Elderberry

Nature’s feast Can you match up our favourite autumn treats with their name? As you make your way around Stowe, see if you can spot all nine tasty fruits nestled in the trees.

Pear

Sloe

Damson

Fig

Blackberry

Apple

Plum

Medlar

The Farmhouse Garden, the Orchard and the overflow car park (opposite the New Inn) are some of the best places to find lots of different varieties of fruit trees.

Farmhouse findsAt this time of year, gardener Caroline and her team are busy harvesting lots of fruit and vegetables in the New Inn’s traditional Farmhouse Garden.

Can you unscramble these words to work out Caroline’s five favourite foods?

What’s your favourite food? Can you find it growing in the Farmhouse Garden?

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Autumn adventuresStowe family explorer guide

Please return to visitor reception

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As summer greens make way for golden autumn hues, run riot through crunchy leaves and climb Stowe’s tremendous trees.

Please note this map is intended as a guide only and is not drawn to scale

Map keyGreat tree climbing spot

Autumn colour highlight

Our top five autumn 50 Things challenges

To record your adventures and find more ideas for exploring in the outdoors, pick up a free 50 Things wallchart from Visitor Reception.

Date for the diary

Halloween trail 26 Oct - 3 Nov

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Get to know a tree

Go welly wandering

Play conkers Have fun with sticks

Find some funky fungi

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Go on a scavenger huntCrunchy leaves in every colour, fat shiny conkers, perfectly round pine cones... nature’s bounty is endless in autumn. Can you find all

of these autumn treasures on our list?

A leaf in every colour

A conker and its shell

Acorn

Pine cone

Beech nut

Legends of StoweAs the nights begin to draw in, autumn is a great time for telling stories. We’ve got plenty of tales to tell at Stowe!

Can you find these four famous characters from the past?

CleopatraHercules

Venus Shakespeare

When you’ve finished with your guide, please pop it back in the crate at visitor reception. You can also pick up your

50 Things stickers there from the team.

Autumn adventures