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((Short description|Former amusement park in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada))
((For|the Disney attraction|Fantasy Gardens (Disney attraction)))

((More citations needed|date=February 2009))

((Infobox amusement park
| name            = Fantasy Gardens
| image           = [[File:Fantasygardens-pano.jpg|250px]]
| caption         = A panorama of Fantasy Gardens.
| location        = 
| location2       = Richmond, British Columbia
| location3       = 
| coordinates     = ((coord|49|08|07|N|123|5|25|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark|display=title,inline))
| theme           = 
| owner           = [[Bill Vander Zalm]] 1984-1990 <br/> [[Tan Yu]]/Asiaworld Internationale Group 1990-2006 <br/> Townline Homes 2007-present
| general_manager = 
| operator        = 
| opening_date    = 1970s
| closing_date    = 2010
| previous_names  = 
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| rides           = 
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))
'''Fantasy Gardens''', also known as '''Fantasy Garden World''', was a former amusement park in [[Richmond, British Columbia]] that was located at the corner of Steveston Highway and No. 5 Road. The park was called Fantasy Gardens because it was surrounded by a series of stone buildings that were designed to resemble structures built during the [[Middle Ages]]. The buildings had been used as a backdrop in numerous music videos, television productions, and movies (it stood in for Halloweentown in ''[[Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge]]'').

Behind the stone buildings were the Biblical Gardens. These gardens were filled with numerous religious icons, including a hedge that had been carved into the shape of a [[Bible]].

== History ==

=== As garden centre ===
Fantasy Gardens was home to a massive plant store in the Art Knapp's chain, owned by Frank Van Hest (1932-2005) in 1965. [[Bill Vander Zalm]]'s son Wim owned several other stores in the Art Knapp's chain.  Many people visited the store to get a glimpse of its turtle-filled pond. This plant store closed its location at Fantasy Gardens, moving to a vacant nursery one mile west along Alderbridge Way and Minoru Boulevard. The Art Knapp's Nursery stores were founded by Arthur William Knapp, a longtime resident of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

=== As amusement park ===
During the 1970s and early 1990s, there was a small-scale amusement park at Fantasy Gardens. The biggest attraction was a miniature railroad that visitors could ride throughout the park and the gardens. When the fair closed down, most of the miniature railroad tracks were ripped up. Before being closed, this miniature railroad was filmed and it appeared in ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "The Calusari."

In 1984, the gardens were bought by [[Bill Vander Zalm]], who established the Christian theme of much of the park.  Then a provincial MLA, Vander Zalm went on to be [[Premier of British Columbia]]. His later sale of the park led to charges of conflict of interest, which in turn led to his resignation in 1991 and the defeat of the [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] government.<ref>((cite news | last = Ward | first = Doug | title = Fantasy Gardens property sold | work = Vancouver Sun | date = March 11, 2008 | url = http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=53603efb-0233-43ac-a344-4ece9db705d8&k=86266 | access-date = 2009-02-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724074741/http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=53603efb-0233-43ac-a344-4ece9db705d8&k=86266 | archive-date = July 24, 2011 | url-status = dead ))</ref>

=== Decline, closure and residential re-development ===
Vander Zalm sold the property in the early 1990s to Chinese-born Filipino-Taiwanese businessman [[Tan Yu]] for $16 million, whose AsiaWorld then sold it to local developer firm Townline in 2007<ref>((cite news|title=Fantasy Gardens property sold |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=53603efb-0233-43ac-a344-4ece9db705d8 |access-date=19 March 2015 |work=Vancouver Sun |date=Mar 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622034925/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=53603efb-0233-43ac-a344-4ece9db705d8 |archive-date=22 June 2015 ))</ref> that redeveloped into retail property named ''The Gardens''.

On 7 September 2010, Fantasy Gardens was torn down, but the Dutch Castle, now a community landmark, was saved. The castle is a replica of Coevorden Castle, possibly the ancestral home of [[Captain George Vancouver]] in the Netherlands. The castle was donated to the people of Vancouver by the city of [[Coevorden]] for [[Expo 86]].<ref>((cite news |last1=van den Hemel |first1=Martin |title=Coevorden Castle to stay in Richmond |url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/news/114232089.html |access-date=19 March 2015 |work=Richmond Review |date=Jan 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512081544/http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/news/114232089.html |archive-date=12 May 2011 ))</ref> The castle was used as sales centre for the Gardens, a planned residential development. The southern portion is now a condo complex with a [[Loblaws]] supermarket, but the former amusement park will become a 12 acres public park for the further residential buildings.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://liveatthegardens.ca/location/ |title=Location &#124; the Gardens |access-date=2016-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124043228/http://liveatthegardens.ca/location/ |archive-date=2016-01-24 |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=http://liveatthegardens.ca/community-events/12-acre-park/ |title=12 Acre Park &#124; the Gardens |access-date=2016-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124201736/http://liveatthegardens.ca/community-events/12-acre-park/ |archive-date=2016-01-24 |url-status=dead ))</ref> The former Dutch/Coevorden Castle will become a [[Richmond, British Columbia|City of Richmond]]-owned day care centre.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://liveatthegardens.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/VancouverSun-ChineseNYJAN23-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104528/http://liveatthegardens.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/VancouverSun-ChineseNYJAN23-12.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

== Filming on site ==
The site was also used as the primary set of the "[[Revisions (Stargate SG-1)|Revisions]]" episode of the TV series ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', the "[[Irresponsible (Stargate Atlantis)|Irresponsible]]" episode of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', the "Monster Movie" episode of ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'' and in the episodes "Shadows" and "Blackmail" episodes from ''[[Highlander: The Series]]''.

It was also featured in the ''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]'' episode "Into The Mystic", the ''[[Psych]]'' episode "Christmas Joy" and the movie ''[[I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988 film)|I'll Be Home for Christmas]]'' as well as ''[[The_Boy_Who_Cried_Werewolf_(2010_film)|The Boy Who Cried Werewolf]]''.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Fg-windmill1.jpg|The windmill entrance
Image:Fg-windmill2.jpg|Another angle of the windmill
Image:Fg-drawbridge.jpg|The drawbridge entrance
Image:Fg-artknapp.jpg|The plant store at Fantasy Gardens
</gallery>

== References ==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
((Commons category))
* [http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=b38bd8fe-0c54-4b5d-8cfb-f0a35c36cec6 Chronology: Fantasy Gardens and Bill Vander Zalm], Vancouver Sun Sept 1991
* [http://cec.chebucto.org/ClosPark/F-Garden.html Fantasy Gardens/Fantasy Gardens World], Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada: Closed Canadian Parks

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Richmond, British Columbia]]
[[Category:British Columbia political scandals]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Defunct amusement parks in Canada]]
[[Category:2010 disestablishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Amusement parks closed in 2010]]
[[Category:Amusement parks in British Columbia]]

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