Ekstrom Nursery History

The Ekstrom family settled on a 20-acre parcel in the early 1900’s. Carl’s Dad and his boys cleared the land and began to farm. Carl was the farmer in the family and took over the family farm, as his Dad grew older. The farm was the typical depression era farm, growing produce and raising animals.

Carl had a vision for the future and in the late 1950’s he could see that nursery stock had a great deal of potential for future crops. In the late 1960’s he phased out of produce crops and went entirely into nursery. Carl loved to farm. He had no idea that his hard work and good business practices would someday grow into what is now Ekstrom Nursery. Carl built the nursery on trust, respect, honesty, service and long-term relationships.

Don Ekstrom retired from teaching in 1984 joining the family nursery. Our family has deep roots in farming with Don’s Swedish grandfather clearing this very piece of land. In the late 80’s Carl decided to step back from the day-to-day management and became the self proclaimed “errand boy”, while maintaining a watchful eye and helpful counsel to the nursery. Don along with his son Scott have the privilege of carrying the legacy of Ekstrom nursery to the 4th generation. Don Ekstrom has been propagating nursery stock for over 30 years. Three years ago, Scott Ekstrom developed our container yard. We are happy to know the heritage of working together on the farm will be enjoyed by another generation.

The nursery has grown to over 300 acres of specialty plants produced for garden centers, wholesale distributors, growers and landscapers. We are now enjoying a third generation of family members working with the nursery. Don and Scott are thrilled to be following the footsteps of a long heritage. We feel blessed to keep working together in a family owned business and pray for God’s continued blessing on our nursery.