April updates

Connor Evers
Apr 24
3 min read

Hello friends,

April always arrives with a kind of gentle insistence. April 24th is Arbor day- a day to plant, care for, and promote tree planting and environmental stewardship. We’re holding off on announcing an opening date while we continue to receive shipments and navigate weather changes. Weather events across the country are causing some shipment delays. We will announce our opening date and hours on our website and social media when finalized.

The prairie doesn’t rush, but it doesn’t hesitate either — it simply begins again. A little green at the base of last year’s stems. A shift in the light. The first warm day that smells like soil instead of snow. Here at Norm’s, we feel that same stirring. The greenhouses are filling, the nursery beds are loosening, and our team is moving through the familiar early‑season rituals that mark the true beginning of spring.

After a winter of planning and tending behind the scenes, it feels good to step back into the rhythm of growing.

Colin & Connor Evers

Norm’s Greenhouse & Nursery Team

Vegetable Transplants- April progress

You can find a list below of the 2026 vegetable transplants we will have available once opening. There may be some updates and changes, but this is a preliminary start to the season.

Garden Design & Installation by Norm's

Our design and installation team is gearing up for the season.

If you’re dreaming of a new garden, a native planting, or a refresh of an existing space, April is the perfect time to start the conversation. Early planning means better plant availability and a smoother installation window.

If you’d like to begin a conversation, reach out to Connor at (605) 204-6039 or connor@normsgreenhouseandnursery.com.

Inside the greenhouses

Soon- you can step inside the greenhouses and you’ll feel warmth, color, and that unmistakable scent of new growth. Benches are filling fast with:

Seed-grown vegetable transplants
Custom hanging baskets and patio pots
Native perennials
Annuals, succulents, and tropicals
Early-season herbs and cool-weather crops

This is our 55th growing season — three generations of planting, tending, and learning — and somehow the sight of a greenhouse waking up never loses its magic.

Nursery update: native perennials we're excited about

We’ve begun the slow, careful process of un‑winterizing our nursery stock.Trees, shrubs, and perennials are still nestled into their protective mulch beds, but as the nights soften, we’ve begun lifting, spacing, and waking them up.

It’s a tender time — watching buds swell, checking for winter injury, giving each plant the space and air it needs to stretch. Every April, we’re reminded that plants know exactly what to do if we simply give them the right conditions. If you planted a tree or shrub last year, you might need to consider an early season watering.

Our native plant benches continue to expand, and April is when the signs of life begin. A few favorites we’re watching closely:

October Skies aster

Mid-size, great for the middle of the landscape border or in naturalized areas
Soil tolerant, resilient plant with the height to put on a show
Late fall season flowers

**Prairie onion (*Allium stellatum)***

Drought tolerant
Unique flower structure
Mid layer to groundcover plant- layers well with groundcover layers to shade root zone and encourage upright form

What you can do in your garden this month

Cut back last year’s perennial growth (but leave a little habitat until temps stay consistently warm).
Begin edging and shaping beds.
Top-dress with compost to feed the soil before planting.
Start cool-season crops outdoors: lettuce, spinach, radishes, peas.
Watch for early pollinators — they’re hungry and grateful for any bloom.