Nursery Program
An Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) license is required by anyone operating as a grower or dealer of nursery stock in Oregon.
Exceptions include the following:
- Businesses whose total sales do not exceed $250 per fiscal year
- Landscaping businesses or brokers that do not grow or store live plant material for more than one year
Nursery stock
Nursery stock includes all botanically classified plants or any part:
- Floral stock
- Herbaceous plants
- Bulbs
- Corms
- Roots
- Scions
- Grafts
- Cuttings
- Fruit pits
- Seeds of fruits
- Forest and ornamental trees and shrubs
- Berry plants
- Trees, shrubs, vines, and plants collected in the wild that are grown or kept for propagation or sale
Nursery stock does not include the following:
- Field and forage crops
- Seeds of grasses
- Cereal grains
- Vegetable crops and flowers
- Bulbs and tubers of vegetable crops
- Vegetable or fruit used for food or feed
- Cut flowers (unless stems or other portions thereof are intended for propagation)
- Importation of plant material
Apply for a Nursery License
- Print the nursery license application
- Send completed application with appropriate fees to ODA
- Use the nursery license calculator to determine appropriate nursery license fees
- License is not prorated and expires June 30 of each year
Temporary Nursery License
A temporary nursery license is required for a non-profit (501-C3) organization to hold a seven (7) day sale.
Christmas Tree Program
An ODA Christmas tree license is required for growers of Christmas trees with acreage of one acre or more.
Apply for a Christmas Tree License
- Print the Christmas tree license application
- Send completed application with appropriate fees to ODA
- Use the Christmas tree license calculator to determine appropriate Christmas tree license fees
- License is not prorated and expires June 30 of each year.