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	Real Cornwall :: People & Places :: People :: People Present ::Tim Smit
		Although not a botanist, Tim Smit is best known as the driving force and inspiration behind two extraordinary “gardens” in Cornwall the restored Lost Gardens of Heligan, and the creation of the Eden Project, which supports plants from all over the world, in two giant greenhouses or biomes.
		Tim then moved on to his biggest and most successful project, the Eden Project, which turned a 200 feet deep disused china clay pit into the world's largest greenhouse, or as he describes it, his living theatre of plants.
		Tim Smit maintains that if it is just a tourist attraction then it has failed to live up to its mission "to promote the understanding and practise the responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources, leading towards a sustainable future for all".
	telematics.ex.ac.uk /realcornwall/peopleandplaces/tim_smit.htm (485 words)

	Tim Smit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smit was mainly involved in raising the needed funds; the site design was by Nicholas Grimshaw.
		Tim Smit - A new eden talk at the Royal Society
		Tim Smit: Garden of Wales is a National Treasure
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tim_Smit (253 words)

	The Gordon Poole Entertainment Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tim Smit was born 25th September 1954 in the fishing village of Scheveningen outside The Hague in Holland.
		Tim worked for ten years in the music industry as composer/producer in both rock music and opera, and was involved in 7 platinum and gold discs.
		Tim has attended various speaking engagements as a Guest Speaker including events for the Wellcome Trust, Interbrand Utopian Nights, the PINC conference in Holland and Soroptomist International in Glasgow.
	www.gordonpoole.com /speakers/TimSmitCBE.htm (693 words)

	Clive Conway Celebrity Productions - Tim Smit - Founder of the Eden Project
		Tim Smit CBE was born in 1954 in the fishing village of Scheveningen in Holland.
		Tim is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, near St Austell in Cornwall.
		In 2000 Tim was given the “Outstanding Contribution to Tourism in the UK” Award by the English Tourism Council for his work at the Eden Project and in 2001 his book, Eden, was published by Bantam press.
	www.celebrityproductions.info /displayer_celebrities.php/182/Tim_Smit (187 words)

	Tim Smit of Eden Project
		Tim Smit was born in the Netherlands on 25 September 1954.
		Tim Smit’s book, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, won the Illustrated Book of the Year at the 1997 British Book Awards.
		Tim Smit has subsequently published Heligan: Secrets Lost in Silence (1998) and The Heligan Vegetable Bible, co-written with Philip McMillan Browse (2000).
	www.cornwall-calling.co.uk /famous-cornish-people/smit.htm (420 words)

	Tim Smit: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Tim Smit - Chief Executive Tim Smit was born in Holland on 25 September 1954, and was educated in Britain at Vinehall and Cranbrook Schools.
		In 1987 Tim moved to Cornwall where he met John Nelson and together they ‘discovered' and then restored the Lost Gardens of Heligan, which is the most visited private garden in the UK with 400,000 visitors a year, and was recently voted the Nation's Favourite Garden.
		UCE is delighted to announce that it is conferring the honorary award of Doctor of the University upon Tim Smit CBE, Chief Executive and Co-founder of the Eden Project, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the development of the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/smit_tim_42221997.aspx (930 words)

	Green Giant
		Smit is an archaeologist turned musician turned botanist who is planting the seeds of change at the Eden Project, his awe-inspiring, $120 million facility in Cornwall, England.
		Smit believes that over the next 20 years, in-depth research on plants will result in new materials of unprecedented strength and flexibility, new sources of food and medicine, and new approaches to renewable energy.
		Meanwhile, Smit is hard at work on his next big project: a campus where business leaders, artists, scientists, engineers, and bureaucrats will commit to spending five days a year sharing their knowledge.
	www.fastcompany.com /online/59/greengiant.html (298 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Eden: Books: Tim Smit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Smit regularly repeats the mantra that Eden was only developed thanks to the work of a wide range of individuals from contractors to councils, and not forgetting the plant-men.
		Smit tells the fascinating story of the development of the biome concepts and the plants they chose to grow.
		Having been to one of Tim's talks, I found the book brings across his sheer enthusiasm and energy well and made me eager to try and figure out what his next mission will be.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Eden-Tim-Smit/dp/0593048830 (1621 words)

	The Comfort Zone - 20/7/2002: Heligan and Eden: Lost and Ideal Gardens
		One is a restored Victorian garden, with antecedents in the fifteenth century and possibly as far as back as the fifth century; the other is an entirely new huge experiment in recreating environments from all around the world.
		Tim Smit, who was involved with uncovering and restoring the garden -- a project more than a decade long -- is also concerned to see it as a story of work and production, as an example of dynamic heritage.
		Tim Smit uses his considerable skills as both enthusiast and ex-Rock promoter, to explain his ideas and vision, to describe giant rhododendrons and to sketch hothouses large enough to contain the Tower of London.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/czone/stories/s604096.htm (279 words)

