What's up in Windsor by Tina Castelli - April 2017
The Windsor Certified Farmers Market opens it’s 16th Season, Sunday, April 23rd from 10 - 1 pm on the Old Downtown Windsor Town Green. The opening is in conjunction with the Town of Windsor Earth Day and Wellness Festival from 10 - 2 pm. This is also the day that the Windsor Parks and Recreation Department rolls out all their Summer Classes and Camps. If you have a family, this is an event you shouldn’t miss. The Tree Grove area will be filled with wellness, earth friendly, energy saving, healthy eating booths filled with local folks wanting to teach us the best choices for our bodies and our Mother Earth. There will be live music and performances on 2 stages throughout the event. The Farmers Market will be full of some of the freshest local fruits and vegetables, as well as local preserved foods like baked goods, fermented veggies, jams and sauces. Several local artists show their beautiful handmade items at the Market and you can get fresh Brunch and BBQ to eat in the park. The Market’s Kidz Dig It Club will be doing Kidz Cooking Demonstrations from 11 am to Noon in the East Pavilion. The Town Green lawn areas will be bustling with sports activities, family lawn games and sign-ups for all the exciting Camps and Classes planned for the Summer. There are Teen Camps where they travel all over to extreme activities like IFly, Driven Raceway and Giants games, and fun themed day camps for kids of all ages. Learn more at www.windsorfarmersmarket.com and www.townofwindsor.com/parksandrecreation
The Windsor Garden Club will be holding their Annual Spring Plant Sale at the Earth Day Festival, Sunday, April 23rd, 10-2 pm. The theme this year is succulent container gardens. There will also be tables full of plant starts for your garden - vegetables, perennials, annuals and trees and shrubs in larger nursery pots.
If you have interest in gardening you should check out the Windsor Garden Club. They hold a monthly educational meeting on the Third Tuesday of each month at the Windsor Senior Center Community Room. This month the guest speaker will be Tom Gulya, a member who moved here from North Dakota. He retired from a 30 year career with the Department of Agriculture. He will be speaking on “The Many types of Basil”, and will be sharing special Basil seeds and secret growing techniques. Gwen Kilchner, the Co-Host of KSRO’s Saturday morning Garden Talk Show will also be on hand to answer questions. Light snacks featuring Basil appetizers will be served. The evening starts at 6:30 pm. Visit www.windsorgardenclub.org for more information.
Windsor Town Green gets an all inclusive new playground
There’s a brand new playground at the Windsor Town Green. Construction was just completed and the new playground is over double in size with all new play structures and in beautiful colors with a big “stained glass like” butterfly that reflects on the ground as the sun travels across the sky. This new playground is not only beautiful, but it includes shade covers over all of the structures, with 2 different play areas depending on age appropriate activities. There are all inclusive play toys that can be used by children in wheelchairs and with disabilities. There are cement benches scattered through out the playground where hand painted tiles are mounted that were painted last year by local residents and sponsors. There is a brick walkway through the park with custom bricks from local businesses, families and service groups who sponsored the People4Parks Foundation who raised $35,000 to get the construction on the Park started with the generous help from the Windsor Rotary and local citizens. Take a trip on a weekend soon and spend the afternoon in Old Downtown Windsor, bring the dog, play in the park, eat on the patio at one of the wonderful restaurants or take it to go and have a picnic on the Green. Take a stroll along all the fun local shops - shop for toys, health tips, gorgeous jewelry, books, get your ears pierced, buy a new dress and some candy to munch on for dessert. Windsor is a town for the whole family, you are sure to leave with a smile. Plan a trip back soon and bring your friends.
