In keeping with my theme from Friday - mysterious, malevolent, and macabre - I present you this... Beyond these gates one must keep there wits about them for on display here are all manner of beastly botanicals. Curiosity and excitement could prove to be fatal in this garden. A gentle brush of the hand or an anxious breathe would be all it takes for this collection of killers to perform the way nature had intended them to. Muahahaha. I sound like the Ghost Host. Your cadaverous pallor portrays an aura of foreboding... I'll stop being cryptic. This is The Poison Garden of Alnwick located in the grounds of the Northumberland Estates (though managed separately by a trust). The specimens on display here, though beautiful and unique, are known to have properties which are intoxicating and poisonous. I haven't been here but it is certainly on my bucket list. #poisonousplants #plantlife #botany #botanical #plantspecimens #plantsofinstagram #horticulture #landscaping #gardensofinstagram #gardening #alnwickcastle #alnwickgarden #northumberland #uk #halloweenhorticulture #thisishalloween #happyhalloween ☠️☠️☠️ [this picture was taken from the internet and edited]