The poison garden of Alnwick
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2017
- Inside the beautiful Alnwick Garden, behind a locked gate, there's the Poison Garden: it contains only poisonous plants. Trevor Jones, head gardener, was kind enough to give a guided tour!
For more information about visiting the Castle, Garden, and poison garden: alnwickgarden.com/
(And yes, it's pronounced "Annick".)
Edited by Michelle Martin, / @onthecrux
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My word, there are a lot of pro-marijuana people in the comments. Just to be clear: it's in a cage because British law requires it to be. The khat they grow is too, but not the opium poppies - but because those were just tiny shoots when I was there, they didn't make the edit. And yes, "poison" is a bit strong, but for anyone who's convinced there are no dangers to cannabis, I refer you to Foreman, JE (2000) -- although of course, that's worth comparing with his later 2014 work for balance.
Get outta here with your reasonable comments!
By any chance, do you have a link to that study? I can't seem to find it.
+Tom Scott Can we get a link to what we are being refereed to?
That turned up a ridiculous amount of results and I don't know which one is the right one. It's not an unreasonable request for a link to be provided to what he is talking about.
I'll be honest, this is less of an academic reference and more of an obnoxiously obscure pop culture joke.
4:07 "Your Grace, we need a child-friendly attrac-"
"Poison. All of the poison."
TheRABIDdude
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@@scunthorpe5513 😂🤣😂
@@cassondraarnett1248 😂🤣😂
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Bad and naughty plants get put in the W E E D C A G E
Like hey kids this is the garden of poison and all these plants here can kill you this one will give u third degree burns this will kill you instantly I'd you eat it this one will kill u from being near it and this is the worst one it's put in a cage it's called cannabis it's extremely harmful that's why people smoke it everyday and use it medically it's a government conspiracy they are making people thi k its safe and medicinal to get them to take it and die so don't even think about touching it
xtraderpysquid This is the American government. Stay right where you are.
@@luftkadettarchives6387 what u gonna do cos I live in England u dinlo
@@thatalexis2960 it's required by law that they have to have weed in the garden of poison even tho the government accepts it's harmless but they gotta tell people it is and they gotta put it in a cage to scare people even tho the government has accepted it's not bad and has medical use like they ain't gonna make that a law that they gotta do dar
@@xtraderpysquid8735 r/wooooosh
Fun fact: I passed out in the middle of this garden. The entire tour group was scared to death of whatever plant did it to me but jokes on them…I’m just bad at drinking water. Stay Hydrated kids.
Passing out for unrelated reasons in the Poison Garden is an S-tier prank
Biggest lie ive heard today
What if you land on one of the poisonous plant
@@brodftw
me: takes poison not found in the garden and dies during the tour
also me: ah yes what a good wee prank i've pulled
Imagine if you landed in the plant which makes you sneeze to death...
Putting weed in a special naughty cage in the middle of a garden of deadly poisonous plants is just the most perfect metaphor I've ever seen.
I've been poisoning myself for the last 25 years 🤣
@@aloysiussnuffleupagus9360 yes
It probably is less about how harmful it is and more about how likely people are to try and grab touch _that_ specific plant
I'm hardcore, I've been smoking weed since the age of about 13. I can't believe they caged up the weed lmfao!
@@TheQwerty256 exactly, its likely not caged up because "zomg weed is so dangerous" but rather to stop cheeky assholes from swiping free samples.
And you know they absolutely would if some of them could
poisonous plant: *exists*
Victorian people: hmm yes this should be ingested
"You know, I should put this in my eyes.... for beauty."
Victorian women took the phrase beauty is pain far too literally
@@hamsandwich4243no pain no gain
In 100+ years time, I'm sure people will be saying the same for things we do today.
