Commercial and Environmental Horticulture
The Commercial Horticulture program provides research-based information to professionals in the Green Industry. Whether you're a landscape company, pest control business, government grounds worker, nursery worker, or property manager, our educated staff can help!
Classes are provided on safe and earth-friendly use of pesticides and fertilizers, choosing and caring for plants, and ways to save water and protect water quality. We offer classes to obtain the CEUs necessary for license renewals, as well as exam prep classes for individuals who will be seeking their licenses.
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Pesticide Renewal Information
Forms/Items needed:
- CEU Form (must be signed)
- Insurance Certificate (must have a personal name in the big box at the bottom of the form)
- Renewal Letter
- Payment
Scan the CEU form(s) and Insurance Certificate into the same computer that you will be using to do the renewal.
With all your information prepared, go to https://aeslicensing.fdacs.gov/ and follow the prompts to upload forms and pay the renewal fee.
- Online CEU and Exam Prep Classes
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Taking the Online Pesticide Exam
You must schedule your exam from:
Everblue – Online Remote or In-Person
Licensing Information and Study Materials may be found at the UF/IFAS bookstore
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GI-BMP
A GI-BMP training certificate is required by Florida law for fertilizer applicators to get their Limited Fertilizer Applicator Certification (LF license), and is useful for all lawn-care, landscape, and pest control workers, landscape designers, government staff, property managers, and others.
The Green Industries Best Management Practices (GI-BMP) training teaches science-based, environmentally safe landscaping practices that help conserve and protect Florida's water.
A passing score (75%) is needed to get a Training Certificate. In-person and Zoom classes offer CEUs for FDACS pesticide and fertilizer licenses.
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Worker Protection Standards
Visit this link https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/PI294
it is a series of short summaries on WPS topics, within which are links or directions to additional resources where further details on the summarized content can be found. Topics include what the WPS is, who has responsibilities under this code, what those responsibilities are, and how to find information to comply with those responsibilities. From the following information, you should be able to first determine if you have legal responsibilities under the WPS. Next, the document should help clarify under which category you and your employees fall. This will ultimately help you determine the responsibilities and related requirements to be met for WPS compliance by referring to the “How to Comply With the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides” manual (HTC). This manual was developed by the Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (http://www.pesticideresources.org/wps/htc/htcmanual.pdf).
UF/IFAS offers extensive resources to help agricultural employers and extension agents stay compliant, including the Ask IFAS - WPS Topic Center and UF/IFAS Extension Pesticide Information Office for training.
- Associations & Opportunities
Margaret Stewart Commercial & Environmental Horticulture (850) 689-5850 margaret.stewart@ufl.edu
LINKS:
- Ask IFAS
- UF/IFAS EDIS Publications
- Choosing the right pesticide license
- UF/IFAS Subscription Management System
- Fertilizer Ordinances
- International Society of Arboriculture
- Florida Irrigation Society
- UF/IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants
- FISC List of Invasive Plant Species
- FAWN - Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Friendly Plant Guide
- UF/IFAS Mobile APPS
- FFL Butterfly Gardens App
- FFL Bee Gardens App
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