- Gross annual purchases of Finished Nursery Stock refer to the total dollar amount spent during a calendar year on Finished Nursery Stock intended for resale within that same year. An exact dollar amount is required and may be subject to audit. Applications with this field left blank will not be accepted.
- Do not include the cost of freight or any nursery stock purchased for growing purposes.
- We no longer request gross annual sales.
- Total reported growing acres will be rounded to the nearest whole acre. If you grow on less than half an acre, it will be rounded down to zero acres. In this case, your fee will include the $50 base certificate fee and the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee, with no additional acreage fee.
- There are 43,560 square feet in one acre. To calculate your growing acres, divide your total growing square footage by 43,560. For example, if your total growing area is 21,780 square feet, you would have 0.5 growing acres.
- Total reported growing acres will be rounded to the nearest whole acre. If you grow on less than half an acre, it will be rounded down to zero acres. In this case, your fee will include the $50 base certificate fee and the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee, with no additional acreage fee.
- There are 43,560 square feet in one acre. To calculate your growing acres, divide your total growing square footage by 43,560. For example, if your total growing area is 21,780 square feet, you would have 0.5 growing acres.
- Total reported acres will be rounded to the nearest acre. If you grow on less than half an acre, it will be rounded down to zero acres and your fee will include the $50 base certificate fee and the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee with no additional acreage fee.
- There are 43,560 square feet in one acre. To calculate your growing acres, divide your total growing square footage by 43,560. For example: If your total growing area is 21,780 square feet, you would have 0.5 growing acres.
- Total reported acres will be rounded to the nearest acre. If you grow on less than half an acre, it will be rounded down to zero acres and your fee will include the $50 base certificate fee and the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee with no additional acreage fee.
- There are 43,560 square feet in one acre. To calculate your growing acres, divide your total growing square footage by 43,560. For example: If your total growing area is 21,780 square feet, you would have 0.5 growing acres.
If you only purchase finished nursery stock, you would owe a base certificate fee per sales location and an additional fee based on how much you spent purchasing finished stock for 2024. Finished nursery stock is plant material you order or pick up from a greenhouse, nursery, or garden center that is typically containerized (or ball and burlap) at a sellable size and you sell it or install it as is.
For example, if you are a landscaper with one sales location and you spent $15,000 buying nursery stock to sell in 2024, your 2025 renewal fee would include the $50 base certificate fee and $100 nursery stock purchases fee. Your total fee would equal $150.
If you only purchase finished nursery stock, you would owe a base certificate fee per sales location and an additional fee based on how much you spent purchasing finished stock for 2024. Finished nursery stock is plant material you order or pick up from a greenhouse, nursery, or garden center that is typically containerized (or ball and burlap) at a sellable size and you sell it or install it as is.
For example, if you are a landscaper with one sales location and you spent $15,000 buying nursery stock to sell in 2024, your 2025 renewal fee would include the $50 base certificate fee and $100 nursery stock purchases fee. Your total fee would equal $150.
- Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) are not considered municipalities, please select "Broker" as your type of business in your application.
- If you only purchase finished nursery stock, you will owe a base certificate fee per sales location and an additional fee based on how much you spent purchasing Finished Nursery Stock for the current calendar year. Finished nursery stock is plant material you order or pick up from a greenhouse, nursery, or garden center that is typically containerized (or ball and burlap) at a sellable size and you sell it as is. If you purchase bare root stock and sell it as bare root stock it is considered finished nursery stock.
- For example, if you have one sales location and you spent $15,000 buying nursery stock to sell, your renewal fee would include the $50 base certificate fee and $100 nursery stock purchases fee. Your total fee would equal $150.
