Fruit Trees for Step Up

As of July 1, 2025, Step Up for Students is allowing fruit trees in 7 gallon or smaller containers to be reimbursed for your child's educational garden!

If in doubt, head to a nursery with a ruler and have your child measure the pot size. Then take a picture and upload with your submission!

Click the following:

Tree for North Florida

Trees for Central Florida

Trees for South Florida

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Read my blog post on growing a child-friendly fruit tree orchard!

WE VISITED OUR FAVORITE NURSERY

On 8/29, my friend and I visited Dwayne at Growing Together Nursery, 215 N Sparkman Ave, Orange City, 407-702-3126, to pick up an adorable Truly Tiny Banana in a pot for her daughter's garden.

Truly Tiny Banana

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WE OBTAINED A PROPER RECEIPT

We asked Dwayne to provide both a paper receipt and an electronic receipt.

The receipt(s) should clearly show the following:

• the name and address of the business

• the date

• the total

• a description of the item

• the payment method (cash is not adviseable)

  
  

  I asked the nursery to provide a paper receipt to augment the details that the electronic receipt did not provide. We submitted both the paper receipt and the electronic receipt.

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WE SUBMITTED THE RECEIPT

Submit your receipt in the EMA:

Instructional Materials

 ➡️ Elective Supplies

 ➡️ Garden Supplies

Upload the receipt and a photo of your tree, clearly showing that it is in a pot that is 7 gallons or less. Use this wording: "Fruit tree for my child's garden".

(NOTE: This submission took four weeks to be approved and paid.)

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Finally, we returned to Growing Together Nursery 215 N Sparkman Ave, Orange City, 407-702-3126, for more fantastic fruit trees! Check out Dwayne's videos for more information!

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Happy Gardening!

Feel free to contact me here with any questions or concerns!