WINDSOR
GARDEN CLUB
2024 Events Calendar
2025
April
Town Green Community Garden Open House
Saturday April 12
10 AM - 1 PM
Windsor Town Green Community 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 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.
*GARDENER ALERT* Levi's Gran Fondo Bicycle Race
Saturday April 19
All Day
Windsor Town Green
Community Gardeners! Tend to your plots on Thursday April 17 or Sunday April 20, but don't plan on easy access to downtown parking lots today! 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
Town of Windsor Earth Day 2025 Celebration
Sunday April 27
9:30 AM- 1 PM
Windsor Farmer's Market
Come on by the Windsor Garden Club table and say hello at Farmer's Market! The Town's Earth Day 2025 celebration on the Town Green includes family games, local exhibitors, a mural tour and more! All free.
May
Sonoma County UC Master Gardener's Workshop: Container Gardening
Saturday May 10
10 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Come learn how to grow a successful container garden - a garden in pots and planters! Perfect for balconies or homes without a lot of yard space. Container gardens are also great as entry accents and landscaping color spots. Watch for registration details TBA.
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday May 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.
Native Arts Festival
Saturday May 10
10 AM - 3 PM
Windsor Town Green
Sonoma County's Progressive Tribal Alliance will host its Native Arts Festival on the Town Green. Enjoy Native dancing, storytelling, foods, a special Kids Zone at this free, family friendly event celebrating Native arts and culture. Music, dance, and storytelling are free. Vendors will be selling food and native arts and crafts.
Get Details Here
Sonoma Marin Eco-Friendly Garden Tour is May 10
The 2025 Sonoma-Marin Eco-Friendly Garden Tour is set for Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. The Self-guided "open gardens" tour this year features 16 sites from Healdsburg to San Anselmo. They include community gardens, wildlife habitats, pollinator gardens, and private homes -- including one in Windsor! These gardens are all focused on native plants, and adapting to regular and recurring drought conditions in the region. 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.
June
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday June 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. 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 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.
Sustainable Living Series Workshop
Saturday July 19
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
Come down to the TGCG at the corner of Windsor Road and Joe Rodota Drive for an outdoor session in the Town of Windsor's "Empowering the Community to Live More Sustainably" series for residents. Take a tour of our organic garden and participate in our seed swap and hand tool swap. We'll have four tables set up for swapping; hand tools are allowed at the swap. However, NO motorized tools are allowed at the swap.
August
Town Green Community Garden Open House
Saturday August 9
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
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 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.
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
Second Saturday Workday & Open House
Saturday October 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 Green Community Garden Fall Open House
Saturday October 11
9 AM - Noon
Windsor Town Green Community Garden
No work required! Stop by to wander the garden for ideas, ask questions of experienced gardeners, and enjoy some children's activities. We love dogs, but please leave them home - they aren't allowed inside the garden. But we'd love to see YOU.
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
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday November 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.
November 11 – Veterans Day Holiday.
November 27 & 28 – 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 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. HEAVY RAIN CANCELS.
2026
January
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday 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.
February
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday 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.
March
Second Saturday Workday
Saturday 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.