Do I need a plant passport to sell plants?

Plant Passports are required for: 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.

Do I need a license to sell plants online?

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.

What is the purpose of plant passports?

Plant passports ensure that plants and plant products are traced throughout the supply chain and declares compliance with plant health requirements such as freedom from pests, which is essential for maintaining biosecurity.

How much do plant passports cost?

An additional fee of £20.66 will be charged if you submit an application for a plant passport authorisation in paper form rather than online using eDomero. You will not have to pay if APHA authorises you to issue supplier documents only.

What is the law on selling plants in the UK?

You need a licence to sell plants that are listed on: schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act and taken after 30 October 1981. Annex IV b of the EU Habitats Directive and taken after June 1994 - this includes plants known as European protected species ( EPS )

Plant Passports and selling plants online

Can I legally sell plants?

Yes, even if you only sell a couple of plants a year. Yes, even if you sell for charity or not to make a profit. Yes, even if you propagate them yourself.

How do I register to sell plants UK?

What is a plant passport label?

In the UK growers who transport plants or plant products in the EU may need a plant passport. What does this mean? In essence it simply means labelling your plant or plant product with the relevant information required in an legible format.

Can you take plants on a plane to UK?

Plants and plant-based products from outside the EU

If you're bringing plants and plant-based products (like wood) from outside the EU, Switzerland and Liechtenstein you'll need a 'phytosanitary' (plant health) certificate. This includes, for example: all plants for planting. parts of trees used as decoration.

How do you read a plant passport?

Who needs plant passports?

Plant Passports are required for:

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.

What is the need for plant identification?

Accurate identification of a cultivated plant can be very helpful in knowing how it grows (e.g., size shape, texture, etc.) as well as how to care and protect it from pests and diseases.

What is the plant passport e learning module?

This Plant Passporting e-learning module will help professional operators who wish to become authorised, or who are already authorised to issue Plant Passports, to maintain compliance with this system, helping to protect industry and the wider environment from harmful plant pests and diseases.

Can I sell plants from my garden?

If you grow plants in your garden and sell them, you will only be considered to be a professional operator if you do so with a view to making a regular profit (i.e. you regularly sell them with a view to making a profit).

Do you need insurance to sell plants?

Whether you're just selling plants or selling a wide range of home and garden products; property protection is a must.

Can I make money selling plants UK?

Seeds & Seedlings

Put your gardening skills to use to propagate seedlings that you can sell on at car boots and local garages, and of course to friends, family and colleagues. By growing plants in your garden, you could make £600 per month (peaking between the months of February and October).

Can I take plants through customs?

To import regulated plants, a signed phytosanitary certificate must be obtained from the country of origin. This is a statement from the authorities that the consignment has been officially inspected, is legally compliant for import and free from quarantine pests and diseases.

Can you take plants abroad?

Without an export permit you will not be able legally to take the plant material out of the country. When abroad, you will also need to seek permission from the owner of the land where you are collecting the plant material.

Can you fly with plants?

Yes, as long as it adheres to the airline's guidelines. The carry-on baggage is usually 22 x 14 x 9 inches. If the plant is larger than this, you need to get it checked. For larger plants or those that exceed the carry-on size limits, you will need to transport them in your checked baggage.

Can you label a plant?

If it's labelled there's more chance you'll remember it. Plant labels can help monitor the growth of plants if you mark the date it was planted. They can also be useful for recording care instructions right next to the plant, shrub or tree they apply to.

What is EPO passport?

Directorate General of Immigration and Passport (DG I&P) and NADRA jointly started the operations of Executive Passport Office Project on 27th October 2015. The Project aims to better facilitate passport applicants through one-window operations in most convenient environment.

What is a passport barcode?

Most passports have a barcode. This can be scanned to get a digital copy of the visitor's personal information. This barcode must not be damaged. It must also be easy to see and not obscured or covered in any way.

Do you need a Licence to sell flower seeds UK?

You must have a licence from APHA if your business: markets seeds covered by this guidance. packs or re-packs seeds covered by this guidance. processes seeds covered by this guidance, for example cleaning or treating them for someone else to sell.

Can I sell produce from my garden UK?

If you are an occasional seller of produce you don't need a food hygiene certificate, but you must make sure the food is safe. However, the Food Standards Agency says that if you are a business you do need to register – selling at markets and shops may require council registration.

Do I need a license to sell plants in NY?

Anyone selling plants in New York State must be registered with the Division of Plant Industry as either a nursery grower or nursery dealer.