Overview
Norma's Produce & Greenhouses is a Glen Carbon family produce stand and seasonal greenhouse operating since roughly 1985, four decades of continuous family operation in the same village. The stand opens in mid-April and pairs fresh produce with a working plant offering through the spring and summer window.
What makes Norma's Produce & Greenhouses special?
A combined produce-and-plant identity backed by on-site growing, homegrown tomatoes and asparagus alongside vegetable starts, gives the stand a different shape than a pure roadside produce stop.
- The plant offering covers vegetable starts (two-packs and larger tomato plants), geranium hanging baskets, and other annual bedding flowers across the spring planting window.
- The produce side runs both homegrown items, tomatoes, asparagus, and other on-site crops, and a parallel inventory brought in by area growers, with sweet corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, and other summer staples appearing in season.
- Annual seasonal cycles keep regulars on a reliable calendar, the stand operates as a community fixture each year from April opening through the fall produce window.
What fellow gardeners are saying
- Repeat customers describe the homegrown tomatoes as a real differentiator, clean-flavored and unmatched by grocery alternatives.
- Spring visitors return specifically for the geranium hanging baskets and vegetable starts at the values the stand prices them at.