Farmers markets should be expanded, says business leader
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Farmers’ market back to its best, say stallholders );
The stallholders sell fresh food and drink that is either grown, raised or produced locally.
They are all from the Henley area after the town council responded to criticism that the market did not use local suppliers.
The market takes place in Falaise Square on the second Saturday and fourth Thursday of the month.
Farmer Tracey “Bill” Betteridge, of Chiltern Lamb, who has had a stall for seven years, said: “It’s so much better than it used to be.
“The market is now all local and I think it works really well. There is more interest in it from the public and people are coming out and supporting the traders.
Pink and purple summer baskets to celebrate coming out of lockdown );
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A TOTAL of 163 summer hanging baskets have now been sold to residents and businesses in Henley.
Henley in Bloom launched its annual campaign, which is supported by the
Henley Standard, three weeks ago.
Windowflowers, of Burnham, supplies the baskets and is now planting them up ready for installation in late May and early June. The company will also maintain them all summer.
This year’s plants will include pink and purple fuchsias, verbenas, pelargoniums, surfinias, petunias and calocephalus.
The colours are designed to celebrate life returning to normal after the coronavirus pandemic.