Visitors are encouraged to touch, smell and even nibble a berry or two as they stroll through Alnwick Castle's 26 acres of shrubs, trees and flowers -- until they reach the Poison Garden. Here some of ...

“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, ...

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 ...

This is the tale of a duchess who set out to create a fabulous public garden in a historic English ruin. The story of Alnwick Garden -- with its cascading waterfalls and lush plantings -- has all the ...

People booking their holidays with Northumbria Coast & Country Cottages can benefit from reduced ticket prices when they visit Alnwick Castle & Gardens. The standard price of a combined Castle & ...

A stunning market town in Northumberland has its own magical castle, a garden laid with poisonous flowers, and a very bloody history. Alnwick serves as an ideal base for exploring the beautiful ...

Some people grow herbs. The Duchess of Northumberland? She prefers something a bit stronger. Tucked behind big black gates on the grounds of the old Alnwick Castle in England is The Poison Garden, a ...

It’s been on my to-do list for some time, so when I knew we were staying on the Northumbrian coast for an Easter get-away, I knew we had to go to Lilidorei. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

The market town of Alnwick may be known for its castle and gardens, but is is also immortalised in the first two Harry Potter ...

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