Rent a plot in the Community Garden at Northwest Park. Raise your own produce in a 36 square-foot plot that’s been harrowed and staked out at the start of the growing season. There’s a nearby water source but gardeners need to bring their own hose and tools. $50 (Windsor residents), $60.00 (non-residents).  Call 860-285-1886 to register for the season.

Bring your binoculars to the Evening Bird Walk at Northwest Park from 6:00PM – 7:30PM. Join the Park Manager in an after work stroll as we search for spring migrants and enjoy the lengthening daylight. All levels of experience welcome; not recommended for young children. Cancelled in inclement weather. Free.

Join Blue Moon Yoga for Yoga in the Park on Wednesday nights (May 29 to June 26) from 6:30PM to 7:45PM.  Learn breathing techniques, yoga postures and experience the benefits of essential oils.  You will leave relaxed and energized.  Bring a mat and blanket and come experience open flow yoga for all levels.  $10.00 Windsor resident, $15.00 non-resident.  Registration Registration needed. For more information, call 860-285-1886.

June 8: Come out to Northwest Park to learn about Butterflies & Their Gardens as we welcome these migrating pollinators back to Windsor. Connecticut-based author, illustrator, & naturalist, John Himmelman will discuss butterfly families and species, lifecycles, finding butterflies, and creating butterfly habitats. Himmelman has written and illustrated many books for adults and children on a wide variety of natural history subjects. Books may be available for purchase and signing on the date of the visit.  Free program, sponsored by the Friends of Northwest Park. 860-285-1886.