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Layout and Design Considerations for a Wholesale Container Nursery

Christine Russo, , Shawn Steed, and
Other Contacts: Jeb Fields


Release Date: 6/22/2023

Reviewed At: 6/8/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ep034-2023

Agriculture

Abstract

The purpose of this publication is to provide nursery professionals considering expansions or those aspiring to start a nursery business with a framework for planning and implementing efficient nursery layouts. Written by Christine E. Russo, Thomas H. Yeager, Dewayne L. Ingram, and Shawn T. Steed, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture, revised June 2023.

About this Publication

This document is CIR558, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 1985. Reviewed October 2003 and February 2010. Revised June 2023. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Russo, C., Yeager, T. H., Ingram, D. L., & Steed, S. (2023). Layout and Design Considerations for a Wholesale Container Nursery. EDIS, 2023(3). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep034-2023

Authors

Christine Russo
Christine Russo
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent I, commercial horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County

Dwayne L. Ingram
Dwayne L. Ingram

professor, Department of Horticulture, UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Lexington, KY

Shawn Steed
Shawn Steed
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent IV, M.S., environmental horticulture/ornamental, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County

Thomas H. Yeager
Thomas H. Yeager

professor emeritus, nursery production, Department of Environmental Horticulture

Contacts

Jeb Fields
Jeb Fields
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, nursery crops, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Publication #CIR558

Peer Reviewed
Commercial