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.

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