Triple Tree Nurseryland

Tom van der Pauw, whose family has owned Triple Tree Nurseryland in Maple Ridge for more than half a century, loves coming to work every day because he knows people enjoy coming to shop at his garden centre. “People don’t have to come here — they have fun coming here,” Tom says.

Part of Triple Tree’s service is educating their customers on plants and their maintenance thereby ensuring their gardens blossom. “If customers are successful, they’ll come back,” Tom says. “If you see something grow, that’s pretty exciting.”

Many customers have been coming for decades to Triple Tree and Tom is seeing the next generation coming with their children. But he also sees older customers who have downsized their homes and are no longer gardening but just come to enjoy the garden centre, sometimes walking around for a couple hours. This gives Tom particular pleasure because he knows he’s adding to the quality of their lives.