Robbins Garden Center

For nearly five generations, the Robbins Family has been a strong presence in the Oxford business community. Beginning in 1937, the Robbins Family owned and operated a local gas station and repair shop. The Robbins family business evolved to a bus company, a construction company, road building company, as well as a house moving company during the construction of the Buffumville Dam in the early 1950’s. The family businesses included Robbins Sand and Gravel, a fully functional sand and gravel pit on Old Webster Road in Oxford. Soon afterwards, greenhouses were built at their garage location on Sutton Avenue to sell flowers and provide animal feed to the numerous local farms in the area. This led to the creation of Robbins Garden Center on Sutton Avenue in the early 1980’s. Today, it is common to see four generations of Robbins’ working in the store and greenhouses.