2024 Events Calendar
March
Learn about Butterflies & Moths
PLUS: Free Milkweed!
Saturday, March 16
10 AM to Noon
Windsor Library.
The UC Master Gardeners present Sonoma County Master Gardener Suzanne Clarke. How similar or different are these two members of the Lepidoptera species? Learn to identify the curious differences and peculiar similarities between butterflies and moths, and to understand the plants they need to survive and thrive. In addition, gain knowledge about the threats endangering these precious iconic insects and what home gardeners can do to help insure they will survive for future generations.
Registration Required: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about attending the library talk.
Afterwards, Windsor Garden Club will be making dormant chunks of narrowleaf milkweed available.
Rose Diseases & Care: Good Bugs vs. Bad Bugs
Thursday, March 21
6:30 PM
Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center
2050 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa
Free; Advance Registration Required
This is a SonomaRoses-RERS Event
Presented by Baldo Villegas, former Entomologist/Senior Environmental Research Scientist at California State Dept of Food and Agriculture. Mr. Villegas is a wealth of information. He will educate about the most common rose diseases and pests and will give you tips and tricks on how to avoid these bad bugs, and encourage good bugs, for a healthy and vibrant rose garden. Read more about Baldo Villegas at sonomaroses.org/monthly-programs .
Get your FREE tickets at Eventbrite.com. Space is limited, reserve your seat early.
April
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday April 13
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Town Green Community Garden. Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
Garden lovers, friends and family always welcome! You can help out if you sign the Town of Windsor Liability Waiver. Check in with Second Saturday Garden Leaders about the waiver, and tasks needed this month.
Saturday, April 20
11 AM - 2 PM
Earth Day at the Town Green Community Garden
Free
Celebrate Earth Day by coming to Open Garden Hours at the Town Green Community Garden. Enjoy children's activities, wander the organic garden for inspiration, ask questions of Sonoma County Master Gardeners. The garden is located at the corner of Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Way.
Sunday, April 21
Robbins Forest Freshen
Time TBA
Robbins Park
100 Billington Lane, Windsor
Free
Join the Friends of the Food Forest at Robbins Park for a spring spruce-up. The small group will spread mulch and tend to the fruit trees at the park, and would like some help. While you're there, learn about the Robbins Park Food Forest, which was established in April 2012.
May
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday May 11
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
June
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday June 8
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas. Garden lovers, friends and family always welcome! You can help out if you sign the Town of Windsor Liability Waiver. Check in with Second Saturday Garden Leaders about the waiver, and tasks needed this month.
July
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday July 13
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
August
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday August 10
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
Garden lovers, friends and family always welcome! You can help out if you sign the Town of Windsor Liability Waiver. Check in with Second Saturday Garden Leaders about the waiver, and tasks needed this month.
September
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday September 14
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
October
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday October 12
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
Oct. DATE TBA – Saturday. Town Green Community Garden Autumn Open House, Noon to 3 p.m. Curious about the Community Garden? Want to learn some tips for success in your own raised bed or organic organic garden? Just like wandering gardens? Come on by. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
November
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday October 9
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
Nov. 11 – Veterans Day Holiday.
Nov. 21 & 22 – Thursday & Friday. Thanksgiving Holidays.
December
Dec. DATE TBA - Saturday. Holiday Wreath Making Workshop!
A Town of Windsor Favorite! Learn how to make a beautiful fresh holiday wreath for your door in a workshop led by designer Mary Robledo of Flourish by Design. Ticket price will be $35 for WGC members, $45 for non-members. Space is limited to 22 people. Tickets will be available on the WGC website Nov. 1, and also via the WGC enewsletter the first week of November. Check back on this page for more details and link the first week of November!
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday October 9
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Community Gardeners: Come on out for the Second Saturday Workday, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a hat, your gloves, water, and your favorite garden tool and spend some time working with fellow gardeners to maintain the common areas of the garden. (Weeding or raking pathways between the beds, cleaning birdbaths, tidying the greenhouse, washing the solar panels...anything that needs sprucing up.) All Community Garden plot renters are required to put in 6 hours a calendar year (about a half-hour a month) volunteering to maintain the common areas.
January
February