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RHS Cards ... more

Christmas Meal - Thursday 15th December, 6.30 for 7pm ... more

Gardeners' Question Time, November 22nd 2011. Held in conjunction with 'Henley in Bloom', the latest Gardeners' Question Time took place in Kings Barn. The panel, chaired ... more

2011 Best Plot Awards The 2011 awards for Best Plot and Best Newcomer were announced at the AGM. This year, for the first time separate awards wer ... more

Allotment Association AGM - Monday 17th October The date for the 2011 AGM has been set for Monday 17th October at the Council Chambers, Henley Town Hall, 7pm start. This is ... more

Watermans BBQ and Pumpkin Competition ... more

Why Not Join our Chat Group The Allotment Association's Chat Group allows you to quickly share email messages with other members of the group. This is n ... more

Monster tomato grown at Greencroft! This tomato was grown by Judi-Ann Roscoe at Greencroft and picked in mid-August. ... more

Maintaining Allotments For helpful notes on how to maintain your allotment, click here .... Maintaining Al ... more

Boat Trip, June 2nd 2011. For the second year running, the annual boat trip took place in perfect weather and was again a great success. ... more

Plant Sale, May 28th, 2011 ... more

Local Beanrods and Peasticks For Sale - 23rd April 2011 Greencroft 11-11.45AM ... more

Practical Allotment Workshop - Saturday 16th April, 2011 ... more

Watermans - Launch of New Plots & Deer Fence The new starter plots, deer fence and taps were officially opened by the Mayor at Watermans on Thursday 24th March. ... more

Allotment Practical Workshop - Saturday 12th March, 2011 The latest Practical Allotment Workshop took place at Watermans on Saturday 12th March and concentrated on spring planting. ... more

Allotment Planning Following the recent Allotment Workshop, which concentrated on allotment planning, a new page has been added to the website ... more

2010 Christmas Meal This year's Christmas Dinner took place at Christchurch on Thursday 16th December. ... more

Allotment Practical Workshop - Saturday 6th November The first Practical Allotment Workshop took place at Greencroft on Saturday 6th November. Around 20 allotment holders from b ... more

Henley Allotments Awards 2010 A number of awards are given out in October every year; these include Best Plot, Best Newcomer and Best Site. A competition ... more

Wisley Trip, September 16th 2010. 6 intrepid plotholders ventured into darkest Surrey on Thursday September 16th to the RHS Garden at Wisley. After a quick lo ... more

Berkshire College of Agriculture Courses on Gardening/Allotments Berkshire College of Agriculture runs a number of short part-time courses for gardeners in general and allotment gardeners i ... more

Watermans - August 2010 These pictures of Watermans were taken in the early morning of 8th August, 2010. ... more

Greencroft - Mid-Summer 2010 The following pictures were taken as the sun rose over Greencroft on 27 June, 2010. With the recent hot, dry weather, the ol ... more

Spring Produce - Early June 2010 Despite the cold winter, Spring produce is now being harvested and as the following pictures (from Graham Jones at Greencrof ... more

Boat Trip, June 3rd 2010. The annual boat trip took place on a glorious evening and was attended by around 70 Association members, partners and friend ... more

Plant Sale, May 22nd 2010. As part of the 'Festival of Flowers', the plant sale took place in the Market Place in glorious weather. In addition to the ... more

Gardeners' Question Time, May 20th 2010. Held as part of the 'Festival of Flowers', the latest Gardeners' Question Time took place in the town hall with a panel chai ... more

Deer Fence - Questionnaire for Watermans tenants The deer fence has been discussed by Henley Town Council and S. Oxon District Council, but there are questions the Council h ... more

Welcome to the Henley Allotments Association Website The website has been given a makeover! The website was originally created by John Brits, to whom the Association gives its g ... more

Henley Town Council is looking for extra allotments to help reduce the waiting list. There are no obvious options: purchasing land would be very expensive, so it is looking to convert some of the land it alrea ... more

Greencroft under a blanket of snow. Heavy snow in Henley made gardening impossible during late December and early January. ... more

Annual Christmas Dinner, December 17th 2009. Over 40 people attended the annual Christmas Dinner at Christchurch. Doug Richards and the team cooked an outstanding 4 cour ... more

Gardener’s Question Time, November 19th 2009. A full house of over 70 people attended this event, held in conjunction with Henley-in-Bloom, at the Town Hall. Martin Sheld ... more

Henley Allotments Awards 2009 A number of awards are given out in October every year; these include Best Plot, Best Newcomer and Best Site. Awards are als ... more

BBQ at Greencroft 16th August 2009 Around 30 people attended the Greencroft BBQ and a great time was had by all. ... more

2008 Pumpkin Competition Results On a very wet October Sunday the Henley-on-Thames Allotments Association held their annual children's pumpkin and sunflow ... more


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