HES Greenhouse and Nursery License

This winter our company applied for and was granted a Michigan Nursery Growers License, and as of March 2025, we have a small stick-built greenhouse on site.

As I put a plan together for what specialty plants to grow, I am open to suggestions. I do not intend to establish a retail nursery store as that market is saturated, and with exception of rare heritage heirloom plants, I am not creating a food plant production or seedling operation (box stores and farmers markets have that niche covered).

As a native plants fieldhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Scott-Herron botanist I do hope to grow seeds of native trees and shrubs that conservation districts are not selling in bulk. So, do we need conifers from other regions of the United States (North America)? Or are there specialty perennials, annuals, or shrubs and trees that can't be found in standard markets? Those appeal to me?

Are tribal communities looking for plant relatives you struggle to find in the wild, on and off reservation, or don't have collecting agreements for with federal and state agencies. As an ethnobotanist https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-herron-819148130?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm, I do have the resources to research and determine what plants were being used and might be able to provide an organic, culturally sensitive set of propagated plants that could support your community needs. Reach out for collaborations.