Eric Bergeson has been involved in the nursery business all of his life. He owned Bergeson Nursery, a business started by his grandfather Melvin in 1936, for seventeen years. He has spoken to hundreds of groups about gardening, and was host of cable television’s Little Garden on the Prairie.

Eric Bergeson was raised on the grounds of Bergeson Nursery, a business his grandfather Melvin started in 1936. 

He attended Fertile-Beltrami public schools, and graduated with bachelor’s and a master’s degrees in history from the University of North Dakota. 

Eric purchased Bergeson Nursery from his parents Paul and Glenda Bergeson in 1997.