The Secret Life of Trees

We explore how the changing seasons play a significant role in the life cycle of trees, how different species of trees take varying amounts of time to reach maturity and see how carefully farmers treat saplings.

Arriving at adulthood is a major milestone in a tree's life; some fruit trees get there early, maturing at as young as five years old, whereas some trees like North American hemlocks can take 300 years to become an adult.

Whether its lifespan is a hundred or thousand years, a tree will eventually decay and die.