It sounds like what you are saying is my acquaintance could buy seeds from the seed exchange but not participate in the bulb exchange. To be clear, she is not growing bulbs for sale. She is just really into growing bulbs in her home garden. On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM Diane <voltaire@islandnet.com> wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > Seeds are OK to Canada - no permits or inspections like there are for > sending seeds into the U.S. > > Bulbs need to be inspected and given a phyto. This is expensive, and > might not be possible since the bulbs have been donated and come from all > over. > > I have imported bulbs, but only from one source at a time. > > Diane Whitehead > Victoria. B.C. Canada > > > On Mar 29, 2026, at 2:27 PM, Kathy Purdy via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > Bridget, what are the conditions for shipping to Canada? I am acquainted > > with someone from British Columbia who has a fabulous collection of > bulbs. > > She didn't know of the PBS but sounded interested. I didn't see any point > > in urging her to join if she couldn't take advantage of the bulb > exchange, > > so thought I would check with you before encouraging her further.--Kathy > > > > -- Kathy Purdy 2018 Winner of *two* Garden Writers Association Silver Awards of Achievement for Blog Writing and Newsletter Article http://www.coldclimategardening.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…