Meetings

Past President Bill Brandt speaking on “Growing Fruit in your Backyard”

Organic Garden Club 2026 Meetings

January  13: Meeting –   Ron Whitehurst “It’s a Bug Eat Bug World” / Andy Lopez “How to care for an Earthworm Farm

February 10: Meeting – Dale Harshberger, “Everything’s Coming Up Rosesand “Seeds, Sprouts, and Soil”

March 24: Meeting – Bill Brandt, “Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop

April 21: Meeting – John Brooks, “Go Green T.O. Earth Day” / Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency/ Member Spring Starter Plants

May 26: Meeting – Steve List, “Sowing Blooming Success in your Garden

June 9 – Zoom Meeting – Dr. David White “The Soil Doctor”

June 30 – Meeting: Bill Brandt, “Caring for and Propagating Grapes”/ Andy Lopez “Olla Pots”

July 28 – Meeting – Michele Lopez, “Food Sovereignty and the Vital role of Fermentation” 

August 25 – Meeting – Chris Sayer – Petty Ranch Avocados / Jamey Sinardi “Mind-gut-earth Connection”

September 15 – Meeting – Eyal Givon, Moorpark Dragonfruit Farm

October 20 – Meeting: Terri Burgess, “Backyard Native Plant EcoSystems”

November 3 – Zoom Meeting: Josh Graning “Rainwater harvesting and Edible landscaping”

November 17 – Meeting – Carrie Diaz -” Burbank Bee Museum

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 2026 Events

January 19 : Lunch at Mouthful Eatery

January 24: Oxnard Native Plant Fest

February 16:  Lunch at All Good Eats and Drinks

March 7 – Strawberry Picking at One Acre Farm

March 18 – Seed Bank Party

March 27 – Tomatomania, Underwood Farm Moorpark

April 11 – Ventura Farm Day 

April 18 – Thousand Oaks Earth Day

May 4 – Rancho Sierra Vista Satwiwa, Wildflower Hike

May 30 – Earthstock Summit in Ojai, Sane Living Center

June 13 – Tour Greenwood DayLilly Garden in Somis

June 19 – Lunch at Urban Plates

July 14 – Organic Summer Potluck

July 21 – Underwood Farm, Somis, U-pick Blackberries

August 11 – Dinner at Sharky’s

August 21 – Ventura Botanic Garden – Summer Hummerz

September 1 Dinner at Sweetgreen

September 23 – Tour Eyal Givon’s Moorpark Dragonfruit Farm

September 29 – Dinner at Soom Soom Fresh Mediterranean Grill

October 10 – Native Plantapalooza

October 27 – Tour Matilija Nursery

November 20 – Tour California Rodale Institute at McGrath Farm

December 2 – Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Opening at King Gillette Ranch

December 5 – Wreath Making Workshop

December 15 – Holiday Potluck

December 29 – Lunch at Pain Quotidien Bakery

California Garden Clubs, Pacific Region Garden Clubs, and Channel Island District Meetings

January 26, 2026: California Garden Clubs Winter Board Meeting, Virtual

February 6, 2026: Channel Island District Meeting, Oxnard, CA

May 11 – 14, 2026: California Garden Clubs, Inc Convention, San Diego

May 20, 2026: Organic Garden Club VC hosts Channel Island District Luncheon, Thousand Oaks

August 31 – September 2, 2026: California Garden Clubs Fall Board Meeting, Coalinda, CA

September 18, 2026: Channel Islands District Meeting, Oxnard, CA

October 12 – 14, 2026: Pacific Region Garden Clubs, Newbury Park

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!