Application for Plant Certification License – 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.
For links to applications and fee schedules:
https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/article/ag-licenses-plant-certification
For more information call Bruce Steelman at the UT-Extension Cannon County office at 615-563-2554