Cherie's Place » The Poison Garden http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sun, 03 May 2026 22:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Alnwick Garden – The Poison Garden http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/07/19/alnwick-garden-the-poison-garden/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/07/19/alnwick-garden-the-poison-garden/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:01:28 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=6250 The poison garden tour is always fascinating, you get to learn different things on each visit.  On this visit I learned that laurel which is a common garden plant is capable of releasing cyanide gas which can prove fatal!

The Garden features many plants grown unwittingly in back gardens, and those that grow in the British countryside, as well as many more unusual varieties. Flame-shaped beds contain belladonna, tobacco and mandrake. The Alnwick Garden has a Home Office licence to grow some very special plants; the cannabis and coca which are found behind bars in giant cages.*

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*Information from the Alnwick Garden website.

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