Karen's Koop

Karen's Koop Karen's Koop, also known as Ruskin Nurseries, has been operating since 1987. We are a family owned and operated business. We grow 95% of our own plants.
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Permanently closed.

My husband has been raising chicken for over 40 years. Our meat is raised on our farm, FRASERVIEW POULTRY, here in Maple ridge. The beef is strictly grass fed, no hormones or antibiotics are used. The chickens are raised in a barn until 5 1/2 weeks old and then they are let out to run. The chicken are supplemented with a grain/veggie commercial feed (To make sure they are getting enough food.) The

Muscovy ducks are hatched and raised outside year round. They are able to swim on a huge pond and eat out in our grass fields. Our lambs are Dorper and St.Croix hairsheep, they are raised on our farm. They eat mainly grass and are also supplemented with an cup of grain each night. Every Spring I seed and transplant the following items in our greenhouses; Various bedding plants, vegetable plants, hanging baskets, tubs, and perennials. We bring in all our trees and shrubs from various B.C. wholesale suppliers. We also sell potting soil , fertilizers, and garden decorations.

02/20/2024

Hello,
It’s come time to say goodbye to all my customers from over the last 36 years.
I have really enjoyed meeting and serving all of you throughout the years.
I’ll miss seeing you and our chats, whether a long time or a new customer.
Thank you so much for all the support over the years.
I wish you all the best and happy gardening!

Karen

02/18/2024

Hello,
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow February 18th is our final day that we will be open. We will be closing at 4:00 pm for good.
We are all sold out of all our meats.
We still have 1gallon perennials to choose from, they’re now $4.00 each. Trees and shrubs are still available, but are going fast.
We still have pots , trays and seedling trays available for free.
We now have all our store equipment available for purchase,ie freezers ,scale ,
And storage racks etc.
Our final hours are from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm.

Have a good evening.

Karen

02/04/2024

Hello,
I’m sad to say but happy, that we are all sold out of chicken.
We still have lots of lamb , perennials, trees and shrubs though.

Have a great day.

Karen

01/30/2024

Hello,
Just a quick reminder:
We’ll have Fresh Whole Chickens available February 01 - 05 or while quantities last. These are my last batch of chicken. They are my small sized birds .

We still have quite a bit of lamb yet for purchase…

Our perennials , trees and shrubs are on for wholesale prices and lower.

Fertilizers are me on for half price, ranging from $2.00 - $12.00 each .

I’m giving all used pots away. Sizes range from 2 1/2” pots to 5 gallon.

Have a great week.

Karen

01/27/2024

Hello ,
Just a quick update.
I’m sorry to say that we will be out of chicken until February first . We’re all sold out of chicken until then .
Have a good weekend!

Karen

01/25/2024

Hello,
Well the past year has gone by so fast, and January seems to be going by even faster.
So I hope you had a good 2023 , and a good new year so far.

So here’s what’s happening here at the store.
We have come to an agreement with the highways, as they need our property to widen it .They are buying us out and we will be closing for good.
We do have time yet to sell our lamb , chicken and plants, etc.
We have decided that February 18th will be our last day we’ll be open.

That being said, here’s what’s available for purchase:
We have lamb, all cuts are available .
Frozen chicken for now, and we’ll be getting a fresh batch in on February 1st , these will be my small sized ones. Once again they’ll be in the cooler until the 6th closing time then frozen.

All trees, shrubs and perennials will be sold at wholesale prices.

Hope to see you soon and have a great day.

Karen

12/14/2023

Hi,
Two announcements to pass onto you:

1) We have LAMB in stock once again.

All cuts are available.

2) We still have frozen small sized chicken available for purchase. We won’t have any fresh available until late February of 2024.

Just reminding you that we will be closed from December 23rd, 2023 to January 4th, 2024. ( last day open will be the 22nd. )

Have a great weekend , I’ll see you soon.

Karen

12/11/2023

Hello,
Just a quick reminder. Today is the last day to purchase my fresh whole chickens for 2023.
These are my small sized ones ranging from 4 1/2 lbs. - 6 lbs. I have approximately 20 left to purchase.😊
Have a good day!

Karen

12/07/2023

Hello,
Just a few announcements to pass onto you.

