Nursery Inspection Program

The Nursery Inspection program provides regulatory inspection of licensed retail and wholesale nurseries to ensure that consumers and the nursery industry are provided healthy, pest-free and disease-free plant materials. Inspectors enforce quarantines to prevent pest introduction at more than 6,000 licensed nurseries in Washington.

Washington's notification rule requires any nursery receiving tree and shrub nursery stock from outside the state to notify WSDA within 48 hours of receipt. WSDA has created a prohibited plant list to make sure plants that are known to be invasive and detrimental to the state's natural resources are not sold in our state.

The Nursery Inspection program also enforces licensing requirements for nursery businesses and offers assistance to new nursery businesses in meeting regulatory requirements. To perform an interactive search of the Department of Licensing's business license database click here or go to, https://fortress.wa.gov/dol/dolprod/bpdLicenseQuery/.

Olympia Office

1111 Washington St.
PO Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560
Phone: (360) 902-1874
Fax: (360) 902-2094
Nursery@agr.wa.gov

Tom Wessels, Plant Services Program Manager - (360) 902-1984
twessels@agr.wa.gov
Cindy Cooper, Nursery Inspection Supervisor - (360) 902-2062
ccooper@agr.wa.gov
Lara Massey, Secretary Senior - (360) 902-1874
lmassey@agr.wa.gov

Mount Vernon Office

117 N. First, Ste. 38
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
Phone: (360) 416-7551
Fax: (360) 416-7552

John Wraspir, Nursery Inspection Supervisor
jwraspir@agr.wa.gov

Nursery Inspection Field Offices

Bellingham	Chehalis
1000 N. Forest St., Ste. 202 Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: (360) 676-6739 Fax: (360) 738-2458 koakley@agr.wa.gov Kay Oakley, Plant Services Specialist	351 NW North St. Chehalis, WA 98532-1900 Phone: (360) 740-1213 Fax: (206) 203-1505 sbrooks@agr.wa.gov Scott Brooks, Plant Services Specialist
Ellensburg	Mount Vernon
607 E. Mountain View Ave. Ellensburg, WA 98926 Phone: (509) 933-1898 Fax: (509) 933-1908 bmatheson@agr.wa.gov Benita Matheson, Plant Services Specialist	117 N. First, Ste. 39 Mt. Vernon, WA 98273 Phone: (360) 428-1663 Fax: (360) 428-1061 gwhitwer@agr.wa.gov Gary Whitwer, Plant Services Specialist
Olympia	Pasco
1111 Washington St. SE PO Box 42560 Olympia, WA 98504-2560 Phone: (360) 586-3116 Fax: (360) 586-3117 tgilbert@agr.wa.gov Tobin Gilbert, Plant Services Specialist	1120 N. Oregon Ave. Pasco, WA 99301 Phone: (509) 728-2032 Fax: (509) 545-2498 rblack@agr.wa.gov Rocco Black, Plant Services Specialist
Tacoma	Seattle
3049 S. 36th St, Suite 210 Tacoma, WA 98401 Fax: (253) 471-4428 swelch@agr.wa.gov Sue Welch, Plant Services Specialist Phone: (253) 471-4426 estansbury@agr.wa.gov Ed Stansbury, Plant Services Specialist Phone: (253) 471-4427 nchambers@agr.wa.gov Nathan Chambers, Plant Services Specialist Phone: (253) 471-4425	801 SW 150th St., Ste. 108 Seattle, WA 98166 Phone: (206) 439-3722 Fax: (206) 439-3724 cbaumgardner@agr.wa.gov Cyndi Baumgardner, Plant Services Specialist
Spokane
North 222 Havana #101 Spokane, WA 99202 Phone: (509) 477-4796 Fax: (509) 477-4698 lstrauss@agr.wa.gov Levi Strauss, Plant Services Specialist

Nursery Inspection

Olympia Office

Mount Vernon Office

Nursery Inspection Field Offices

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