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-==== General information on our exchanges ====
-Bulbs and seeds from the summer exchanges are sent out in early September,
-and can be planted and started into growth in a timely fashion.
-Seeds from the autumn "ephemeral" exchanges are sent out in late November,
-to be sown immediately.
-Jon Evans, who does all the work, says
-"//This Exchange is now a key part of our activities,
-so we are hoping for many of you
-to provide your spare bulb or seed material for the benefit of other members!
-... I am hoping that many of you will have had more time to spend in your garden collecting seeds,
-and will have a chance to get the summer repotting done nice and early.
-Please note that although we call it an exchange,
-if you don't yourself have material to offer,
-you will still be able to request seeds or bulbs from the list in exchange for
-a suitable donation to cover at least the cost of postage and packing.
-The page on [[payments:]] provides some information on ways to pay.//"
-==== Overseas Members ====
-I would like to clarify our policy regarding sending items to overseas members.
-We are only able to send material to overseas members in ways complying with their government's regulations
-(i.e. no mis-labelling of contents etc),
-and only when conforming with those regulations is neither too onerous, nor expensive
-(e.g. we cannot issue phytosanitary certificates etc).
-We expect the relevant member to be able to guide us in following their government's requirements.
-Although we'll do our best to comply with the regulations where possible,
-we cannot be held responsible for any bulbs or seeds which are confiscated.
-All **donations from all overseas members** must now, sadly, be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate.
-We recognise that this makes it difficult or impossible for these members to donate to the exchange.
-This requirement applies to EU members from 1st January 2022,
-so EU members can unfortunately no longer donate material.
-Also, because the UK is no longer part of the EU,
-any packages sent to EU members would need to be accompanied by a Phytosanitary certificate.
-These are now also required for material sent to Australia.
-This would be a difficult and expensive administrative burden,
-and we regret that as a result **we are unable to send bulbs or seeds to EU or Australian members at this time**.
-We are still able to send seeds to some countries outside Europe,
-provided that the members receiving them are conversant with their own regulations.
-Although UK gardening societies are lobbying the UK government
-to change the regulations to facilitate international seed exchange,
-the import requirements set by the EU are outside the control of the UK government,
-and are unlikely to be affected by any changes.
-There is more information about our Exchanges at [[exchange:]] and the lists circulated in previous exchanges can be read at [[exchange:lists:]].

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