WINDSOR
GARDEN CLUB
2026 Events Calendar
February
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday Feb. 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. HEAVY RAIN CANCELS.
Saturday, Feb. 28
Windsor High School LaCrosse Team Service Day
The WHS LaCrosse teams and coaches will be at the Town Green Community Garden and the Best Hope Pollinator Garden for their annual service morning. The students do some heavy digging and lifting to get the gardens ready for spring, in return for only Pizza! WGC really appreciates their help!
March
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday March 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. HEAVY RAIN CANCELS.
Master Gardener Food Garden Specialist Presentation:
Porch Gardens
Saturday March 14
TBA - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Come learn how to grow vegetables in a pot, bucket, or any other container that you can put on your porch or patio! Questions? email officers@windsorgardenclub.org.
April
Town Green Community Garden Open House & Earth Day Celebration
Saturday April 11
10 AM - 1 PM
Windsor Town Green Community Garden, Best Hope Pollinator Garden
Say hello to Spring and celebrate Earth Day at the Windsor Town Green Community Garden. Windsor Garden Club will have Master Gardeners on hand to answer your questions. Stroll the organic garden for inspiration, or wander outside the garden fence to the Community Pollinator Garden and stroll through the native water thrifty flowering plants that will attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard. Learn about the Monarch Waystation program and what you can do in your own garden to help the beautiful, endangered King of Butterflies. We'll also be hosting a "Swap & Buy" Succulent party! Both gardens are located at the corner of Windsor River Road and Joe Rodota Drive in the Town Hall complex.
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday April 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.
Town of Windsor Earth Day Celebration
Sunday, April 18
9 AM - 12:30 PM
Windsor Farmers Market
Market Street
Windsor Garden Club will have a table at Farmers Market with Earth Day-related activities for children. One of them will be Nature Wands. More TBA. WGC activities are free, as are more activities presented by the Town of Windsor Parks and Recreation Departmernt on the Town Green.
*GARDENER ALERT* Levi's Gran Fondo Bicycle Race
Saturday April 25, 2026
All Day!
Windsor Town Green & Surrounding Streets
Community Gardeners! Tend to your plots on Thursday April 23, or early Friday April 24, or Sunday April 26, but don't plan on easy access to downtown parking lots on the 26th. The annual Levi's Gran Fondo Bicycle Race will bring thousands of cyclists and their friends and admirers to town, to start and finish the race on the green. Walk or bike if you want to get to the garden that day! Find out more here:
Town of Windsor Major Community Events Calendar
May
Sonoma Marin Eco-Friendly Garden Tour
Saturday, May 9
10 AM - 3 PM
Windsor's Best Hope Pollinator Garden,
Plus gardens throughout Marin and Sonoma Counties
The Sonoma-Marin Eco-Friendly Garden Tour is held on a weekend every May. The Self-guided "open gardens" tour features gardens in both counties that use beautiful, but water thrifty, landscaping. They include community gardens, wildlife habitats, pollinator gardens, and private homes. This year, WGC's Windsor's Best Hope Pollinator Garden in the Town Hall Complex is one of the highlights of the tour! Expert pollinator gardeners will be on hand during tour hours to answer questions. Specific garden locations are sent to those who register online; locations will be sent out the week before the event. The tour is sponsored by The Sonoma-Marin Watersaving Partnership.
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday May 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.
June
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday June 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. 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 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.
August
Town of Windsor Sustainability Series on Gardening
Saturday August 1
10 AM - Noon
Windsor Library & the Town Green Community Gardening
Put on your sun hat and come down to the Town Green Community Garden for a look at how organic gardening and a drip irrigation system on a timer can create beautiful flowers and a bounty of fruit and vegetables that thrive in Windsor - even in the summer heat. Windsor Garden Club will have Master Gardeners on hand to answer your questions. Stroll the garden for inspiration, or wander outside the garden fence to the Community Pollinator Garden and stroll through the native water thrifty flowering plants that will attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard. Learn about the Monarch Waystation program. The garden is located at the corner of Windsor River Road and Joe Rodota Drive in the Town Hall complex.
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday August 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.
September
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday Sept. 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.
October
Town Green Community Garden Autumn Open House
Saturday October 10
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Stop by the Town Green Community Garden to wander for ideas, ask questions of experienced gardeners, and enjoy some children's activities. We may have mini-pumpkins ready for some free succulent pumpkin building. We love dogs, but please leave them home - they aren't allowed inside the garden. We'd love to see YOU.
Second Saturday Workday & Open House
Saturday October 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.
Great Scot!
It's the Succulent Pumpkin Sale!
Windsor Farmers Market, Dates TBA
10 AM to 12:30 PM
Remember when Windsor Garden Club used to sell succulent pumpkins at Windsor's Sunday Farmers Market as an annual fall fundraiser? So do we! With Covid in the rear-view mirror, we'll be back at the market's Pumpkin Festival Sunday, October 27, with a table full of medium size ready-to-buy pumpkins for you. (Medium is best carried with two hands, but won't leave you struggling). We will also be making "mini" succulent pumpkins at the table. Come make your own (with help) and buy it, or buy what we're making that day. Medium pumpkins run $25-$35, and minis (fit in the palm of your hand are $5 or $10. Come early for best selection.
November
November 11 – Veterans Day Holiday.
Fruit Tree Spraying Workshop
Saturday November 14
TBA- Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Learn how to use organic and natural trees to keep pests away from your fruit trees, and combat them if they're already there. Free. HEAVY RAIN RESCHEDULES.
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday November 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.
November 26 & 27 – Thursday & Friday. Thanksgiving Holidays.
December
Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Decorating Meet-Up
Date & Time TBA
Join Windsor Garden Club ant Town Green Community Gardeners for a short social get-together to decorate WGC's entry in the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove on the Windsor Town Green. WGC provides the decorations. Tree Decorating Leader is Serena Figueroa. Contact Serena for details at officers@windsorgardenclub.org.
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday December 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. HEAVY RAIN CANCELS.
2027
January
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday January TBA
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. HEAVY RAIN CANCELS.