	Tim Smit - Speakers Biography - Celebrity Speakers Limited
		Tim Smit is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, in Cornwall.
		It is most proud that it is changing people's perception of the potential for the application of science and indeed, the public language of science as well as living up to its mission to play a massive part in local regeneration.
		The inspirational founder of the Eden project, Tim Smit is the man some call "The Richard Branson of Cornwall".
	www.speakers.co.uk /csaWeb/speaker,1586 (324 words)

	Amazon.fr : Eden: Livres en anglais: Tim Smit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tim Smit, author of Eden, is obsessed with horticulture (no mere "gardening" for him).
		The Eden Project is, in his own statement: "a vast complex of soap bubble-shaped greenhouses (the largest in the world) which interpret and explain our dependence upon the plant kingdom." Eden the book is his definitive account of the project from its beginnings--an account handsomely and often wittily illustrated (a good gift book).
		Smit is trenchant about his aims: "Why, for God’s sake, put yourself...through years of grief to build a crappy theme park so that some smartass can define it in a sentence?" he asks.
	www.amazon.fr /Eden-Tim-Smit/dp/0552149209 (650 words)

	Plant Talk Profile:Tim Smit
		Immediately, one is less surprised by the sheer scale and ambition of the Eden Project, the ‘larger than life’ new botanic garden in Cornwall in southwest England –; or by the fact that Tim Smit was the driving force in raising the £86 million needed to build it.
		Smit is the first to admit that he is no botanist.
		This may go some way to explaining why the young Smit went on to take a degree in Architecture, and why he and his team selected what is arguably the most striking structure ever seen in a botanic garden: a mammoth geodesic design cleverly recessed into a disused china clay pit.
	www.plant-talk.org /stories/24smtprf.html (764 words)

	A new Eden – Tim Smit
		Tim Smit, Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, Cornwall gave his lecture "A New Eden" on Wednesday 27 October 2004, which is now availble to listen to as on-demand audio.
		It has won more awards than you can shake a stick at, but what it is actually most proud of is that it is changing people's perception of the potential for the application of science as well as living up to its mission to play a massive part in local regeneration.
		In this lecture Tim will talk about how this incredible project came about and his plans for its future as a place where science, technoology and the arts come together in an astounding, entertaining and educational experience.
	www.royalsoc.ac.uk /page.asp?id=3099 (248 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| South West Wales \| Fresh plea to save 'national treasure'
		Tim Smit visited the attraction on Saturday to offer suggestions and show solidarity to save the £43m project from extinction.
		But Mr Smit said that a national institution which aimed to be in place for several hundred years was very different from a theme park.
		Mr Smit stressed it would be unfair to compare the success of the more commercially-based Eden Project with the Welsh garden.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/south_west/3233675.stm (456 words)

	Speakers Corner - Tim Smit
		Born 25 September 1954 in the fishing village of Scheveningen outside The Hague in Holland, Tim was educated in Britain at Vinehall and Cranbrook Schools.
		Tim has received numerous awards and accolades including the “Outstanding Contribution to Tourism in the UK” awarded by the English Tourism Council, the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a Catey Award for Tourism and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Exeter University.
		Tim is a much sought-after keynote speaker and in his free time, he enjoys reading, film and being the occasional ‘roadie’ for his son’s rock band.
	www.speakerscorner.co.uk /speaker/302/timsmit.html (837 words)

	NYTimes.com: VisitBritain
		Far from the tourist track near St. Austell, Cornwall, in southwestern England, which is noted mainly for the towering white cones of waste from its kaolin (china clay) mines, Heligan was all but forgotten by the time Tim Smit happened along.
		Smit, now 50, was born in the Netherlands, studied archaeology in Britain, prospered in rock 'n' roll as a songwriter and promoter and then, in 1987, moved to Cornwall.
		Smit writes in the Heligan Handbook, "but our focus remains on reviving the 'lost' traditions which were associated with working them.
	www.nytimes.com /ads/visitbritain/regionsofbritain_article2_1.html (552 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tim Smit was awarded a Doctorate for his visionary contributions as the guiding force behind the restoration of The Lost Gardens of Heligan and the construction of the Eden Project.
		Tim Smit, along with his partner John Nelson, was responsible for 'discovering' and then restoring The Lost Gardens of Heligan, for which he is currently a Director.
		Tim's book The Lost Gardens of Heligan was Illustrated Book of the Year 1997 at the British Book Awards and headed the Sunday Times Best-sellers' lists for several months.
	www.brad.ac.uk /archsci/depart/tim_smit.htm (320 words)

	Speakers Corner - Speaker Information for Tim Smit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tim Smit CBE is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, near St Austell in Cornwall.
		Tim is also on the Board of the Prince’s Trust Business Division, a member of the Cornwall Gardens Trust, A Patron of The Cornwall Garden Society and a Director of Kneehigh Theatre.
		Tim is a regular speaker at conferences, dinners and other events, In his free time, Tim enjoys reading, film and being the occasional ‘roadie’ for his son’s rock bands.
	www.speakers-corner.co.uk /~speakersc/speakersearch.php?showspeaker=135 (691 words)

