GardenWorks

Our company began as Art Knapp Plantland in 1984 when J. Derek Riley, Rod Senft, and John Zaplatynsky purchased the original store on Lougheed Highway in Burnaby from Bill VanderZalm. Over the next few years the company grew from one store to 7 stores by acquiring existing garden centers and new start-up sites, within 7 years became the largest group of stores within the Art Knapp organization.