The Seed Exchange is now live and we are accepting orders.  If you have had payment problems over the last couple of days, please see below

We are sorry there has been a payment problem on the site which is now resolved.

If you have made an order in the last day or two but have not been able to pay, please go back to your order and click on Order Completed, then Submit Order. You will then be taken to the payment page. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. 

If you have not yet started your order, you can do this now.

 Seed ordering will begin on the 13th November, watch this page for links and updates.

To order seed, please log in, then click the link below.

The Seed Exchange relies on the help of many volunteers to donate, sort, pack and pick seed orders. The seed exchange is organised into three sections, each with a separate manager who organises the volunteers in that section.

If you think you can help in any way, please get in touch with Diane Clement  diane.clement@agsgroups.org

or click on one of the links below for more information.

1. Seed Donation

Alpine Garden Society members collect and donate seed from their own gardens and from the wild. Members donate in varying quantities from a few packets up to over a hundred packets.

Although alpine seed is our main focus, our members donate seed of herbaceous plants, bulbous plants, grasses, trees and shrubs, also fern spores, and also small bulbs, corms and tubers.  This makes our seed list particularly diverse and appealing to a wide range of growers.

2. Seed Checking & Packing

Our Seed Reception Team check the seed donations for quality and accuracy. This ensures botanical names are up to date and as far as we can, the seed is true to name.

The seeds are then sorted and packed by volunteer packers into glassine envelopes.

3. Seed Distribution

The seed list will go live on our website on 13th November 2023.  Members who can’t use a computer can request a printed seed list.

Members can browse the list and place a seed order, ideally through our online system. Because some seed is in short supply and in great demand, we ask members to make 1st and 2nd choices so we can make up their order if we run out of certain seed.

Seed Donors are thanked by being given priority ordering and extra packets of seed in their order.

We charge a minimal amount for placing seed orders. This is only possible due to the support of the large number of dedicated volunteers who make it possible to run a seed exchange.

We are proud of our seed exchange and grateful to the many volunteers who get involved every year.