The ice creates a beautiful webbed effect on the fine foliage and white bark of the tree.

Silver birch is just one of the trees that thrive during the classic cold climate autumn throughout inland south eastern NSW.

“Autumns are beautiful, you get the crisp change… from the Southern Highlands right through to the Victorian high country,” Mr Dempsey said.

Throughout the region, trees such as the golden ash, the golden elm and even the humble crabapple unfold into spectacular blooms. 

As the days shorten, the nights grow chillier, and the autumn colours begin to glow, your mind may turn to blankets, soup and the latest in Scandi-noir.

It is however, the perfect time to get some garden work done.

After the heat of summer, and with a bit more soil moisture, autumn is the perfect time to plant any sort of shrub, says, Mr Dempsey, author of ‘Braidwood Country Garden’.

And with their autumn colours beginning to show, those looking to plant deciduous trees can get a taste of the style before they buy.

It’s also the perfect time to do some cleaning up.

To have rich healthy soil come spring, Mr Dempsey recommends that gardeners invert their their old patch, weeds and all.

“Dig a trench at the end of the bed to start with, and then totally invert the next row into the trench,” he recommends.

“Leave it rough, throw a few handles of lime on it, and let that sweeten the soil up over the winter.”

It’s also the time to blanket tree roots with mulch, fertilise your law and do a safety check for tree limbs in the garden, Mr Dempsey says.

Horticulturalist Lorna Vallely, of ‘Ground Designs’ in Crookwell concurs.

“It’s probably my favourite time of year in some ways, because you get that distinct change,” Ms Vallely said.

“The most spectacular change for me is the colour... in the trees.”

She recommends gardeners use the season to deadhead, prune and prepare the soil for spring bulbs. Perennials that have gone to seed will also need a trim.

Deadheading this time of year, can even lead to some beautiful bonus blooms in March and April.

After the stressful heat of the summer months, Ms Vallely recommends gardeners also make sure they keep the moisture up to their trees.

And for natives, which often thrive in the summer months, it’s the perfect time give them a trim.

And after all the work? Well, it might just be time to settle down in front of the fire.