Updated 03/19/09

Nursery Inspection

For more information, e-mail us or call (360) 902-1874.

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
Cindy Cooper, Nursery Inspection Supervisor - (360) 902-2062
Sierra Campbell, Secretary Senior - (360) 902-1874

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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
 

Nursery Inspection Field Offices

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