Ongoing Activities

Lunch Bunch

Meals on Wheels serves millions of house-bound seniors nationwide, and Oxford’s Church of the Holy Trinity’s program brings these welcome nutritional boosts to Oxford’s stay-at-homes.

On special occasions, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and July 4th, Oxford Garden Club provides a special floral arrangement to accompany the meal (some members also provide assistance in cooking and serving the meals).

Join the fun making an arrangement!

Oxford Community Gardens

Oxford is blessed with many wonderful gardens easily viewed by a ramble through the “stroll friendly” town. The club maintains the award-winning museum garden at the Oxford Museum and a “Plant America” garden at Bank and Market Streets nearby the post office.

Outreach Community Garden

Our club plants & maintains a community vegetable garden in Easton, where we grow vegetables to donate to the local food pantry.  Our efforts bring fresh, organic vegetables to the needy in our area.

Join Master Gardeners and learn growing vegetable skills!

Conservation Awareness

We support all forms of conservation. It starts with awareness. Most of our programs and special events, which are open and free to the public, have a conservation component. It continues with local action such as our Bucket of Doom Challenge to promote a more environmentally friendly approach to controlling mosquitoes and the NexTrex Recycling Challenge to encourage responsible recycling of plastic film. It is sustained by hands-on and in-person time and talent. Many of our individual members are certified Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists and Horticulturists, who are involved in larger scale conservation awareness activities as volunteers.

Fine Arts Fair

Oxford’s Fine Arts Fair, held each year, is a showcase fundraiser for Oxford Community Center, where the club holds its monthly meetings. Each year the club creates spectacular floral arrangements – art in and of themselves – to support the effort.

Oxford Day Surrey Ride

Oxford Day celebrates the first day of operation of the Oxford/Bellevue ferry each year and the club celebrates the occasion too, joining the traditional parade with a florally decorated surrey propelled by the vigorous bicycling of the surrey’s riders. The surrey is decorated by members the day before the celebration, and is almost as much fun as the ride itself!

State House Christmas Tree

Every year garden clubs from all of Maryland decorate trees to add to the Holiday fun for all visitors. OGC joins Talbot County Garden Club to provide visitors with a tree representative of Talbot County, Maryland.

Memorial Day/Veterans’ Day

Each year, on Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day, the club hosts a ceremony to honor our troops and fallen military members. Wreaths are created and placed nearby the Blue Star Memorial marker in the town park. The short, meaningful blessings/ceremony invites the public to share their own memories of their service or their loved ones.

Holiday Party

Easton Village Clubhouse

Just for fun party!  Members bring the party with them, arriving with dishes and beverages to share with all who come.  Wine is served.  Fun abounds with the “Steal the Gift” Secret Santa.

Garden Party

In June a garden party at a member’s home replaces the usual monthly meeting. Wear a hat – preferably a decorated hat!

Semi-annual activities

Two semi-annual activities are run by the club in alternating years. Both are “all hands on” for club members!

A flower show is held one year. This is free and open to the public. View floral-art presentations of every sort and horticultural masterpieces according to the season. Every 20 years OGC also holds a District I flower show – larger and inclusive of many more clubs (other district clubs hold district flower shows according to the District’s schedule).

Alternating with the flower shows is a large fund raiser. The funds raised allow the club to hire interesting speakers, purchase supplies, etc. for events, and provide donations to various entities.