We have FRESH WHOLE CHICKEN available today. They’ll be in the store until Monday December 11th closing time 5:00 pm.
These are my small sized chickens, and my last fresh batch until spring of 2024.

I have a few large frozen chickens yet, for purchase. Unfortunately due to the avian influenza outbreak, the processors don’t want to take the chance of contracting it from free run farms.

Lamb should be available once again, possibly on the14th of December. I’ll keep you posted as soon as it’s in the store.

This year I’ll be closing the store on December 22nd. I’ll be reopening on January 4th. 2024. For the holidays.

Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you soon.

Karen

11/13/2023

Just a quick reminder that we will be closed tomorrow for the Stat. Holiday. November 13 th.

See you Thursday for Fresh Chicken !
Have a good week.

Karen

11/10/2023

Good morning ,
I am happy to announce that we have Fresh Whole small Chickens available .
They will be available until November 16th closing time at 5:00 pm.
Have a good weekend .

Karen

10/06/2023

Good morning,
Just a quick update on what’s happening at Karen’s Koop.
Unfortunately this year we will not have Fresh Whole Chickens available for thanksgiving, but I do have some nice large frozen ones available. That were processed in September. They run between ten to fourteen pounds each.
We have our one gallon perennials on sale for the month of October, they’re $ 6.99 - $ 7.59 each depending on the variety.
We also have our 2 gallon butterfly bushes and Wegelia bushes on for $ 14.99 each.

Just reminding you that we will be closed on Thanksgiving Monday.
We’ll be open on Sunday for our usual hours, 12:00 pm. - 4:00 pm.

Hope you have a happy and safe thanksgiving !!

Karen

08/31/2023

Hi,
Just a reminder that we switch over to our fall / winter hours tomorrow, September 01!
Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
10:00 am. - 5:00 pm.
Sunday,
12:00 pm. - 4:00 pm.

Closed:
Tuesday, Wednesday,
&
Stat. Holidays

Have a great weekend and we’ll see you soon !

Karen.

08/25/2023

Hello,
I have a couple of new announcements to pass onto you today

1) Our large one gallon perennials are now on sale. We will have our annuals available until September 3rd. Closing time 4:00 pm.

2)Mark your calendar!! As of September 1st. We will be changing over to our Fall / Winter hours as follows:

Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

10:00 am. - 5:00 pm.

Sunday

12:00 am. - 4:00 pm.

Closed:

Tuesday , Wednesday
and
Stat. Holidays

Have a great weekend, & we’ll see you soon

Karen

08/17/2023

Hello,
They have arrived!!

We have FRESH WHOLE LARGE CHICKENS available for purchase. They’ll be in the store until Monday August 21, closing time 6:00 pm.

Have a great weekend and I’ll see you soon!

Karen

08/07/2023

Hi,
Just a reminder that we are open from 10:00 am. to 4:00 pm. for the holiday Monday.
Hope you have a great weekend!

No Karen

08/03/2023

Hello,
Fresh Whole Chickens are arriving today!!!
They’ll be available for purchase after 1:00 pm.
These are my medium to large sized chickens. Available until Monday August 7th. Closing time 6:00pm.

Have a great day and I’ll see you soon.

Karen

07/18/2023

Hello,

Mark your calendar!

We will be CLOSED this Friday only, July 21st.

Reopening on Saturday and back to regular hours, as usual.
Sorry for the inconvenience. Have a great rest of the week.

Karen

06/22/2023

Hello,
Just a couple of announcements to pass onto you. :

1) We are having a sale on all our Basket Sufferers, Geraniums, Herbs and Vegetable plants . Sale lasts until July 3rd. Closing time 6:00 p.m. or while supplies lasts.

2) Just a reminder that we will be CLOSED June 30th only. Open for the rest of the long weekend, regular hours.

Have a great weekend!!

Karen

06/20/2023

Hello,
Please mark your calendar!
We will be CLOSED on Friday June 30th.
We’ll be open for the rest of the long weekend.
Regular hours from Saturday through Monday.

Have a great week!

Karen

05/11/2023

Hello,
Just a couple of announcements to pass on to you.

1) We have LAMB available !!!! All cuts are in.

