Nursery Inspection Program

The Nursery Inspection program provides regulatory inspection of licensed retail [PDF 435 KB] and wholesale [PDF 99 KB] 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 [PDF 331 KB]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 [PDF 313 KB]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 [PDF 359 KB]for nursery businesses and offers assistance to new nursery businesses in meeting regulatory requirements. To perform an interactive search of the Department of Revenue's business license database click here [External link] or go to, http://bls.dor.wa.gov/LicenseSearch/ [External link].

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, Plant 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, Plant Inspection Supervisor
jwraspir@agr.wa.gov

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
Ephrata	Mount Vernon
PO Box 638 Ephrata, WA 98823 Phone: (509) 201-6205 Fax: (509) 201-3248 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
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 snesbitt@agr.wa.gov Sara Nesbitt, Plant Services Specialist
Tacoma	Seattle
3049 S. 36th St, Suite 210 Tacoma, WA 98409 Fax: (253) 471-4428 swelch@agr.wa.gov Sue Welch, Plant Services Specialist Phone: (253) 471-4426 gallen@agr.wa.gov Gabriel Allen, Plant Services Specialist Phone: (253) 471-4427 fcurtin@agr.wa.gov Frank Curtin, 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

Inspection Field Offices

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