contributed over £1 billion into the Cornish economy. Smit's book about the creation of the Eden Project, 'Eden', was first published in 2001 and updated on the 10th anniversary of the opening in March 2011. It is the best-selling environment book
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Center that will include an event hall, an educational wing and an attached conservatory. Botanical Garden of the Ozarks The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks is a community-based non profit botanical garden in northeast Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. The 40-acre site is located at the border between Fayetteville and Springdale on Arkansas Highway 265 (Crossover Road). The garden currently consists of 6 acres of display gardens and a newly planted (2012) 20-acre arboretum. The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks was incorporated in 1993 with construction begun in 2004. The first phase of development was to complete the nine "Backyard Gardens."