WINDSOR
GARDEN CLUB
2023 Events Calendar
Most all of our events are free and open to anyone who wants to learn more about gardening, the environment in Sonoma County, nature, flowers, vegetables and plants.
2023
March
March 1 - Unofficial Kickoff, 2023 Town Green Community Garden Season.
March 11 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
April
April 8 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
April 15 – Saturday. Town Green Community Garden Spring Earth Day Open Garden, 10AM - 2 PM. We'll have special activities for children, free sunflower seeds for planting, and gardeners on hand to answer questions about organic gardens, pollinator gardens, growing veggies, growing flowers, drip irrigation, rainwater harvesting and more. Come on by. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
April 15 - Saturday. Tax Day! AND Official End of Frost Season in Sonoma County!
April 22 - Windsor Garden Club Earth Day Garden Tour, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. WGC will be offering a private garden tour. The wonderful Romana Beltran's garden was featured in the Press Democrat, and will be one of the stops on the coming Santa Rosa Men's Garden Tour. Romana has graciously offered to share her garden with us for a private tour just as it goes into bloom. She will give a brief talk about how she and her husband turned a half-acre of bare Windsor clay into a whimsical, tree-shaded garden full of roses and an amazing array of plants. Garden lovers are then free to wander the garden and ask questions of Beltran. The tour is a fundraiser for the nonprofit Windsor Garden Club. Tickets are $5, and will soon be available on the WGC website. Location of the garden will be included with a confirmation email after ticket purchase.
May
May 13 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
May 31 – Monday. Memorial Day Holiday.
June
June 10 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
June 30 – Friday. End of the Fiscal Year.
July
July 3 – Monday. Independence Day holiday for federal, state employees.
July 4 – Tuesday. Actual Independence Day Holiday
July 8 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
August
Aug. 12 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
Aug. 19 – Saturday. Town Green Community Garden Summer Open House, 10AM - 2 PM. In August, Windsor's Community Garden is bursting with flowers, vegetables, herbs, and fruit. Come on by, and see just what kind of bounty is possible with organic gardening. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
September
Sept. 4 – Monday. Labor Day Holiday.
Sept. 9 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
Sept. 15 - Thursday. Kickoff for the Great Succulent Pumpkin Sale!
Windsor Garden Club's Succulent Pumpkin sale is the big annual fundraiser for the nonprofit club. Proceeds help pay for the cost of operating the Town Green Community Garden, as well as garden and education projects around Windsor.
This year, WGC will be offering several workshops where you can build your own succulent pumpkin with help from WGC floral pros. WGC will provide the pumpkins succulents, and embellishment items (acorns, rose hips, berries, etc.) and help you build the pumpkins of your dreams. Ticket purchase will pay for your pumpkin and materials. Dates and times TBA. Sign Up Here to be notified in September about Succulent Pumpkin Workshops
October
Oct. 9 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
Oct. 21 – Saturday. Succulent Pumpkin Customer Pickup, Town Green Community Garden, Noon - 2 PM
Oct. 28 – Saturday. Town Green Community Garden Autumn Open House, 10AM - 2 PM. Curious about the Community Garden? Want to learn some tips for success in your own raised bed, organic garden? Just like wandering gardens? Come on by. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
November
Nov. 10 – Friday. Veterans Day Holiday. Veterans Day is Saturday Nov. 11.
Nov. 11 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
Nov. 23 & 24 – Thursday & Friday. Thanksgiving Holidays
Nov. 25 - Saturday. Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove Decorating Day. Help decorate the Windsor Garden Club tree!
December
Holiday Wreath Making Workshop - Date & Time TBA. 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.
Dec. 9 – Saturday. 2nd Saturday Spruce-up, 10 AM - 1 PM, Town Green Community Garden. Come visit Windsor's community garden, meet the gardeners, and help spruce up the common areas of the garden if you'd like. Corner, Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive next to the Windsor Town Hall.
2024
January
Waitlist Opens, Town Green Community Garden. Do you want to rent a bed in the Windsor Town Green Community Garden? The 2023 Bed Rental season opens today. If you were not a 2022 renter and want a bed in 2023, email officers@windsorgardenclub.org with your name and contact info to get on our waiting list. First on the list: the three people who joined the waiting list in late 2022.
February
February General: Community Gardeners on the Waiting List: you'll be notified if you can get a space in the Town Green Community Garden in 2023!