Autumn in Queens Park is the most colourful season of the year.
The burning oranges, yellows and reds of the tree foliage look magnificent, especially against a crisp and clear blue sky.
In early Autumn, many of the hedging plants along the Promenade are in full bloom and the Sensory Garden still pops with different colours.
Paths once hidden by summer greenery become more clearly defined. The Sunken Garden, with its classic layout, becomes a quieter refuge, its benches tucked beneath arches of increasingly bare branches and the flower displays remain until the first frost.Â
It becomes an easy challenge to find as many different varieties of mushrooms as possible scattered all around the park but possibly a harder challenge to identify and name them.
The flower beds in front of the War Memorial are tended ahead of the Remebrance Sunday ceremony in November and squirrels skip along the pathways happy with their autumnal bounty which has fallen from the trees.
As the days shorten and the air turns crisper, the park undergoes a gentle transformation — one that invites locals and visitors alike to slow down, observe, and appreciate.
