Plant Certification Forms

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This replaces individual applications for individual categories:

Greenhouse License – is required for each location where a person uses a greenhouse to grow or propagate nursery stock or annual plants for sale or distribution on a commercial basis.
Nursery License –is required for each location where a person grows or propagates nursery stock or annual plants for sale or distribution on a commercial basis.
Plant Dealer License – is required for each location where a person who is not the original grower of nursery stock or annual plants, sells, offers for sale, distributes, or holds the plants for distribution on a commercial basis.
Florist License- is required for each location where a person otherwise subject to licensure as a plant dealer is engaged in business as a florist.
Landscaper License – is required for any person engaged in business as a landscaper.
Wild Plant Collector License – is required to collect, sell, or raise native wild plants for sale in Tennessee.
Sweet Potato License– is required to sell certified sweet potato plants and slips in Tennessee.
Turfgrass License – is required to produce certified turfgrass sod for sale in Tennessee. Non-certified sod requires a Nursery Certificate.
Phytosanitary Certificate - To certify pest-free status for sale or transport of plants (or plant parts) as required by other states or countries. Contact your Plant Inspector for application and requirements.