	Transworld : Book Details for Eden by Tim Smit
		The Eden Project’s iconic biomes, the world’s largest conservatories, are the symbol of a living theatre of plants and people, of regeneration and of a pioneering forum for the exploration of possible futures.
		Tim Smit and his team working on the restoration of the Lost Gardens of Heligan realized very quickly that plants, even the humble potato, had stories to tell that could fire the imagination.
		Tim Smit is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, near St Austell in Cornwall.
	www.booksattransworld.co.uk /catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=twmain.txt&eqisbndata=0552149209 (363 words)

	BBC - BBC Four Profile - Tim Smit
		With £40 million of lottery money and a will of iron, Tim Smit has spearheaded a campaign to turn a pit into a paradise.
		Eden isn't the first time Smit has dug a hole in the ground and struck gold.
		After two years of restoration, his Lost Gardens of Heligan became the subject of a television documentary and, with 350,000 visitors a year, one of the county's top tourist attractions.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bbcfour/documentaries/profile/tim_smit.shtml (396 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Gerard Le Claire Environmental Trust has been fortunate to secure Tim Smit, Co-Founder and Director of the Eden Project to deliver its inaugural lecture in what will become an annual Island event.
		Tim Smit has an outstanding reputation and is most well known for his work on the remarkable Eden Project (www.edenproject.com), the mission of which is "to promote the understanding and responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources leading to a sustainable future for all."
		Tim has subsequently written two further books, "Secrets Locked in Silence" (1998) and "The Heligan Vegetable Bible" (2000) with Philip McMillan Browse.
	www.gerardleclairetrust.org /press_release_-_tim_smit.html (968 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Lost Gardens Of Heligan: Books: Tim Smit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		by Tim Smit (Author) "It was the silence, the unearthly silence that struck you first..." (more)
		Tim Smit takes you through the feelings they had when they discovered it bit by bit sometimes coming across hidden parts of the garden even falling into one down what was the waterfall in the old rockery.
		Being a visitor to the lost gardens for the last five years, i have seen first hand the fantastic work that Tim Smit and his team have achieved.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Lost-Gardens-Heligan-Tim-Smit/dp/0575067659 (659 words)

	MIAC notebook: Johnnies ready for MIAC meet — SJU Cross Country — CSB/SJU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"It's completely different," said senior Tim Smit, whose team is ranked No. 23 in NCAA Division III heading into Saturday's competition at Como Park in St. Paul.
		The Johnnies come into the meet on a winning note, having claimed the team title at the Fall Freeze Invitational on Oct. 15 in Superior, Wis. Junior Darren Larson finished second overall in a time of 26:38, earning MIAC men's cross country runner of the week honors.
		Smit finished fourth (26:51) and junior Kyle Triggs finished eighth (27:05).
	www.gojohnnies.com /crosscountry/times102705.htm (628 words)

	The Eden Project - Going for gold - Tim Smit presents Duke of Edinburgh Awards
		The ceremony was held to mark the successful attainment of the Gold Award - the highest level of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme - by a group of young people, who have devoted at least two hours of their leisure time each week, over a two year period, to a range of activities.
		These activities must include some form of service to their community, the completion of an expedition, the taking up of a new skill or hobby and the undertaking of a residential project, away from their usual companions, such as conservation work.
		Mr Smit, who was asked by the Duke of Edinburgh’s Presentations Officer, to present the Awards, gave a short congratulatory speech and then had the chance for an informal chat with several of the young people and their families, who have encouraged their sons and daughters through their Award.
	www.edenproject.com /about/1511.html (413 words)

	Tim smit - 25 May 2002 - New Scientist
		Tim smit - 25 May 2002 - New Scientist
		(William Morrow, 1997), a topic bound to fascinate Tim Smit, chief executive of the Eden Project in Cornwall.
		The novel "blew my socks off all over again", he says, as a reminder of how vigilant we need to be not to succumb to the blandishments of the establishment if the price is that we lose our courage to speak out for fear of losing its warm embrace.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=mg17423445.200 (188 words)

	Amazon.com: The Lost Gardens of Heligan: Books: Tim Smit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Smit is at his best when he describes the eerie atmosphere of the overgrown gardens under their canopy of self-seeded trees.
		Ghosts haunted the gardens, spreading a creepy air, and Smit relates how he had to call in a vicar to exorcise them.
		Smit's account lags, though, in the many paragraphs devoted to the nitty gritty of dealing with camera crews, staffing the ticket booth and applying for various grants.
	www.amazon.com /Lost-Gardens-Heligan-Tim-Smit/dp/0575064226 (1369 words)

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