The school is set on 15 hectares of grounds with many unique specimen trees. A seedling of "Pinus brutia" was propagated from the original tree at Lone Pine at Gallipoli and planted in the grounds on 23 March 1975. The tree was the sole survivor of a group that had been cut down by Turkish soldiers to cover their trenches with the timber and branches during the ferocious battle in 1915. A plaque was also unveiled by Legacy to commemorate soldiers who fought in WW1. A grove of trees was planted in 2009 in front of Tremearne House to honour a famous student from the 1940s, Alfred Leslie.HRH Prince Charles stayed overnight at VSF during his visit on 28 October 1974 and planted a "Eucalyptus leucoxylon" (yellow gum) near the science laboratory.