Whatever your reason for adopting a tree – whether it is to celebrate a birth, christening, a special birthday present, a wedding anniversary, a milestone for your club or organisation or as a memorial tree to celebrate the life of a loved one – Queenswood Arboretum has a wide range of trees to suit every occasion.

As winter approaches, autumn is the time for wildlife to feast and build up reserves to last the long cold winter.

Autumn is a time when summer's lush greens become browns and oranges, punctuated with pops of red and purple berries. This is a time of nature's plenty, with a wonderful hedgerow harvest of blackberries, rose hips, crab apples, hazelnuts and seeds. For many birds it’s about arrivals and departures, some flying south. There is still much to see and enjoy as wildlife prepares for the long, cold winter.

There are many gentle, criss-crossing paths to explore within the Arboretum, as well as a number of waymarked trails of differing length and difficulty for the more intrepid explorer.

The vibrant colours of summer flowers are replaced by equally dazzling displays of purple, red, orange, and yellow in our native woodland. As the green of chorophyll in leaves is broken down, it reveals yellow flavonols, orange carotenoids and red to purple anthocyanins. The mixture of these compounds differs between species to give us such magnificent displays.