Cute Alnwick Garden and its deadly inhabitants (15 photos)

Plants provide us with the opportunity to breathe, feed and decorate the world. But among the harmless herbs-flowers there are also dangerous ones. Moreover, in such an amount that the average person does not suspects.





Such silent killers inhabit a special corner of the garden Alnwick in Northumberland, UK. Duke Hugh Percy a passionate plant lover founded it in 1750. It was originally just a beautiful castle garden. About no poisonous flowers, bushes and trees were out of the question. In the era of World War II, it was practically destroyed. Already in our time, a representative of the dynasty restored his.



And in this green corner of nature, a special territory appeared - "Poison Garden". Poisonous and possessing narcotic and intoxicating the action of plants here is about a hundred. Even gardeners look after them come in special attire - uniforms and masks.







The idea of creating a special corner belongs to the same Duchess Jane Percy, wife of the heir to Alnwick Castle and Gardens. The woman decided to give the project such a specific feature as to make it not similar to other gardens.



Duchess Jane Percy



The idea was a success, because few people in their right mind would come up with decorate your flower garden with poison ivy or belladonna. All exhibits in Alnike are supplied with tablets with the name and description. And individual decorated especially creatively and informatively: above the flower beds portraits of poisoners and the names of victims who were helped to go to another world with with the help of this plant.



Guests at the Poison Garden are not forced to wear masks. Just take their word for it that they won't vomit, sniff, lick or eat dangerous exhibits. However, there are cases of loss of feelings. Whether on visitors to the garden are really affected by a poisonous aura, or it plays the role of impressionability.



Alnwick Castle

By the way, about the aura: it is special on the territory of the castle and the garden. AND local species were even used on the set of Potteries, which is also contributed to the popularization of the place. But the main goal, according to owners, educational. So that people know with what dangerous representatives of the flora can be encountered in nature, and why it is better to bypass by their side.















Would you like to go on a tour of the Poison Garden?