Gardening

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A GROUP of villagers opened their gardens to the public and raised more than £3,000 for charity. The six residents of Binfield Heath ...

A PLAN to reduce the use of herbicides to manage weeds has been announced by Henley Town Council. The council’s recreation and ...

A WOMAN from Sonning Common who dominated the awards at this year’s Chiltern Edge Horticultural Society spring show puts her success ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a leading palaeontologist and naturalist from Henley who has died. Richard Fortey passed away at his home ...

HENLEY could be awarded “bee friendly” status in recognition of efforts to create an environment rich in pollinators. The town council ...

Reading Rep’s production of The Snow Queen combines the Scandinavian notion of cosy comfort, or “hygge”, with the tradition of the ...

A FOUNDER of an organic farm in Whitchurch has said bad weather this year has made conditions difficult to try and turn a profit. ...

MARY Berry and Jerry Hall will be the guests of honour at the Binfield Heath Flower Show. Dame Mary, the cook, food writer and TV ...

THE Chiltern Edge Horticultural Society’s annual autumn show will take place on Sunday, September 7 from 2pm to 4pm. The show classes ...

A NURSING home in Sonning Common has received the highest possible food hygiene rating. Abbeycrest in Kennylands Road received five ...

A TEAM of property advisors installed new playground equipment at Camp Mohawk in Wargrave. About 30 staff from Middleton Advisors in ...

A FORMER railway chargeman has been recognised at the Wargrave Festival for 53 years of service to the area’s stations. Norman Topsom ...

MORE than 1,000 people attended an open day at a farm in Kidmore End in aid of a charity. John Hall, 86, of Chalkhouse Green Farm, ...

A PRACTICAL nature conservation group will meet tomorrow (Saturday). Members of Sonning Common Green Gym, which is celebrating its ...

THE proposed route that the Britain in Bloom judges will be taken on around Henley next year has been approved. The town will enter ...

WARGRAVE Festival has lived up to its theme of “gold fever” with a series of glittering events. The biennial festival, which is ...

CHALKHOUSE Green Farm will hold its annual open garden day on Sunday. The one-acre garden and farmstead in Kidmore End will be open ...

WARGRAVE Bike Festival and Family Sports Day will take place tomorrow (Saturday). The event is one of 42 taking place as part of the ...

A STATELY home donated flowers from its grounds to support a local flower festival. More than 150 people attended the event at St John ...

MORE than 150 people attended a flower festival at St John the Baptist Church in Kidmore End on Saturday. The event raised more than ...