Eden Project and Sensory Trust

The Eden Project and the Sensory Trust are working together to make Eden more accessible in the widest sense. This includes helping visitors with Learning difficulties understand what they are looking at.

We have started to work with them to make each new exhibit more informative, The coffee exhibit shows the process from the plant itself, through picking, shipping to retail and drinking, in words, symbols and braille.

The Sensory Trust, is working in many environments to increase opportunities for everyone to enjoy the natural world. People get tremendous pleasure from nature in all kinds of ways. The Trust is using many techniques, including symbols, to make greenspace more accessible.

The symbol support in Eden aids visitors with learning difficulties, and those who do not read English.

There are three ways in which symbols are being used:
- Directing indicators and emergency information
- To indicate the key concepts in a display
- To give more extensive information to help visitors understand the issues.