Help open this new State Park!

Located at 184 Old Adobe Road, Watsonville, the two-story Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe, built between 1848-49, is one of the finest examples of a rancho hacienda in the Monterey Bay area. Friends is leading a multi-year restoration effort to preserve and interpret Pajaro Valley’s first State Historic Park in partnership with California State Parks. Follow the progress on the Castro Blog.

2019 Open House events

• Sunday, January 27th
• Saturday, February 9th
• Sunday, March 10th
• Saturday, April 6th
• Sunday, May 19th
• Saturday, June 8th

All of them will be 11am-3pm except for the August 10^th event, which will be 6-9pm.

2018 Open House events

The Castro Adobe is open on a limited basis. The park will be open to the public one weekend day each month in 2018.

• Saturday, December 9th
• Saturday, November 17th
• Saturday, September 22
• Sunday, August 12th
• Saturday, July 14th
• Saturday, Jan. 27
• Sunday, Feb. 11
• Saturday, March 10
• Sunday, April 8
• Saturday, May 12 and Public Archaeology Day
• Sunday, June 10
• Saturday, July 14
• Sunday, Aug. 12*
• Saturday, Sept. 22
• Sunday, Oct. 14
• Saturday, Nov. 17
• Holidays on the Rancho, Sunday, Dec. 9

The open houses will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the exception of the August event, which is 6-9 p.m. All events are free to attend; donations are gratefully accepted. Parking is limited; please carpool. Leashed dogs are allowed in the parking area only.

Thank you, Libro Castro Sponsors

Platinum

• Bonny Hawley
• Don Cooley & Diane Porter Cooley
• 30 Petals Fund

Gold

• Peg & Paul Danielson
• Storrs Winery & Vineyards
• Mickey’s Catering & Café
• Lighthouse Bank
• The Sixes & Eights
• Barry & Susan Pearlman
• Corralitos Brewing Company

Silver

• Martinelli & Co.
• Aqua Green Landscape Irrigation
• D’La Colmena Market & Catering
• Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP
• Don Nielsen
• Georgann & John Scally
• Simmons Eye Care
• Charlene & Phil Duval
• Maggie Mathias
• Taylor Dial
• Miller Maxfield, Inc.
• The Sibbett Group
• Burroughs-Braley Wealth Management

Bronze

• Anna Kammer & Dan Fallorina
• Annieglass
• Patagonia
• KB Farms (Kitayama Brothers)
• Santa Cruz Mountain Wine Growers Association
• Elkhorn Slough Safari
• Corralitos Feed & Pet Supply, Inc.
• Margins Wine
• Nicholson Vineyards Winery
• Ann Lauten Fay & John Blauvelt
• Crystal Springs Water
• El Pajaro Community Development Corporation, Commercial Kitchen Incubator
• California Grill
• Jo Kenny & Gloria Nieto
• The Cronin-Paizis Family
• California Pajarosa Floral