@@olivermoore7020 a comment 300 years in the future
Caffeine: exists
People in the 21th century: mm yes I'm gonna drink this till my head aches and I cant function without it :)
'The Poison Garden of Alnwick' sounds like a level from Dark Souls
Now that you say it it does actually
“†ΗΞ ρθΙξθη gαΓ⊅εη ο∫ ΔιηΨΙ⊂κ”
YOU DIED
... or a Black Adder episode - well, almost ;)
there is an area in Dark Souls 3 called "The Consumed King's Garden"...
My college roommate was a Botany major and tended the school greenhouse. He thought the Angel's Trumpet was a very cool flower and began growing cuttings in his dorm room. Only after sleeping under a dozen or so blooms on his windowsill and shelves, and having increasingly lucid and confusing nightmares, did he do a bit of research and discovered the hallucinogenic properties of the plant. He got rid of... most of the blooms.
MOST?
Someone *picks* botany and hasn't heard of Angel's Trumpet and its effects?
@@crackwitz They probably didn't tackle it yet. Why are you assuming it's a subject in your 6th grade? Muppet.
@@Inri__ For the tea parties, of course
"this plant kills you, this plant makes you faint, this plant can bring the end of the world if we ever lay our mortal eyes on it, this one makes you crave shredded cheese at 4AM, this one kills you"
"Wait, back up, the shredded cheese plant sounds great"
"TOUCH NOT THE SHREDDED CHEESE PLANT IT IS A DEADLY DANGER"
So I'm not the only person that eats shredded cheese from the bag?
@@michaelpalmer9174 I do, and I don't even smoke
@@Hibiki_vtuber well when you’ve got the munchies, you’ve got the munchies
Whether or not you’ve ever smoked before
That cheese would be so good on tater tots, right now. I've fallen victim to the cannabis plant.
"It has two little legs and an arm, so people assumed it was the devil himself"
Ah of course
Yes, the logical conclusion.
Cut to a t-rex crying in the corner
I mean, it is poisonous...
@@b1nary_f1nary Satan buried fossils to lead people astray after all.
Could I be….. the devil?
We have a better poison garden. It's called the RUclips comments system.
Matthew Tolentino TOM READS COMMENTS!!!!
HURRAH!
In all seriousness though: I would like to see Tom Scott's take on the Basi Revolt in the Philippines. Maybe something along the lines of protecting personal freedom versus some nutjobs who want to make their own booze instead of buying it.
Mahmud Chariev Oh no I read i-[choking.mp4][coughing-blood.mp4][death_rattle.mp4]
Four of these comments are enough to kill your inner child
I love how have of these are like “This plant is incredibly toxic, and it can kill you within 40 minutes, and in the Victorian era they would spread this on toast and put it in their tea”
I love how these plants are put in a special garden, with a little skull symbol on their signs, and in real life they're all over people's front yards. Just a look around my neighbourhood, and I wonder how people are not poisioning themselves (or each other) all the time. Yews, Angels' trumpets, aconitum... okay, I have foxgloves in my own front yard and there are opium poppies growing in the cracks in the pavement on my street. But I'm a botanist. I know what to avoid. I guess people just don't know what they could do with those plants, so they just ignore them and nothing ever happens.
I love how Tom always wears red. Some might think that it's for continuity purposes. But Tom actually filmed every single RUclips video he's ever done, on the same day.
Facts
Hell of a day.
all the grey hoodie videos were on the day after
If you add up all the time from every video he's ever made, it equals more than 24 hours. This, of course, means that Tom Scott can time travel.
@@yellobanana6456 no he's just efficient
Guy: This is a very common plant, you can buy it almost anywhere
Also the guy: Simply looking at the plant will bring an end to the world
This is a very common plant. You can buy it in garden centres. It's also an hallucinogen.
Me: oh, look, is that the time? I need to get to garden centre before it shuts...
@TacticalMoonstone Alot of people recreationally use Datura as well. Its one of the strongest natural hallucinogens way stronger than lsd. But don't take too much
@@NoGays13
Isn't datura insanely potent? The lethal dose is alarmingly low, if I recall correctly. I'm all for a good time, but datura doesn't seem worth the risk.
