The Duchess of Northumberland has a strange hobby. In the gardens surrounding her family’s ancestral home at Alnwick Castle in northeast England, she grows poison. After an inspirational trip to the ...

“Don’t touch,” says Bridget the guide, as we prepare to enter the locked gates of the Poison Garden. “Don’t smell.” Don’t worry: I had seen the skull and crossbones on the black wrought-iron gate, ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. To enter the poison garden of Alnwick you must fetch a guide to unlock the black iron ...

Several articles and informational memes label a portion of the Alnwick Garden in Northumbria, U.K., as "the most deadly garden in the world." Indeed, this is a real place fittingly named the "Poison ...

Monty Don’s British Gardens will feature 60 gardens from across the country as the host, horticulturist and broadcaster ...

With families having missed out on many festive treats last year due to the pandemic, The Alnwick Garden is promising something extra special this Christmas with a new light trail through its grounds.

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After the announcement of The Treehouse Restaurant in Alnwick branching out with new caterers comes first sight of the kind of dishes that diners can expect. And the new menu seems certain to whip up ...