Mediterranean Biome

Stroll through our balmy Mediterranean Biome, winding past lemon trees, olives trees, vines and perfumed herbs. It's a colourful, sensory journey through the warm temperate regions of the world, taking in the Mediterranean, South Africa and California.

Top 10 things to see in the Mediterranean Biome

1. Drifts of colourful poppies and lupins in our Californian grassland
2. Bacchanalian sculptures revelling in the vineyard
3. A collection of heady natural scents in our perfume vats
4. Giant lemon-like fruits known called citrons
5. A dazzling array of South African proteas
6. A carpet of tulips in the spring
7. Gnarled old cork trees - and even some cork sculptures
8. Huge sprouting aloe veras
9. The mosaic path; we call it Liquid Gold
10. The delicate flowers and scents of South Africa's Fynbos habitat

Highlights from the Mediterranean Biome

Here's some of our favourite things from the Mediterranean Biome

Mediterranean Biome

A colourful, sensory journey through citrus, olives, vines and perfumed herbs

Bulb mania

Around a million bulbs flower in Eden’s annual celebration of spring

A riot of tulips

The Mediterranean Biome is carpeted with bulbs from March

Bell Tower

The balmy temperatures of the Biome bring a taste of Greece

Geraniums

Mediterranean plants love the Biome’s hot, dry summers and frost-free winters

Vineyards

Bacchanalian sculptures revel among the vines

Protea "Pink Ice"

There's a dazzling array of proteas in the Mediterranean Biome

Chillis

The Biome takes you on a tour through Mediterranean cuisine

Drifts of poppies

Colourful summer poppies and lupins in the Californian corner of the Biome

After dark

One of the special arts events we’ve hosted in the Mediterranean Biome

Mediterranean facts and figures

1. A 'Mediterranean climate' means hot, dry summers and frost-free, rainy winters. Winter and spring are the main growing seasons.
2. The Mediterranean shares its climate with 4 other regions around the world; South Africa, South West Australia, Central Chile, and California.
3. Each region is known for its superb fruits, fine wines and good crops.
4. Plants native to these areas thrive on drought and poor thin soils. Their survival techniques include having small, grey, hairy leaves, spiny, evergreen or waxy leaves, and making protective oils.
5. Eden's Mediterranean Biome contains over 1,000 types of plant, and the temperature ranges from 9 degrees centigrade in winter to 25 degrees centigrade in summer.