@@ThePowerofCutleries I don't know the lethal amount but a leaf or two won't kill you directly unless you act up during your trip and jump off a roof or something. Most people put either leaves or seeds in their tea idk how many mg that is but its a safe amount.
@@peterclarke7240 stay away from it, it will kill you
Plants:
Ricinus Communis (Castor bean) - 0:45
Atropa Belladonna (Deadly nightshade) - 0:51
Ruta Graveolens (Herb of grace) - 1:19
Aconitum Napellus (Aconite) - 1:53
Prunus Laurocerasus (Laurel) - 2:14
Brugmansia (Angel's trumpet) - 2:33
Cannabis - 3:05
Hyoscyamus Niger (Henbane) - 3:16
Mandragora Officinarum (Mandrake) - 3:29
Cannabis, the most deadly drug to have ever existed. I once used it and killed a whole pan of lasagna.
One of these things is not like the other
Prunus laurocerasus is *not* the laurel used for cooking (Laurus nobilis).
Only one produces those tasty grape-things!
Thanks. He was hard to understand and latin is best written/read anyway
Took a tour round the Poison Garden this afternoon as I was in the area. There are so many more interesting plants than the ones mentioned in this video so it’s definitely worth a visit if you like what you’ve seen. There are also some fascinating water features on the other side of the garden, so overall it was certainly a nice change from the herb gardens most commonly found at castles and country houses across Britain!
You British people are out her locking weed in a cage while my government just locks me in a cage. It's all a disguise for you to grow the magic lettuce.
I was figuring they must have some yew and mistletoe around, maybe some that can produce curare...
the fact that for every description of each plant the guide talks about either a gardener that died or victorian dudes that probably died
I mean, at this point they are all most likely dead
Except for the weed bahaha 🤣
“This plant is a hallucinogenic, it can be used in many ways” hold up.
a deadly hallucinogen.
@@doctapeppur1900 did the tea drinkers did after using the plant
@@doctapeppur1900
Dosage makes the poison
Hello, I've actually taken it as a hallucinogen. It's commonly called Datura. I did it once, in high school, with some dumb mates. It was awful, terrifying, nauseating, brain shattering and even then years later is the most horrific experience I've ever endured
@@helplmchoking
Yup, that's deliriants for you
It's incredible how regular all of these plants are. Cinema has taught me to expect vibrant colours and elaborate leaves.
"If you touched this plant that's hanging over the path a bit, your limbs would instantly fall of and your soul would be stuck in eternal limbo"
"Don't get too close to that weed now. Don't want any unpleasantries happening."
Well, thanks to Mr. Jones for providing all the stories related as well, they indeed are Alnwickdotes
im from alnwick and hearing that joke genuinley hurts me
This needs to be the top rated comment. This is a fitting pun ishment for 2020
that's the best pun i think ive ever read
Underreated
Take my like and get out
Plot twist:
This is entirely just part of his plan to grow weed in public, all the poison plants are just to deter anyone stealing the weed
the whole garden is an excuse to grow weed
sEeMs lEgIt
NO one in the world would steal those shitty leggy male plants.
Just got to that part - it's really, really weird to me that all the other plants aren't in a cage, but the cannabis *is*.
"This plant can kill you if you touch it without gloves - this other plant can't kill you by touch, but under no circumstances can you touch it."
@@ZT1ST its a class c drug
no touchy
ricin cyanide nah thats fine
its mildly terrifying how hes describing all the horrific things that will happen to you if you touch these plants and hes standing there casually
I love how the entire garden of things that make you die in horribly painful ways was specifically intended to be used as an educational tool by children.
All of these children's ancestors were children that successfully avoided dying of eating poisonous plants, once.
I feel like I'm talking to the merchant for an assassins guild in an RPG.
