2025 ~ Poison Garden ~ Halloween ~ Yarn
**This item will be dispatched from the middle of August 2025**
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The Poison Garden at the Alnwick Garden in Northumberland, England, is home to more than 100 toxic, intoxicating and narcotic plants.
It is open to the public.
The sign on the black iron gate says, "These plants can kill", and it's emblazoned with a skull and crossbones for good measure. The warning isn't a joke – the plot sealed off behind these black iron bars is the deadliest garden in the world. And it's open to the public.
Established in 2005, the Poison Garden at the Alnwick Garden in Northumberland, England, is home to more than 100 toxic, intoxicating and narcotic plants. Before visitors are allowed to enter, they must have a safety briefing. Visitors are instructed that they're not allowed to touch, taste or smell anything – nevertheless, guests have still occasionally fainted from inhaling toxic fumes as they walk through.
One of the dangerous plants cultivated here is monkshood, or wolf's bane, which contains aconitine, a neurotoxin and cardio toxin. But that's not the worst one: "Probably the most poisonous plant we actually have here is ricin [which contains the toxin ricin] better known as the castor bean or castor oil plant," Smith said. "The Guinness Book of World Records considers that to be the world's most poisonous plant."
Surprisingly, a lot of the things that grow in the garden are quite common. Many of the plants here do grow wild in the UK, and most of the plants are alarmingly easy to cultivate. Even popular home-garden bushes like rhododendrons are accounted for here. Those leaves contain grayanotoxin which will attack a person's nervous system if eaten. You're not likely to eat the leaves, though, because they taste disgusting.
And then there's the laburnum tree, the second most poisonous tree in the UK (only the yew tree is more dangerous). Many people have them around their homes because of their beautiful yellow flowers, but they contain a poison called cytisine. The tree is so poisonous.
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You will receive:
Your chosen yarn option and base in a mixed colour palette, consisting of Tonals, variegated and speckled colourways.
Plus a few extras that will remain a mystery.
A few edible and drinkable items may be included. If you have any allergies etc please let me know in the notes section at checkout and I'll do my best to accommodate your needs.
Please note:
It's handdyed using Acid dyes.
Every effort has been made to ensure all dye has been rinsed but please note that some may remain and may cause bleeding. I always suggest handwash only.
Yarn Base and Lengths:
Sock yarn 100g / 400 metres.
Sparkle Sock yarn 100g / 400 meters.
DK yarn 100g / 225 metres.
Sock 20g mini skein 80 metres.
DK 20g mini skein 42 metres.