East Windsor Garden Club

05/29/2026

The plantings around the sign at the East Windsor Park don’t look very exciting right now, but stay tuned as it will look beautiful shortly. 

05/28/2026

4 Garden Club members, 25 bags of mulch and 2 hours of weeding and pruning and the Memorial Garden in Windsorville is looking beautiful!

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day in the Garden.
~The world is bigger than all of us.
A mere blue dot in outer space.
Yet, even Atlas struggled to carry the weight of the world.
There is a lightness that comes from tending our little patch of earth.
Mother Earth wants us to unshoulder the burden.
Like any good mother, she loves to reciprocate.
Knowing my mother as I do, she would be grateful to have us do what we can close to home. ..to get on in our habitat like good siblings around the table.
She would be proud if our good deeds could go out as far as a farm, a school garden, a watershed, a green corridor, or an environmental stewardship movement
But she would be just as grateful and proud to have us start right here at home.
Earth's bouquet is ours to enjoy and share.
Earth, Air and Water - our gift to sustain for all of her grandchildren.
- John Forti

03/21/2026

**WHEN SHOULD YOU START YOUR SPRING GARDEN CLEANUP TO PROTECT POLLINATORS?**

Discover the pollinator-friendly way to refresh your garden this spring! 🐝🦋🌸

Many beneficial insects like bees, butterflies, ladybugs, and other native pollinators overwinter in fallen leaves, dry stems, hollow plant stalks, and garden debris. Cleaning up too early can disturb or destroy their winter shelters before they emerge—harming our essential pollinators and the ecosystem they support.

This educational illustration shows exactly **when to delay spring cleanup** so happy pollinators thrive:

- Wait until you're no longer bundled in winter layers (mittens and wool socks gone? Still too soon!)
- Hold off if there's any risk of snow or frost
- Don't rush like planting tomatoes—wait for evening temps reliably in the 50s°F
- Delay mowing until grass is tall enough for regular cuts and most pollinators have emerged
- Mid-to-late April is often the earliest safe time in many areas to cut back perennials and clear debris
- Postpone until apple and pear trees finish blooming
- When pruning woody perennials or shrubs, cut hollow stems to 12-15" from the ground and leave them attached for at least 2 years to provide nesting homes

By postponing cleanup, you're giving bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects the time they need to wake up, forage, and contribute to a healthier garden and planet. Less work for you = more habitat for them!

Perfect for eco-conscious gardeners who love sustainable practices, native plants, and creating wildlife-friendly yards.



What’s your go-to sign that it’s finally safe to tidy up? Drop a comment below—love hearing your local tips! 👇🌿

12/18/2025

The East Windsor Garden Club had our annual Christmas party on Tuesday. It was a lovely time with the fun of socializing, lots of amazing food, a fun gift exchange, the monthly raffle, and some nice craft items made by Members to give to all attending.  The Club takes a break now for a couple of months and will start meeting again in March.
Follow our page for updates about events and speakers. 

09/21/2025

Most likely is the Fall Super Generation of monarchs born in late summer which are a distinct "super generation" that does not reproduce. Instead, they are physiologically different and are programmed to migrate. So amazing this one will probably travel up to 3,000 miles to the overwintering grounds in Mexico! She’s still finding some nectar from some late blooming flowers. There is so much wonder in nature!

07/30/2025

The East Windsor Garden club selects, plants, waters, and maintains the flowers at the East Windsor Park, also known affectionately as the Rez. The flower bed is looking great! Three club members have been diligent about keeping it watered throughout these hot days. It adds some beauty to the entrance of the park, and also the bees and butterflies are very much appreciating the flowers.  The butterfly is an Epargyreus Clarus, the silver spotted skipper. And there is some kind of small bumblebee. The only way to see these little beauties is to plant flowers. Try it out in your own yard! The flowers are petunias, cleome, zinnias, Gazania, marigolds, mums, calabrachoa and a purple foliage plant I forget the name of. The mum’s came back all on their own from last year!

06/22/2025

Check out these beautiful flowers sponsored by the East Windsor Garden Club at the Warehouse Point Library! Happy Summer everyone!

05/17/2025

East Windsor Garden club plant sale still ongoing until 2 o’clock today. Still lots of plants left as well as some baked goods and tag sale items worth the trip. At the old Melrose schoolhouse in Melrose.

05/17/2025

Plenty of parking, unique plants, tag sale items and check out the Bake Sale!!!