Want some skooma?
@@AntoineViallonDevelloper Yup.
And then you steal all the plants when the merchant isn't looking, and he acts as if nothing is wrong despite all the plants in the garden having mysteriously disappeared at the end of the tour.
Imagine tripping and falling into some of those bushes
... and then tripping again
😂
Good one
And then dying
Two different meanings of “tripping”.
Dude I was worried the whole time about that, especially with the one that said it smelled so bad people would faint.
This dude : Talks about the criminal record and murders of the plant next to him
Also this dude : Has no gloves and has exposed bare skin.
*Gestures behind him towards plant*
Just one push away to be murdered… by bush 🫣🫣🫣
All the plants in this garden are so cool, and the concept of the garden itself is great, but what really tops it off for me is that they have a bench expressly for people who collapse from the scent of the poison plants
> Keep off the grass.
Fully underrated joke!
graymalkin1234 a lot if giggles from parents going with their children
The grass will keep you off the lawn ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dont understand
@@halohalochan2587 grass is another term for weed
...
"This one kills you, this one kills you, this one kills you, this one behind the cage...it makes you giggle and eat junk food, this one kills you..."
ikr? maaaaaadnesss
Well, you can use the ones that kill only once.
bruh epic weed joke bro
Scampwuhh, "All the plants in here have the ability to kill you."
It's impossible to smoke enough weed to kill yourself, as the amount needed physically cannot be smoked fast enough by humans (can't remember the exact amount but I think it was hundreds of kgs in a hour or so). Maybe you can directly inject a large amount of oils into your system, but that's a long shot for calling something deadly. Everything is deadly when directly injected in large quantities.
It's toxic, poisonous a drug and is bad for your health when ingested in uncontrolled ways, that's undeniably true. But the only way weed can realistically kill you is if a large bale of it drops directly on your head.
They kill you !!!!!
Can confirm definitely does make children interested. I went to Alnwick castle and gardens when I was around 8 or 9 with some friends and we loved the poison garden.
I remember that there was another plant in a cage, because this one just touching the leaves on bear skin could send you to the hospital.
I feel like touching the leaves of any plant on a bear's skin could send you to hospital.
Surprised they didn't talk about the Giant Hogsweed, a massive plant that also produces that photogenic sap.
Possibly because it's invasive and might pose difficulties around the rest of the gardens if it spreads, I might be wrong though
Oh right, no big deal, you see, we have gardeners having 3 degree burns and die occasionally and have plants able to knock you out with their smell. But there is no worries because we have a bench for you to rest...
Forever
Not only that. The bench seems to be adjacent to the crop... Continued exposure, WHEEE!
Perfect job description.
But dont worry, the weed is in a cage, itll be fine
The dizzy people sitting there and noticing another poisonous plant next to the bench :
_all around me are familiar faces_
I dont like how often hes says "These plants are very common"
Little did you know, there's stuff around and inside you that can kill you at all times.
@@baronvonbeandip u w o t
Don't be too scared. It's just that everything is *Death* 😂👍
that’s plants, for you! toxin is one of the only ways a plant can protect itself, so a LOT of plants use it.
Oh my! Don’t come on a walk round our local countryside with me. I can show you a highly toxic plant about every yard we walk. In my defence I already knew all the plants because I grew up here, then I studied pharmacology. My husband is worried but still alive.
what i'm learning is that the victorians were wild.
interesting to note, that the ricin plants grow freely on most roadsides all across the country where I live
"4 berries is enough to kill a child"
_Jesus_ what kind of horrible tests did it take to find *that* out?
Centuries of stupid children putting whatever they find into their mouths.
If you know the content of the berry (Chemical wise) you can take the weight, figure out how much of that content is poison, then just keep adding the weights of each berry and its poison factor till you cross the line. No need to kill anyone to figure it out :)
It's called LD50 - a measure of mass of compound vs mass of subject
@@erklingames6009 Where's the fun in that?
