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.

These gardens were filled with numerous religious icons, including a hedge that had been carved into the shape of a Bible.

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.

This plant store closed its location at Fantasy Gardens, moving to a vacant nursery one mile west along Alderbridge Way and Minoru Boulevard.