2) We are in full swing with the nursery now.
We have Hanging Baskets, Basket Stuffers, Begonias, Geraniums, Garvinias, Perennials, Trees and Shrubs, and Vines all ready to go to new homes.

Have a great weekend, and a
Happy Mother’s Day !

Karen

04/04/2023

Hello,
Here’s what’s happening at Karen’s Koop :

This Thursday April 6th we will have our first FRESH batch of WHOLE large sized CHICKENS available after 2:30 pm. for 2023 and everyone’s Easter dinners.

Our Easter hours for Easter Sunday will be from 12:00 to 4:00 pm.
We will be closed on Easter Monday.
Thursday to Saturday we are open from 10:00 am. to 5:00 pm.

We are getting ready to open the nursery part next Thursday. We do have some fruit trees, rhubarb, forsythia and a few perennials available for purchase now. ( it’s a good time to get the fruit trees planted now, as they are budding , and it won’t harm them when transporting them ). We’re hoping the weather will be warm enough during the night, so we can have annuals and basket stuffers available for purchase by then. If not, trees, shrubs and perennials will be available.

Our spring hours will begin April 13th.

Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday we’ll be open from 9:00 am. to 6:00 pm.

Sunday from 10:00 am. to 5:00 pm.
Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

We have booked our lambs in for the end of April. Lamb will be available the last week of April or first week of May. I’ll be posting the exact date once we know the date it’ll be available for purchase.

That’s all the updates for now. Have a great Easter! and we’ll see you soon.

Karen

Ruskin Nurseries/ Karen’s Koop
28203 Lougheed Hwy.
Maple Ridge, B.C.

12/24/2022

Hello,
We have power, so we are open today after all. But just until 4:00 pm.

Karen

12/24/2022

Hello,
I have some bad news to pass along to you today.
Unfortunately we have to be closed today due to Karen’s Koop is flooded. and the power is out . I hope you are all fairing better than I am.
Have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
I’ll see you in 2023 , starting January 05.

Karen

12/22/2022

Hello,
Just a couple of announcements to pass onto you and a favour.
First the announcements:
1) We will be open this week at regular hours except for Saturday, December 24. On that day we will be open from 10:00 am. - 4:00 pm.

2) We will be closed from Saturday December 24 at 4:00 pm. until January 5, 2023. Reopening at 10:00 am. and back to our regular business hours .

Now for the favour:
Unfortunately I am having trouble getting emails sent out to my customers. I’m asking if you know anyone that usually get emails from me, if you could please pass the previous announcements to them. I’d appreciate it very much.
Thanks,

Have a great weekend!

Karen.

11/17/2022

Hello,
Just a quick announcement.
We have FRESH WHOLE CHICKENS available from November 17 - 21 closing time 5:00 pm. These are my small - medium size birds. This is my last batch of fresh chickens for 2022, there will not be any more fresh until spring of 2023.

Have a Great Weekend and we’ll see you soon.

Karen.

10/27/2022

Hi,
Just a couple of updates from the Karen's Koop.

1) We will have FRESH WHOLE CHICKENS available tomorrow morning October 28th. These are my large size chickens , and they will be available until Monday October 31st until closing time at 5:00 pm.

2) This is the last weekend that we’ll have plants for sale. We are putting them away for the winter. They’ll be returning in April 2023.

Have a great weekend and we’ll see you soon!

Karen

10/07/2022

Hi,
We have Fresh Whole Chicken available!!!
These are my medium to large size birds.
They’ll be available until Sunday closing time 5:00 pm.
A reminder that we will be closed Monday for the Stat Holiday. We’ll see you again on Thursday.

Have a Great Thanksgiving!

Karen

09/29/2022

Hi,
I am sorry to announce that we are completely sold out of chicken . We will have new stock available October 7th, 2022.

We still have lamb available though . We also have 1 gallon perennials on sale for $ 4.99 each . They are regular price of $7.99 and up.

Have a great weekend!!!

Karen

09/15/2022

Mark your calendar !
We will be CLOSED only for one day :
Friday September 23, 2022
Will reopen Saturday September 24 , business as usual .

Thanks.

Karen

Address

28203 Lougheed Highway
Maple Ridge, BC
V2W1L1

Telephone

+16044621001

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