@@darksage7507 You know what. You're right
It's true that the best way to capture the imagination of a child is to tell them you can kill them.
That would usually capture the attention of adults as well,
@@lumonetic1124 , but they might put you in jail
to continue the unended comma... also may i ask as to why
@@iwbmo probably a typo since comma and period are right next to eachother
Thanks Patrick
let's see paul allen's child
Poison Garden: "All of these plants can kill you"
Also Poison Garden: "There's a caged set of weed plants here"
So the statement is accurate.
@@CymruEmergencyResponder Nope.
@@KPG113 if you smoke it it can kill you
@@KPG113 you can die from it
@@caveman7692 No, you cannot. We can do this all day. Give me some credible proof instead of parroting these idiots
You simply can't overdose to death from consuming weed in any form. Not even going to get into the smoking debate, as smoking anything at all isn't the best for one's health but I don't see stoners dropping like flies from COPD or lung cancer (that would be your cigarette-smoking dad instead)
"Oh wow, what is that plant in the cage? It must be really toxic."
"Actually, it just makes you feel kind of funny when you smoke it."
Something I'd really love to know is how they deal with seed dispersal, and how they prevent the local area from being ridden with these dangerous plants.
Or is the honey from local bee-hives handled as toxic? Collecting pollen from this many dangerous plants in one place might just make that one dangerous natural sweetener. "On this visit, I'll take my tea plain, thank you. "
Great video, Tom; thanks for going to the garden and getting such a good collection of stories from the gardener. I read about the Dutchesses' odd hobby about a year ago and have wanted to visit.
I've got like 3 of these plants and foxglove in my garden! :p
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Ah, urban dwellers with their silly questions. How do you prevent your cars from hitting people?
Justin Yeh You don't nowadays
I am looking at my back yard now with increasing suspicion.
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(secretly your yard is planning to kill you.)
i'm Scottish, but when i was younger i lived in Northumberland in a town called Ashington, not far from Alnwick. So i was through that way all the time and grew up playing in and around Alnwick castle and Walworth castle, having wooden sword fights with my friends and playing hide and seek. Then i moved back up to Scotland, glad i did since i prefer it here and we have our own castles, but i got some good memory's from it :)
oh, nice! never seen anyone else who has lived in ashington on the wide web
I used to go to Alnwick Gardens all the time, so cool to see Tom here
“Four of these berries could kill a child”
“10 feet away here is where we teach kids that weed is bad for them”
Those berries aren’t sold for recreational use though are they
@@rebeccahaddon2569 Weed is. But unlike those berries, it won't put you 6 feet under.
@@rebeccahaddon2569 weed litterally is the least poisonous thing in the garden alongside the grass
@@rebeccahaddon2569 those berries aren't used for any medical purposes aren't they ?
i wonder if they teach kids how stupid the laws can be - here is plant called mariuhana , it's not more dangerous than tobbaco and it has plenty of medical uses
can help a lot to people with any joints in your body like knees for example , even can help to people who suffer with alzheimer , parkinson disease
Ofcourse if you smoke it - you get intoxicated , and if you do not have schyzofrenia then you should be fine
thing is - people are not agressive on weed , they do not bother other people like drunk people or druged people .
@@doposud schyzofrenia
The duchess of Northumberland sounds like the best teacher ever.
Duchess: Cannabis will kill you, it must be kept in a cage
Funnily enough, a good friend of mine is working with B.arborea (The ngel's trumpet) , which is one of the plants in the poison garden.
They get it from arround our university's campus though. It just grows arround here. They got lucky since they just happened to be producing fruits
I love how decorated the gate is.
“The butterfly would die naturally of cyanide poisoning.”
That’s a contradiction right there...
LegoVogel well it is a natural death, considering the poison is a natural source
I get the feeling that in the UK, “naturally” can just mean “consequently” or “expectedly”.
