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OK to order from Farmer Gracy for March delivery?

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I suspect everyone is going to lose business next year.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    Yes I don't think it will be a walk in the park. But then you don't get countries enacting economic sanctions on themselves every day. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • sarinkasarinka Posts: 270
    I followed @Dovefromabove's suggestion about emailing them, and they sent back a prompt and courteous reply, saying,

    "Thank you for getting in touch. We plan to continue shipping to the UK as usual after Brexit. We hold the phytosanitary certificates required to ship to the UK and all of our bulb packs will include a UK plant passport which should mean that bulbs can enter the UK swiftly."

    I am going to risk a smallish order and will report back in Feb/March, Inshallah.
  • taralmtaralm Posts: 1
    I took a chance and ordered from farmer gracy and the bulbs arrived within 10 days! I was pleasantly surprised as I had anticipated I may have to wait much longer or that they may even cancel the order. They certainly seem to have everything in place to be able to deliver quickly and efficiently to the UK post Brexit 
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    Yes, alas, it’s the smaller nurseries that are taking the hit. I’ve had sad communications from several EU plantspeople I’ve ordered from over the years. The costs are prohibitive, in both directions. Am having to rethink my French garden to get round the unavailability of many varieties and specialist plants. Some of them are hopeful that eventually there may be some arrangement, but for now, nothing. And UK nurseries can’t export either.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    I ordered some polianthes and chasmanthe bulbs from FG not long ago - they arrived within 10 days and look fine.  Farmer Gracy certainly seem to have their act together! But I do feel sorry for smaller businesses.  I have a friend who handmakes sheepskin slippers.  Even before Brexit the uncertainty affected his business with cancelled orders from France - his biggest market.  He's talking about packing it all in and retiring so we lose his craftsmanship too.  Also our farmers here in East Anglia are suffering - with daffodils left in the fields unpicked because they cannot get the migrant workers anymore and the brits don't fancy leaving their homes and families to live in caravans on site for little money!
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    Based on the size of the rising tulips from a multitude of pots, I'll likely be using them again.

    Properly fat bulbs, bigger than anywhere else I've shopped. When it comes to annual tulips, go big or don't bother I think.
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