Citizen science
Come and get involved in our scientific research and contribute to our understanding of plants and fungi.
Citizen science, also known as crowd science, is a structured way for volunteers to help scientists collect or explore huge data sets.
The collaboration is a two-way street: scientists can investigate areas that would otherwise take too long or be too expensive, volunteers have the satisfaction of contributing to research and finding out more about a specific area along the way.
If you would like to volunteer to do some citizen science, you can find out more about the individual projects open to the public below.
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Armchair archivists - 19th century letters
Become an armchair archivist and help us transcribe the letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
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Can you decipher handwriting?
Help us digitise our Herbarium and Fungarium collections.
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Smartphone conservation
Help to safeguard rare and threatened plants from extinction with your smartphone or camera.