Jeffrey Woods it can mean expectedly but not consequently
I think "organically" is a better description
This is more a case of "Naturally, it would die"
He speaks of gardeners getting injured or dying like it's nothing😂
pconn67 Occupational hazard.
pconn67 he might of went over it a thousand times over before. People want to hear it, and he gives it.
Don't worry, they get composted into next years feed. :-)
In one interview he speaks of offing a spouse so nonchalant
Because he knows that he will be the next.
I took up learning about these plants from my time with goats and the plants in their range, but it got the best of me and I buy these plant seeds yearly to keep my stock up.
That dutchess who imagined that garden knew *exactly* what kids wanted to see
This is one of those videos where I just turn up with a GoPro, and someone does all the storytelling work for me! (Have a look at the video from the Soda Pop Stop - it's linked at the end of the video - for something similar.)
this video just came out and this comment was already posted 3 days ago
hmmm
He keeps the videos private whilst editing and to keep to a schedule.
RUclipsrs can schedule uploads in advance so that they're buffered by the time people see them
when were you there? I was there myself recently
So this is a garden where the plants can kill the gardener? Sounds like the exact opposite of my garden, where the gardener kills the plants!
When the plants fight back.
Found the black thumb.
yuk yuk yuk
whahaha
*IN SOVIET RUSSIA-*
The green variety of Ricinus communis grows very fast and has _huge_ leaves - a fascinating plant.
If any of you people out there a fantastic day or two out you'd be hard pressed to find it anywhere else than Alnwick castle and gardens and finish off with a day going round Alnwick itself. The highlight of the castle grounds is of course the poison garden, the guides are very knowledgeable and they had us all laughing with sayings from wives/ partners and gfs to the effect of don't bother getting any ideas, now that I think on it you've got Hadrian's wall not far away so you'd need a week to enjoy everything in the area. Thank you people of Alnwick and the surrounding area and I'm looking forward to coming back in 2022
My Skyrim character would go nuts in there. So many ingredients.
I heard a mention of Nightshade. And take no notice of the date, it's merely a blink of an eye.
Aussie i agree
@@snixBE Same here
"It's been here for more than nine hundred years or so"
*points at ducks *
My dumbass brain: those are some old ducks
I had a similar reaction.
"It's been here for more than 900 years or so"
"Are the ducks included?"
Sir, please step out of the weed cage.
😂😂😂
@@Naokarma comedy gold.
The stories these ducks could quack
3:30 funny that it's quite popular throght Harry Potter as many scenes of the movie were shot at Alnwick Castle in the background
Ok, Algorythm, it was in the cinema that I realised what you did there, suggesting this video the day before I saw that movie with the poisenous garden ...
No better way to keep your pot safe. Surround it by poisonous plants to kill the thieves 🤔 gotta start a new garden now
You know the gardener yoinks some buds bro.
the worst pay day 2 heist
And free fertilizer.
@@poodlecomb5053 Not off those crappy males he doesn't. Also, it's probably hemp
Gardener here. I personally find it rather interesting, how most people view such plants.
There are many, many, many plants most of us have in their gardens because of either practical use or aesthetic, yet the majority knows fairly little about them.
We always had to make sure to ask the customers if they had children or animals and educate them on the plants they had on their mind.
Unfortunately, not everyone does that which could easily result in a fatal accident.
The point I'm trying to make is that there is so much potential knowledge out there, and most of it is not only half as interesting.
Y'know, I actually had an idea for a character who took care of a garden like this. Cool to know there's a deal place like what I'd imagined
I very much enjoyed this episode, especially listening to Trevor who certainly knew his stuff!
How many gardeners does this place burn through?
the nearest grave yard instead of a war hero section its just gardeners
They're all still there - the high nitrogen levels means you get great compost from old gardeners.
No gardener died here, I didn’t find anything about anyone dying there.
