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CONTACT ERIC

Contact Eric Bergeson, with a lifelong nursery background, for gardening advice and consultations via email or phone.

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

For fifteen years, Eric wrote a weekly column for 22 area newspapers.

Eric has published eight books. His fourth book, Pirates on the Prairie, was named a “Minnesota historic and cultural treasure” by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Eric hosted cable television’s Little Garden on the Prairie for its inaugural season’s thirteen episodes. Re-runs continued for several years.

During his years owning the nursery, Eric spoke to hundreds of groups about gardening.

In 2014, Eric sold the nursery to his brother Joe and wife Kae. He continues to speak and write, and publishing Successful Gardening on the Northern Prairie in 2017 and Let’s Grow on the Northern Prairie in 2020.

Eric and his partner Lance Thorn split their time between Fertile, MN and Tucson, AZ.