Cowichan Souvenir Co.
Green Gables Heritage Place farmhouse in Cavendish, white house with green trim and gables
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cavendish, Prince Edward Island

Souvenir apparel programs for Cavendish retailers

Drawn, digitized and stitched in Vancouver, for the more than a thousand retail doors that reorder every season

Green Gables Heritage Place recorded 220,239 visits in fiscal 2025-26 and Prince Edward Island National Park 852,834, and Parks Canada said the site's busiest day in summer 2025 came close to 3,000 visitors. Cavendish is the model for Avonlea in Anne of Green Gables, first published in 1908. Souvenir retail sits in roadside complexes along Route 6 between the Green Gables site and the beach entrance, plus the shops in Avonlea Village, and almost all of it closes from October to May.


What sells on Route 6

Red braids and a straw hat, red sandstone cliffs, lupins, a lighthouse, lobster and potatoes. Our artists draw an Anne-style design that reads right without using anyone's trademark, and a Cavendish beach wordmark with the red cliffs covers the national park crowd. The family buyer here wants matching kids' and adult sizes, so we build the program in the colour card brights that hold up on a beach. Evenings are cool and crewneck fleece sells in August.

  • Straw hat and braids embroidery localized to Cavendish
  • Red cliffs and beach wordmark on family-size runs
  • Lupin and lighthouse designs for Avonlea Village

Getting stock in before the season

Ground courier from Vancouver reaches PEI in about 6 business days. The whole year happens between late June and early September, so the order ships in May to be on the shelf for opening, and one July top-up carries August. Reorders go through your rep. Stock should sell through by mid September.


Any town in Canada

Not your town yet. It will be.

Every design on this site localizes to any town, park or shop name in Canada. Same minimums, same lead time.

Ground courier from Vancouver to Prince Edward Island: 6 business days


Questions

What Cavendish buyers ask

What is the minimum order for a Cavendish shop?

Twelve pieces per design. A first program for a Cavendish shop usually opens with a few designs on tees and adds fleece and caps once the season shows what sells.

How long does shipping to Cavendish take?

About 6 business days by ground courier from Vancouver. Orders leave our Vancouver floor once the run is stitched, and reorders go out on the schedule your rep sets with you.

Can the designs say Cavendish?

Yes. Every design in the catalogue is namedrop-ready: the artwork stays and the lettering becomes Cavendish. Designs are drawn, digitized and stitched in Vancouver, and namedrops are included with the program at no art charge.

How do reorders work?

Through your rep, sized to your season. Reorders run on a standing schedule from the Vancouver floor so a hot colour never leaves a hole in the wall.


Also in Atlantic Canada

All of Atlantic CanadaSomewhere else?

Ground courier from Vancouver: about 6 business days