@@Sedgehun It says that their head gardener did: 1:59
@@felixspaghetti2611 He's talking about a head gardener somewhere else. Surrey, if I'm decoding his accent right, but I could be wrong.
"....and these here are the tomb stones of all of the past gardeners who accidentally touched the plants...."
The more I learn about the Victorian Era, the more I'm amazed that humanity survived it.
I mean, people once thought eating mercury pills was a way to an eternal life. None of them are around to tell about it now...
This is the best video out there about Alnwick Poison Garden! Thanks!
I went there when I was around 7. I fainted walking through the poison ivy tunnel, and had to be carried out on a stretcher. That was a fun experience to say the least.
Why would poison ivy make you faint? Did you just have a heat stroke or something?
It needs a stretcher to carry a 7 year old out of a garden?
Poison ivy? How did you find from poison ivy?
@@TheMrVengeance
I presume it was simply due to spending time in the garden, near so many noxious plants. That sounds like it would be a tad bit much for a child that young.
@@souvillaine5131 i’m crying very good observation
"This is cannabis, we use it to explain the dangers of drugs."
*immediatly starts talking about another plant*
To be fair, it is a commercially available substance that many people use or have used legal or not across the world
Boring compared to the other genuinely scary plants
@@thewingedporpoise boring for smokers
Not growers, the different array of chemos,genos and phenotypes keep it interesting and fun
@Linz N but their actual information is generally misguided and wrong on both sides
Have you ever worked with kids? Can't blame him for having to take the edge off.
@@Mr_Makina mostly of the side of the prohibitors
Fascinating! One of your best videos!
This is so very British.
Lovely.
Thanks for sharing.
I've been to the garden a few times, and my favourite thing in there is the Rhubarb. It's just Rhubarb! I love it.
Jademalo rhubarb is famous for having poisonous leaves. My mum has always grown it and has always warned me about the leaves
Jademalo oxalic acid - nasty stuff. its mostly concentrated in the leaves as opposed to the stalk, and you need to eat a fair amount to actually ingest a lethal dose, but it's still poisonous. Now if they really wanted to be a little more imaginative, they would have black bryony in there - that is a far more poisonous plant than rhubarb.
@@ValleysOfRain Fun fact. Oxalic acid is now being used to in a vapor form to kill the mites that are killing honeybees. Since it's natural and non-toxic in low-doses and tends to dissipate it's ideal for working around food contact equipment (i.e., bee hives.) Search on youtube for Oxalic acid bees.
Well actually every part of rhubarb is toxic except for the stems, I was hoping it was in this garden (and in the video too). Well at least half of my hopes were satisfied.
Kid in a school trip: this garden is boring
The queen inmediatly: if you touch this plant you die instantly
That's honestly some real big brain think right there
@@hughjass1260 you don't say
Well, it worked if there aren't any kids left that aren't listening ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Kid: Wow this place is INTRESTING!!!!
I remember going here when I was younger, absolute blast
An incredible comments section! I was _not_ disappointed!
That's a really great alnwickdote, Tom
You beat me to it :(
WanderingRandomer I laughed way too hard at that😂
As someone who lives nearby. I'm totally using that.
WanderingRandomer yo that's my joke dude
Explanation: if, for some reason, you totally ignored tom's video, Alnwick is pronounced Annick
2:30 😂 I get that it's called the Poison Garden containing plants that can kill you but which joker thought it'd be funny to have the decorative plants next to the benches kill you too.
The weak and foolish fade as we stay strong.
So many of these plant are only poisonous if you ingest them. Essentially their only dangerous to dumbasses and babies
Ooh, this takes me back to the BBC Merlin series and Kingdom Come Deliverance 😄
I didn't even know that mandrakes are real (minus the screaming and magic part of course).
As always, it's been a pleasure to watch.
This is amazing, I’ve actually been here many times
i know they have to do it but the cannabis cage looks so funny :D
"you are in jail now plant!" XD
to stupid for a Name Stop! You have violated the law! Pay your fine or serve your sentence! Your drugged up children are now forfeit!
