A National Trust garden is preparing to open a new winter-themed sculpture trail for families.

Repurposed plastic containers have been used to create the sculptures at Sheffield Park and Garden.

Nellie’s Arctic Adventure Winter Trail is encouraging visitors of all ages to “walk in the footsteps of Nellie Soames, the pioneering former owner of Sheffield Park”.

The trail tells of Nellie’s “youth and a love for adventure".

Her story, as described in excerpts from her book Polar Gleams, is said to be “brimming with adventure offering something of interest to all".

The new trail explores the sights she saw on an Arctic adventure. with polar bears, woolly mammoth skulls and icebergs.

The centrepieces in the Grade I Listed garden, which is between Haywards Heath and Uckfield, are all made from repurposed plastic containers by artist Roy Kelf.

He enlisted the help of Inclusive Arts, a “therapeutic art centre” in Worthing, to make them.

The sculptures are said to carry an important message about sustainability, with an emphasis on “reduce, reuse, recycle” as the National Trust hopes to preserve natural beauty for future generations.

Nellie’s Arctic Adventure trail, which opens on January 28 and runs until February 26, is free but normal Sheffield Park and Garden admission applies.