These news are fantastic! The seed exchanges from SRGC and AGS are something that really lightens up the dark days in October and November when the lists show up. I hope there will be a possibility to stick to the US tradition to send seeds more frequently than just once a year. There have been so many fresh growing seeds that dried out while waiting to be sent out (even if some nowadays comes damp packed). Best wishes from northern Sweden/ Åke -----Original Message----- From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Robin Hansen via pbs Sent: den 28 juli 2020 01:26 To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Cc: Robin Hansen <robin@hansennursery.com>; Youngs Aberdeen <youngs.aberdeen@btinternet.com> Subject: [pbs] Attention European Union country Members New Bulb and Seed exchange scheme for EU-countries To all EURO Pacific Bulb Society Members: We would like to announce the start of a new Bulb and Seed exchange for countries of the European Union. (EU) As for those of you living in the European Union, requests from the BX/SX had to be restricted to seeds only and even that with more and more foreseeable difficulty. As bulbs could not be ordered at all, the board of directors of the Pacific Bulb Society has taken your frustration into account and decided to set up a European Branch of the Seed and Bulb Exchange. Only fully paid members of the Pacific Bulb Society can participate. If you are not sure about your membership status you can contact the membership secretary Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net or the treasurer Arnold Trachtenberg Arnold140@verizon.net. Maybe the new EU Bulb Exchange is an incentive for you to join the society? We very much apologize towards our non EU members. This new scheme can only be accessed by members with a postal address within the European Union (and the United Kingdom for this year). We are very sorry not to be able to post outside the EU (and UK) for legal reasons. For those of you not sure whether you can order seeds or bulbs from the U.S.A. or the EU, or if you have not ordered before, please contact Luminita Vollmer, Exchange Director at luminita.vollmer@gmail.com . The language of our society is English. But If you do not feel confident in communicating in English, you can contact Uli Urban, our new EU Board member, in German, French (and basic Spanish and Portuguese) johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de There will be two distributions per year of seed as well as bulbs, one in autumn for winter and spring growing bulbs and one in spring for summer growing bulbs. The first one is scheduled for September. All the necessary details will be announced in due course. So.. please think of the many fellow bulb enthusiasts when you dig up bulbs or when you harvest seeds. As the EU covers very different climates and many members will have a greenhouse: all bulb and seed material is welcome. The success or failure of this new scheme depends on your participation. Your contacts will be Johannes Ulrich Urban (Uli) johannes-ulrich-urban@t-online.de and Martin Bohnert (Garak) garak@code-garak.de . They will be announcing all future EURO seed and bulb exchanges. PLEASE NOTE: The Scottish Rock Garden Club will not hold its seed exchange for the 2020-2021 year. Please see their website at http://www.srgc.net/site/ . No word yet about the Alpine Garden Society's exchange. The Cyclamen Society makes no mention of their seed exchange as to whether it will be held. Please check with them at https://www.cyclamen.org/seeds/ if you have any questions, but so far I've not heard that it has been cancelled. My suggestion would be to check the societies that you belong to if you have not heard whether they will hold their usual seed exchanges. Regards, Robin Hansen President, Pacific Bulb Society robin@hansennursery.com _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… --- När du skickar e-post till SLU så innebär detta att SLU behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur detta går till, klicka här <https://slu.se/om-slu/kontakta-slu/…> E-mailing SLU will result in SLU processing your personal data. For more information on how this is done, click here <https://slu.se/en/about-slu/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…