AFNN welcomes your commitment to preservation, restoration and sustainable use of Florida’s native plants and natural environment. Membership benefits include listing in our widely respected and very popular print publications and website, the opportunity to advertise at discounted rates, bulk quantities of AFNN publications, promotion at trade shows, and networking with like-minded professionals. Learn more about what AFNN does for our members at About Us page.

Membership categories and associated dues shown below. Click to apply online. You can join and be listed in more than one category.

Two-step application process: (1) Provide us with your information. (2) Upon approval, we will invoice for payment. Membership is effective with payment.

PLEASE REVIEW our Criteria for Nursery Membership and Code of Ethics on this page (or download PDF). AFNN reserves the right to refuse membership from any firm we believe to be in violation.

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES & FEES

WHOLESALE GROWERS, NURSERIES, BROKERS – Submit Application
Listed in Native Plant & Service Directory and on website.
LEVEL 1: Start-up/part-time nursery with less than $20,000 total annual plant sales.
Dues $200. Includes 30 plant listings, voting privileges.
LEVEL 2: Over $20,000 total annual plant sales.
Dues $350. Includes 60 plant listings, voting privileges.
ADD RETAIL to existing wholesale membership. Dues: $100 additional.

RETAIL NURSERIES, GARDEN CENTERS – Submit Application
Listed in the Guide for Real Florida Gardeners and on website.
Dues $200. Includes 30 plant listings on website, voting privileges.

ASSOCIATES – Submit Application
(Consultants, landscape architects, designers, and contractors, suppliers of nursery products and services, allied professional services.)
Dues $150. Includes business listing and promotion of service category in printed publication of your choice and on website.

NONPROFIT ALLIES – Submit Application
(Public agencies or institutions, municipalities, universities, conservation, education or scientific organizations; native plant societies, garden clubs.)
Dues $100. Includes organizational listing in printed publication of your choice and on website.

AFNN CRITERIA FOR NURSERY MEMBERSHIP

• A copy of your Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDACS) Division of Plant Industry (DPI) Registration must be on file with AFNN and the registration number submitted annually on membership application.
• If you will list/sell native aquatic plants, please attach a copy of your current Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Wetland permit and submit number annually with membership application.
• If federal or state endangered, threatened or commercially exploited plants are sold and listed on your AFNN plant list, all required permits must be available on request by AFNN as well as FDACS DPI and/or other authorized agencies.

Membership applications and renewals are reviewed and approved by AFNN. You will receive official notice of acceptance or denial by mail or email.

All AFNN members are encouraged to participate in meetings and to provide input to the Board of Directors to guide the direction of our association. For questions or additional information, please call us at (321) 917-1960.

AFNN CODE OF ETHICS

• A member shall conduct business in an honest, ethical, and professional manner.
• A member shall abide by and shall adhere to fair trade and business practices within the native plant industry.
• A member shall not make false, misleading, or deceptive claims regarding professional qualifications, experience, or goods and services offered.
• A member shall abide by all local, state, and federal laws and regulations pertaining to the propagation and collection of plants and/or plant parts.
• A member shall obtain and maintain all necessary/required licenses, permits, and certifications.
• A member shall exert every effort toward the preservation and protection of our natural resources.
• A member shall strive to educate the public regarding both the benefits of using native plants in landscaping and the benefits of purchasing native plants through a licensed plant nursery.
• Violation of any part of this code is grounds for removal from membership in this Association.

SALE OF INVASIVE EXOTIC [NON-NATIVE] PEST PLANTS
AFNN includes the latest Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC) lists of invasive exotic pest plants in every issue of the Native Plant & Service Directory. These plants threaten public health, our economy, and our natural environment. Millions of taxpayer dollars are spent every year to eradicate invasive plant species.

AFNN specifically requests that members do not sell any plants which appear on the FLEPPC Category 1 list. Furthermore, we strongly encourage members to phase out and not sell plants which appear on the FLEPPC Category II list.

More information on pest plants and their negative impact on natural communities can be found online at www.fleppc.org and in the excellent handbook by Ken Langeland and Kathy Burks [deceased], Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas, available through UF/IFAS at http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/646 or toll free 800-226-1764. The first edition can be downloaded for free online at http://www.fleppc.org/ID_book.htm