The trail helps celebrate two major national campaigns: the Year of the English Garden and the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

The Staffordshire Garden Trail is supported by a leaflet, with a handy map and useful discount vouchers to attractions including the Trentham Estate near Stoke-on-Trent – close to the Club’s Alton, The Star and Ashbourne Sites - and Weston Park, South Staffordshire – near to Cannock Chase Club Site - which were landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown in the 18th century.

The National Trust’s Biddulph Grange Garden in the Staffordshire Moorlands is close to Leek Club Site. The gardens house exotic plants from all over the world and an eclectic range of sculptures including sphinxes, a sacred cow and even a Great Wall of China.

Fellow National Trust properties - including South Staffordshire’s Moseley Old Hall, known for its intricate knot garden and connections with King Charles II - also feature, alongside the Dorothy Clive Garden on the Staffordshire-Shropshire border, with its new Royal Botanic Glasshouse.

Garden trail leaflets are available from tourist information centres, motorway service stations and participating gardens in the county. It’s also free to download from the Enjoy Staffordshire website.

For more top gardens to visit this summer, click here.