You can track your gross nursery stock purchases by tallying your annual nursery stock purchase receipts. You can also ask your suppliers for an invoice of all your nursery stock purchases each fall.
Do not include tax, shipping, or handling in your total.
- Each of your retail locations will be assigned a unique certificate number and will have its own renewal form.
- If submitting multiple applications online, each submission currently requires an individual payment.
- Each of your retail locations will be assigned a unique certificate number and will have its own renewal form.
- If submitting multiple applications online, each submission currently requires an individual payment.
I used to get a Nursery Stock Dealer Certificate. I only bought and resold Finished Nursery Stock. What is my fee?
If you only sold Finished Nursery Stock, you would owe:
- A $50 base certificate fee per sales location, and
- An additional fee based on how much you spent purchasing Finished Nursery Stock in 2025
For example, if you are a landscaper or garden center with one sales location and you spent $15,000 buying Finished Nursery Stock to resell as-is in 2025, your 2026 renewal fee would include the $50 base certificate fee and $100 nursery stock purchases fee. Including the $5 surcharge, your total fee would equal $155.
| Category | Payment |
|---|---|
| Base Certification Fee (1 sales location =$50) | $50.00 |
| Nursery Stock Grow Fee (1 acre at $10) + $100 | $0.00 |
| Purchase of Finished Nursery Stock for Resale | $100.00 |
| MDA Processing surcharge (MS 17.033) | $5.00 |
| Late fee (after 12/31/25) | $0.00 |
| Total Certificate fee | $155.00 |
I used to get a Nursery Stock Dealer Certificate. I only bought and resold Finished Nursery Stock. What is my fee?
If you only sold Finished Nursery Stock, you would owe:
- A $50 base certificate fee per sales location, and
- An additional fee based on how much you spent purchasing Finished Nursery Stock in 2025
For example, if you are a landscaper or garden center with one sales location and you spent $15,000 buying Finished Nursery Stock to resell as-is in 2025, your 2026 renewal fee would include the $50 base certificate fee and $100 nursery stock purchases fee. Including the $5 surcharge, your total fee would equal $155.
| Category | Payment |
|---|---|
| Base Certification Fee (1 sales location =$50) | $50.00 |
| Nursery Stock Grow Fee (1 acre at $10) + $100 | $0.00 |
| Purchase of Finished Nursery Stock for Resale | $100.00 |
| MDA Processing surcharge (MS 17.033) | $5.00 |
| Late fee (after 12/31/25) | $0.00 |
| Total Certificate fee | $155.00 |
If your business grew all the nursery stock it sold, you would owe a base certificate fee, a nursery stock grower inspection fee, and a fee per acre you grew on up to 200 acres. Growing nursery stock involves purchasing seed or small plants and producing nursery stock in pots or in the ground by actively increasing their size or quantity. For example, if you were a 20-acre tree farm that grew what you sold, your renewal fee would include the $50 base fee, the $100 nursery stock inspection fee, and the $10 per acre growing fee. In this case you would pay $10 for each of your acres, adding up to $200. Your total fee would equal $350.
If your business grew all the nursery stock it sold, you would owe a base certificate fee, a nursery stock grower inspection fee, and a fee per acre you grew on up to 200 acres. Growing nursery stock involves purchasing seed or small plants and producing nursery stock in pots or in the ground by actively increasing their size or quantity. For example, if you were a 20-acre tree farm that grew what you sold, your renewal fee would include the $50 base fee, the $100 nursery stock inspection fee, and the $10 per acre growing fee. In this case you would pay $10 for each of your acres, adding up to $200. Your total fee would equal $350.
If you grew nursery stock and resold finished nursery stock purchased from others, you would owe a base certificate fee, a nursery stock purchase fee, a nursery stock grower inspection fee, and a fee per acre you grew on up to 200 acres. For example, if you bought $5,000 of finished nursery stock from others to resell, and owned two acres of greenhouse space where you also grew nursery stock you sold, your renewal fee would include the $50 base certificate fee, the $50 nursery stock purchases fee (based on the table above), the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee, and the $10 per acre growing fee. In this case you would pay $10 for each of your two acres, adding up to $20. Your total renewal fee would equal $220.
If you grew nursery stock and resold finished nursery stock purchased from others, you would owe a base certificate fee, a nursery stock purchase fee, a nursery stock grower inspection fee, and a fee per acre you grew on up to 200 acres. For example, if you bought $5,000 of finished nursery stock from others to resell, and owned two acres of greenhouse space where you also grew nursery stock you sold, your renewal fee would include the $50 base certificate fee, the $50 nursery stock purchases fee (based on the table above), the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee, and the $10 per acre growing fee. In this case you would pay $10 for each of your two acres, adding up to $20. Your total renewal fee would equal $220.
- 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.
