Together, we’ve built Everdale, farmed, taught, and brought ambitious projects to life. Along the way, we’ve learned when to push an idea forward, when to rethink it, and what it takes to make something last.

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Gavin sees possibility. Give him a field, a farm, or back-of-napkin drawing and he starts imagining what it could become. He has a knack for making ideas visible—using maps, sketches, and plans to get people on the same page and move a project forward. He understands how farms work—from soil and livestock to people, infrastructure, and the thousand practical decisions that make an ambitious project possible. He has trained generations of farmers, continues to teach at the University of Guelph and has been recognized with a Watershed Excellence Award. 

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Della sees connections—between people, places, ideas, and the small details that can make a big difference. From founding Everdale’s Harvest Share to building its Farm School program, she has spent her career figuring out how to turn ideas into practical systems that last. She’s happiest with one foot on the farm and one foot in the systems—and has rarely met a piece of equipment that couldn’t benefit from a set of castors. Her work has been recognized nationally, including being named one of Canada’s Top 10 Most Influential Women in Agriculture.

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We’re farmers, builders, and teachers. We create, repair, test, change course, and keep learning. We’re comfortable getting our hands dirty, solving problems as they come, and staying with an idea until it works. That practical, hands-on approach shapes everything we do.

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Today, we’re putting those lessons to work through Everdale Regenerative—taking what we’ve learned on the farm and through decades of projects into new places, while continuing to test ideas and learn from every season.

Good places change how people feel. How they connect, and how they care for what surrounds them. What happens in a garden, on a farm, or in a shared outdoor space can shape how we see the world beyond it.