
Organic Garden Club Meetings
January 13, 2026: Meeting – Ron Whitehurst “It’s a Bug Eat Bug World” / Andy Lopez “How to care for an Earthworm Farm“
February 10, 2026: Meeting: Dale Harshberger, “Pruning and Maintaining Roses“
February 18, 2025: Zoom Meeting -Dr. David White – “The Soil Doctor”
March 25, 2025: Meeting: Mike Roberts, “The Future of Food and the Farmivore Food Hub”
April 22, 2025: Meeting: Dale Harshberger, Growing Tomatoes from Starter Plants
May 20, 2025: Meeting – Larry Santoyo – Permaculture
May 27, 2025 – Zoom Meeting: Alex Zadeh “AZ Organic Ranch”
June 17, 2025: Meeting – Antonio Sanchez, Rancho Sierra Vista Native Plant Nursery
July 15 , 2025: Meeting – Summer Potluck
August 19, 2025: Meeting – John Schoustra “Greenwood Day Lily Farm”
September 16, 2025: Meeting – Paul Talley – “Multiple Varieties of Figs”
October 21, 2025: Meeting – Michael Wittman – “Renewing your Soil for Fall Planting”
November 18, 2025: Meeting – Tracy Kimes ” Kitchen Garden Trends”
December 9, 2025: Holiday Potluck

Our monthly meetings are usually held on the third or fourth Tuesday of each month from 6 – 8 pm in the Newbury Park Branch Library conference room. We meet monthly all year. Please see our home page for the exact date.
Our T-shirts are available for purchase at our meetings.
Organic Garden Clubs 2025 Events
January 14 : Dinner at Urban Plates
January 25: Oxnard Native Plant Fest
February 8: Propagation Workshop for Earth Day
February 21: Nature Wellness Walk with Irene Rowland
February 25: Lunch at Grabba Green
March 11: Seed Bank Party
March 16: Santa Barbara Botanical Garden with Bob Sussman
April 19: Booth at Thousand Oaks Arbor / Earth Day
April 24: Rose Days, Otto and Sons – tour, class, and lunch
May 3 – Grand Opening of Santa Paula Community Garden
May 3 – Arroyo Conejo Creek Walk with Dr. Sean Anderson and Antonio Sanchez
May 10 – One Acre Farm Blueberry and Strawberry picking
May 24 – Tour Greenwood Day Lily Gardens with John Schoustra
June 10 – Dinner at Mendocino Farms
June 14 – Members Garden tour 2025
June 21 – Frog Creek Farm Lavender Fields in Ojai
July 25 – Dee Lyons – Bird watching in Malibu Lagoon
August 9 – Organic AZ Ranch, Farm Store, and Nursery
August 26 – Dinner at Sharky’s Mexican Grill
September 25 – Tour of Mulberry Lane Farm
September 30 – Tour of Paul Talley’s Orchard in Simi
October 7 – Seed Bank Party
October 11 – Native Plantapoloza and Eco Fest
November 11 – Lunch at Joi Cafe
December 6 – Holiday Wreath Making Workshop
California Garden Clubs, Pacific Region Garden Clubs, and Channel Island District Meetings
January 27, 2025: California Garden Clubs Winter Board Meeting, Virtual
March 7, 2025: Channel Island District Meeting, Thousand Oaks, CA
May 12, 2025: Channel Island District Luncheon, Malibu, CA
May 18 – 21, 2025: National Garden Clubs Convention, Charleston, SC
June 2 – 5, 2025: California Garden Clubs Convention, Laguna Hills, CA
September 12, 2025: Channel Islands District Meeting, Camarillo, CA

The Organic Garden Club of Ventura County was awarded the National Garden Club 20 year award by our Channel Island District Director, Linda Malone. We also won the California Garden Clubs Blue Ribbon Certificate!