Anja Murray: Plant more saplings — it's fun now and beneficial later

A potted sapling, gathered, sown, and nurtured by your own hand, could mark a special birthday, a new baby, an anniversary, a new home — or maybe you don't need any excuse at all

Rowan tree berries are eaten by thrushes, starlings, field fares, and waxwings

Since spring, trees have been harvesting energy from the sun, fusing molecules of carbon dioxide and water in their leaves to concoct energy to grow, bulk up, and produce the flowers and seeds through which they reproduce. Now, in autumn, the culmination of all the year's arboreal activity is on show in woodlands and hedges everywhere, as trees are laden with wild fruits and nuts.Tree fruits are often bright red to make them stand out against the fading leaves, to be seen by the furry and feathered animals who are necessary agents of transportation.