Good god how sad and what a waste of lovely plant swap meetings. How
utterly short-sighted of the French! What a waste of good plants as well!
How do you stand if you want to give plants to a friend then? How do Plant
societies work?
Janet Tweedy

There is no problem giving plants to friends and neighbours. It seems to be
the custom here to turn up with something and leave with something :-). I
think problems are likely to arise if you start to make a more structured or
organised thing of it. I'm only speculating though as I say, so may be
wrong.

For example it is fine to help a friend with a bit of building work provided
no money exchanges hands. But you cannot organise this and swap work with
strangers. So for example the LETS scheme in the UK where people swap time
e.g. an hour of baby sitting for an hour of gardening etc. Such schemes here
are highly illegal.

David.