Living in the DC, Maryland, Virginia metropolitan region is great and has a plethora of holiday activities and events. However, we tend to forget that there is an entire state of amazing Christmas sights to see. One of them was discovered by my daughter before her first year interning with the Maryland General Assembly.
Every year garden clubs from across Maryland deck the halls of the State House in Annapolis by decorating 24 Christmas trees. - One representing each county and Baltimore City.
Each year a different garden club is chosen and they are tasked with decorating the tree based on the county or important events/figures from the area.
This is a wonderful opportunity to visit Annapolis which is all decked out for the holidays, but it's also a fantastic way to learn about our state and all the counties that conform to it, and it's also a great way to draw inspiration to decorate your own Christmas tree if you haven't started yet!
CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND
All the ornaments on this Christmas tree were created by artists of the Calvert Garden Club: Pat Childs, Suzan Miller, Diane Reyno, Denise Moroney, and Beth Beighiey.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MARYLAND
Historic places in Anne Arundel County. Created by Crofton Village Garden Club Members.
BALTIMORE CITY OF FIRSTS
Baltimore Firsts Tree decorated by Mt. Washington Garden Club, District IV, Baltimore City.
So many first ones that I didn't know about...
1774 - First Post Office system in the U.S.
1816 - First city streets illuminated by hydrogen gas.
1839 - First commercial canning of corn.
1892 - First Ouija board.
FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND
HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND
Christmas tree decorated by The Country Garden Club of Harford County.
The Green Garden County.
A special holiday celebration from the Worcester County Garden Club, Berlin, MD.
A tribute to Gold Star Families whose loved ones paid the ultimate price defending the United States of America.
CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND
TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND
Waterfowl of Talbot County
Each bird was hand-crafted by members of the Talbot County Garden Club & The Oxford Garden Club
ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
The Return of the Dove to St. Mary's city.
WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND
CHESTERTOWN, MARYLAND
Sultana Downrigging by The Chestertown Garden Club.
GOLD STAR MEMORIAL
By: Somerset County Garden Club
A tribute to the county's namesake by The Queen Anne's County Garden Club and the Kent Island Garden Club.
HISTORIC BALTIMORE COUNTY
Monkton Garden Club
CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND
La Plata Garden Club
Pedersen Farm - Charles County, MD
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
LIFELONG LEARNING CHRISTMAS TREE
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
I hope you enjoyed this year's collection of Christmas trees. I'll be posting a few more from past years that I also think are gorgeous.
More about Annapolis, MD here:
DOWN MAIN STREET, ANNAPOLIS
FIRST TIME VISITING ANNAPOLIS
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This post was awesome! Thank you for a great job.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you liked it, Carol! So much to see and do in our beloved Maryland!
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