I’m intrigued! The world’s most dangerous garden! The Alnwick Gardens in England.This is a garden pretty much created to be a tourist attraction. And the Poison Garden is modeled after the famous Medici poison garden. I can’t find a specific link to this.
The Duchess that owns this castle and garden sounds like a badass.
"I thought, 'This is a way to interest children,'" she says. "Children don’t care that aspirin comes from a bark of a tree. What’s really interesting is to know how a plant kills you, and how the patient dies, and what you feel like before you die."
Confession time: sometime in the early 90’s I started getting a half sleeve tattoo. It was MEANT to be poisonous things but ended up… not being that. why? Who knows. I was like 19 and quite idiotic. I feel no shame. We are all on a journey.
Anyway. I would love to visit this cool looking garden. It is in the north eastern part of England, so Google Maps tells me. They have a treehouse cafe?! And it looks like a crazy mini golf course. Sounds fun and It is on my list of things to do.
The fancy wrought iron gate alone makes it seem like a worth while visit.
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