At the base of each tree is a polished black granite plaque, inscribed with a badge and an epitaph. Around this an outer circle of Downy Birch trees has been planted by the parks department in 2010 to supply the need for further ex-service dedicated plaques. Alongside the glade is the Millennium Grove, another defined wooded area. This is devoted to the memory of service people, previously resident in the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre boroughs, who were killed on active service this millennium. Commemorative plaques are placed alongside selected trees. By 2012, eight plaques were place in commemoration of local service people. In 2012 Major Jim Houldsworth, a beloved leader and champion of the ex-service community, died. In his memory a new area was defined and named "The Jim Houldsworth Bower". This was planted with a half-circle of lovely Rowan trees in which was placed a memorial boulder and a timber bench inscribed with the Fylde Ex-Service Liaison Committee name and logo. In the remaining woodland anyone in the community can commemorate a loved one by arranging to have a standard plaque set against a tree. The Services Glade in the arboretum has one main monument and many plaques. The official monument bears, on its black granite top, the inscription:  The 16 plaques in the inner circle are: