Follow the progress of our teams from around the world as we collect our sunflower data
Please note: Measure locations have been anonymised and point to the centre of a postcode area, not exact locations.
We had an overwhelming response to the 2012 call to grow sunflowers with nearly 12,000 pledged!
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Read the Sunflower Diaries from 2012's bloom custodians
Pledges from all around the globe on our growers map
Take a look at our lovely blooms in the growers' gallery
Read all about the growers stories in our blog
Get some top tips from the experts on how to care for your sunflowers whilst they’re growing
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Turing's Sunflower growers' pictures make on display as part of Edinburgh Science Festival's Patterns of Nature exhibition.
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See our interactive map of Turing Sunflower growers around the world...
Do your sunflowers match up with Turing's theories?
Learn how to count the spirals on your sunflowers with our easy guides and videos
Log your sunflowers ready for collection, counting and photographing
Find a counting and collection drop-in event near you
Delve into our interactive harvest map
Register it here and get the local community round for a count-off
We’ll be analysing your data from September 2012 with the full results being announced as part of Manchester Science Festival 2012 in October.
Hopefully your sunflowers are all grown up and ready to harvest, so check out our guides to when and how to count, and start sending us your data!
Read the background story to the Turing’s Sunflowers project and explre the strange links between maths and nature...
Growing tips, Meet thegrowers
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Find out why we are celebrating the life of Alan Turing, who’s behind the project and why sunflowers are so important.
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