- Individuals do not need a nursery certificate if they sell less than $1,000 of nursery stock per year, all stock sold is intended for planting in Minnesota, all of the stock was grown in Minnesota by the seller, and stock is sold on 10 or fewer days per year.
- Starting in 2025 non-profits and municipalities producing stock for planting on public property will be required to have a certificate but there will be no fee associated.
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.
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 each store will have its own renewal form.
Each of your retail locations will be assigned a unique certificate number and each store will have its own renewal form.
If you only sold 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 includes stock that was purchased with intent to sell as is. For example, if you are a landscaper or garden center 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 sold 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 includes stock that was purchased with intent to sell as is. For example, if you are a landscaper or garden center 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 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.
