Exchange of conservation value plant material between botanic gardens

Do you have surplus plant material you would like to back-up or share with other botanical gardens?

PlantShare facilitates the exchange of living plant material (cuttings, seeds, whole plants, pollen, etc.) between botanic gardens, to facilitate backing up of important collections, share material between institutions, and use valuable material for conservation purposes.

Data contained in PlantShare is provided and managed by bona fide institutions that participate in GardenSearch. BGCI encourages responsible exchange of plant material.

PlantShare features include:

• search and filter facilities such as: scientific name, family, garden, accession details or compliance regulations
• ability to set expiration date per listing
• bulk upload function and checks for data standards and default values
• taxon names checked against references
• message mechanisms between donor and requesting gardens
• the ability to create a request list with more than one person in your organisation

How to use PlantShare

Please use your SheepApp login credentials (you can create an account). If you are not linked to a garden, please follow the link to Connect to a Garden in the tool.

Citing PlantShare

Please cite any use of PlantShare data as:
BGCI. [YEAR]. PlantShare. Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Richmond, U.K. Available at https://plantshare.bgci.org. Accessed on DD/MM/YYYY.

Data User Agreement

Please refer to BGCI Data User Agreement when downloading data from PlantShare.

Resources

Over time we will be adding more instructions and resources to the PlantShare tool.

BGCI Compliance Certification resources: 

Access and Benefit Sharing Compliance Certification:

Biosecurity Compliance Certification:

CITES Compliance Certification:

Acknowledgements

The development of this tool was possible through collaboration from the European Consortium of Botanic Gardens, the African Botanic Garden Network and funded by the Darwin Initiative. And patience and skill from Keith Damiani.