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Project aims and objectives

• The Postcode Plants Database was originally developed by the Adit team in conjunction with Flora-for-Fauna of the Natural History Museum



• Simply by typing in the first three or four characters of their postcodes, householders, schools, garden centres and councils would obtain tailor-made lists of local plants



• This would enable users to decide which plants they should grow in their garden



• In addition, users would be able to identify which plants are hospitable to wildlife

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Software Development

• Data came from two sources:
  
  
  • Existing data from the Natural History Museum which is referenced by 10km squares
  
  
  
  • The postcode centroid table, sourced from the Royal Mail
  
  
• The Adit team cross-referenced these two data sources, and designed a user-friendly interface to allow easy searching for 'garden-worthiness' for any post code entered



• In addition, information screens were created for users to find out about encouraging insects in their garden, according to the plants selected

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More information on the Postcode Plants Database

The Postcode Plants Database has since undergone further development and is now available on the Flora-for-Fauna website