Welcome to the Great Sunflower Project!
We are delighted to have you join us and hope that you will become part of our community of gardeners, beekeepers, birders, teachers, families, and naturalists who provide thousands of pollinator records each year. Your records are invaluable data on the state of our pollinators and are helping to build one of the best datasets on plants and pollinators.
The most useful way to contribute is to focus on a particular site or set of sites. Each time you visit your yard, favorite park, school garden, community garden, or wild area, you can do a pollinator count on any of the plants in that space. Over time, your observations become a record of the health of your local pollinator community.
You can also evaluate the habitat around you and take practical steps to make it better for pollinators. Look at the flowers, nesting places, water, shelter, and pesticide risks in your yard, schoolyard, park, or community garden, then use the Great Pollinator Habitat Challenge to guide improvements through the season.
🌻 Over 100,000 members strong
The Great Sunflower Project depends on donations to maintain the website, support volunteers, improve our data tools, and keep this long-running community science project available to gardeners, teachers, families, and naturalists.
If this project has helped you learn about pollinators, teach others, improve your garden, or contribute to conservation, please consider making a gift today.
As a thank-you for everything you do for pollinators, we have created Bee Identification Cards just for you. Download them here after logging in and bring them into your garden this season.
The Great Sunflower Project
Plant a Lemon Queen sunflower and help us track the effects of pesticides on pollinators. This is our flagship program and one of the most powerful things you can do for pollinator science.
Pollinator Friendly Plants & Places
Which plants attract the most pollinators, and where do they thrive? Submit a count from your yard or a favorite green space and help us find out.
The Great Pollinator Habitat Challenge
Learn to evaluate and improve your outdoor space for pollinators. Small changes in your garden, schoolyard, park, or community space can make a real difference.
New to the project?
- Register here
- Watch our introductory video
- Read the Quick Start Guide
- Data sheets are available under Downloads
Good to know
- Pollinator gallery — learn to identify the different types of pollinators you may see
- Products containing neonicotinoid pesticides to avoid in your garden
- Visit the forums if you have questions
Ready to get started? Join or log in to begin recording counts. If you are already part of the Great Sunflower Project, please consider supporting the work with a donation.
Thank you for being part of this. It matters.
