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Autumn gentian

A late-flowering plant, Autumn gentian displays pretty, mauve, tube-like flowers atop its reddish stems. It favours dry, chalk grassland and sand dune habitats.

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Adopt a Tree at Queenswood Arboretum

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.
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Autumn in the Wildlife Garden

With autumn now upon us, we thought it would be useful to share some interesting and useful advice from our bird food partner, Vine House Farm, for anyone with a wildlife garden – or indeed anyone…

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Where to see wildlife in autumn

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.
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Trails at Queenswood

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.