Our ethos is Growing Connections by gardening, sharing a coffee or just engaging in community. We aim to make Gladesville, Hunters Hill, Ryde and beyond an engaging, enjoyable and sustainable place to live, especially in our beautiful outdoor public spaces.

WE LOOK FORWARD to WELCOMING YOU!!

Gardening Session Times:

Henley Green Community Garden is open to new members and visitors on:

Sundays 10am-12pm

Tuesdays 9.30am - 11.30am

Fridays 9am-11am

current and new volunteers welcome

Our dedicated volunteers are working in groups together as well as welcoming lovely new volunteers.

Please let us know if you are a new volunteer and intend to join one of the sessions by emailing us at happyhensent@gmail.com or send us a message through our Facebook or Instagram pages.

Please wear enclosed shoes, hat and gardening gloves. Bring your own water. Everything else will be provided. Visit our “Get Involved” page for more information and to access a volunteer application form with all the details.

Get Involved

OUR PROJECTS

Our shovels hit the dirt in Bedlam Bay Community Garden in 2016 thanks to Tegan Burton at NSW National Park and Wildlife Services. We built a pretty little garden and have met lovely locals there.

We held our first event "Bedlam at the Bay" for mental health awareness in October 2018. Unfortunately, we were unable to proceed with the 2019 event and our planned 2020 event at Bedlam Bay was shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We commenced building Henley Green Community Garden with the support of Hunters Hill Council for our first seasonal working bee in November 2018. It became very productive very quickly and we are excited about the increasing community engagement. We held our inaugural “Henley Growers Market” on 19th September 2020 to the delight of locals. All fresh food vendors sold out! Seasonal markets are held regularly. Visit our Events page for more details.

Recycling Project

Recycling bins for green and brown compost, bottle caps, egg cartons etc are now available at Henley Green Community Garden. Visit the Recycling Project page for more information.

Coffee Grounds Project

Local cafes can now put their spent coffee grounds to good work at Henley Green Community Garden. Visit the Coffee Grounds Project page for more details.

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We collect your lids for Lids4Kids - New South Wales who rescue plastic lids, preventing them from polluting our environment and transform the collected lids into new sustainable products.

As you can see we often get a messy bunch of lids that have

We had a fabulous native bee workshop at the garden on Sunday. It was free thanks to @huntershillcouncil.

Our giant chicken is looking fabulous. However.... we need a few more small coloured pots that the team can cut & turn into flowers - see close up photo. If you have any, please drop them to the garden & leave beside the chicken - you can't m

We sometimes find odd items in the compost. Owner found!

Our Elderberry tree has been flowering prolifically so we've all been trying our hand at making elderflower cordial. Jury is out on who made the best!