Spells and Psychics

Have you ever wandered into a place where beauty flirts with danger—where every bloom might be a lesson in mortality or magic? Tucked in the grounds of Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England, the Alnwick Poison Garden is exactly that: a living cabinet of nature’s most seductive and sinister specimens. It’s a botanical cabinet of curiosities, where history, folklore, medicine, and myth intertwine. What makes Alnwick’s Poison Garden so extraordinary? The Poison Garden is not a typical public garden. Behind iron gates sits a curated collection of over 100 species of toxic, narcotic, and deadly plants. Access is strictly guided for safety, and each plant is presented with stories that range from medicinal breakthroughs to whispered curses. The result is a place where wonder and warning sit side by side. Origins: from Medici poison lore to modern curiosities The garden was conceived by Duchess Jane Percy in the late 1990s, inspired by the ancient Medici practice of cultivating...