The Poison Garden: Where Plants Can Be So Dangerous They Are Caged


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Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, the creator of the Alnwick Garden said that for some people, the Poison Garden might be a nonsense thing but for the purpose of educating, this is important. She said that she wanted to do something different with her plants when the redeveloping of the neglected grounds of the 11th-century castle was started.

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