As of January 1st 2021, the UK plant passport has replaced the EU plant passport. Any professional operator moving or selling plants, cuttings, bulbs and some seeds (list below) and plant products to another professional operator will require authorisation to issue plant passports from APHA.
If you're selling plants through distance contracts (for example, online) directly to customers buying for personal use, a plant passport is still needed. You do not need a plant passport for other retail sales - for example, if you sell plants to customers paying in person.
For outdoor and indoor plants, selling plant cuttings is possibly the most straightforward way to start making money from your plants. Plus, plant cuttings are always in high demand because they're cheaper than buying a plant from a garden center.
All passported plants and plant products when sold to the final user by means of sales through distance contracts (mail order sales, on-line sales, tele-sales etc.). Some high risk plants will require a plant passport to the final user in certain Protected Zones.
Currently, my most profitable side hustle is selling plants online. This I do mainly by selling plants on Etsy. I am based in Europe and have been selling plants to all EU countries, including the UK, during 2020.
Details. You must have a licence to sell any of the animals and plants listed on schedule 5 and schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and on annex II (b) and IV of the EU Habitats Directive.
If you only sell retail, you do not need to register to issue plant passports but you do need to register to become a plant health professional operator (free of charge). If you sell plants over the internet/mail order, or sell to another retailer, you need to issue plant passports with the lowest trade unit.
You may be considered to sell regularly with a view to making a profit if you: a. Have a website or social media account devoted to trading plants or plant products or; b. Have a price list for the plants or plant products you sell or; c. If you advertise plants for sale on a regular basis.
If you buy a plant, it's easy to think that it's yours to propagate. Many times, it is perfectly fine to take cuttings and create baby plants from purchased plants. That being said, you cannot propagate patented plants without the inventor's permission. Violating plant patents is against the law and a form of stealing.
The best part about selling houseplants as a side hustle is that you will never waste the plant! You can sell unrooted cuttings, rooted cuttings, baby plants, or mature plants. If you take cuttings and they don't sell right away, you can pot them and then sell the plant itself.
Cuttings are more difficult to obtain if you do not take them off a mother plant, because you need to know someone who grows a plant successfully. In addition, often less different types of plant varieties are available. The risk of cuttings carrying diseases and insects is present.
A UK Plant Passport (PP) is an official label for the movement of regulated plants and plant products within Great Britain (GB) and between the Crown Dependencies and GB, and where applicable, into and within UK Pest Free Areas (PFAs).
Plants, flowers, seeds, trees, fruits and vegetables prohibited by government or by postage regulations are not allowed. Most plants and seeds can be listed as long as they're allowed in the location the seller is posting to, but there are exceptions, including some seeds and noxious weeds.
If you wish to sell anything from a front garden of a property to customers on the footpath you need a licence; or from a piece of land that is within 7 metres of the public highway and not enclosed, you will need a Street Trading (Private land) licence.
How long does it take to get a phytosanitary certificate UK?
DAERA will aim to provide the phytosanitary certificate within 10 working days of the online application being submitted. If an inspection is not required, the certificate can be collected from the DAERA Direct office nominated on the application, after receiving email notification from DAERA.
Who needs to apply for a phytosanitary certificate?
Most plants and plant material originating from outside of the EU (i.e. third countries) must also have a phytosanitary certificate for importation. Regulated plant material from third countries also requires pre-notification (as with EU goods).
The Allotments Act 1922 has a general prohibition on any "trade or business" being conducted on an allotment. But allotments are allowed to have an allotment shop, which councils tend to regard as fund-raising rather than a business.
I know quite a few people who sell fruit / veg/ flowers at carboot sales. They never had a licence but i think you need to if plan to sell them at a shop.
You must be licensed if your business is involved in marketing seeds covered by the Regulations. These may include: marketing seed. packing, sealing or labelling seed.
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 a person will commit an offence if he sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession or transports for the purposes of sale a live plant which must not be released etc.