@@luftkadettarchives6387 THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD!
i'm no pot advocate, but i find it funny that the weed was locked up in a cage, but the other plant that "used to be used in tea to 'loosen lips' because it's a hallucinogenic" was totally cool being left out. So it's not a matter of danger, it's a matter of popularity that is why the laws are created
I mean, I just figured it's in a cage not to protect people but to keep people from stealing it. As you said the popularity of it is what makes it necessary because while I'm sure there's a market somewhere for belladonna, it's not worth breaking into a public garden to get. Whereas there could be a real risk of tourists trying to steal off the cannabis plant either to sneak a treat at home or trade it off somewhere.
you can hardly steal a huge leaf or flower, you can easily steal a nugget
I'm not a true advocate either, but I love pretending to be and making it into jokes.
It has nothing to do with danger its just because weed is more widespread and is more of a public debate issue there are a bunch more laws and they are stricter so you end up with a silly situation like this
Ah yes weed the very hard to get drug
LOVE this ... and you as always.
Learning from the history of the garden, I guess Duchess of Northumberland would be an interesting person to chat or having discussion with.
3:04 "Keep off the grass"
Oh I get it!
Not to sound rude, but Trevor looks exactly like the guy that would be maintaining a poison garden.
Very rude
EXM How rude of you
So very rude.
How ruude
Prude, that's rude.
I really like the Angels Trumpet, I might buy one of these and keep it in my house. 😀
I've grown the trumpet flower/moon flower. They bloom at night, only for one day, and they smell amazing! The seeds are more potent than the pollen, but I do not recommend ingesting the seeds from the pods. I've heard very bad things about datura trips.
“We grow cannabis to educate”
Sign: keep off the grass
Education right there 😂
Underated comment 😂
Underrated indeed
Bumb this
hahahaha nice
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the joke.
"Tell the them it's poisonous, and you have the child's imagination" Kids are monsters.
yes, but no that was about making them scared so they will pay attention which is gross
@@y7awsbe2000 Not really. It’s more about interesting them. The same thought process as emphasizing the “gross” parts of science and history because that’s the stuff kids want to hear about. It’s exciting.
I’ve been there before,and I really do recommend going!
The RUclips algorithm is eerie - I visited here only yesterday and now I see it recommended!
Hold up, laurel releases cyanide? 90% of my Grandmas garden is laurel
Maybe she's trying to die naturally like the butterflies.
Don't get on her bad side
Appleseed produces cyanide too, same w laurel, it's low concentration, you'd need to extract from a large source of them to affect a human system
@@kodiakulv5148 I'm not doubting you but then why would the garden of doom have Laurel in it?
It could be just to point out that it does release cyanide which would make sense but then why wouldnt they point out it's in low concentrations.
@@ClainBill also it can easily be releasing cyanide, but the wind takes it away before it is concentrated enough to be harmful
Worker: don’t stand to close touch or smell the plants they will kill
Proceeds to stand next to the plant
Proceeds*
Ok mum
You clearly haven't dealt with braindead tourists before.
It’s so weird seeing something in your town that’s just an everyday thing online on a popular channel
Ruta Graveolens is also used as an herb in cooking in small amounts, though, less commonly today.The effects while technically true and accurate are seemingly overstated.
Not sure if I'd bring kids in there. I can only imagine telling a kid to not touch the plants only to have them touch the stuff simply because you told them not to.
if you explain to the kid that they will die when they touch it, and they still touch it, sorry but they are a lost cause.
If you just say "don't run with scissors" the child probably won't care much since it has no idea what the consequences might be. Tell it "If you run with scissors you might trip and hurt yourself" it's much more likely they will listen.
Try to avoid "No, don't do that" and use "If you do that, this might happen" instead.
"Don't touch that" without any explaination might only encourage their couriosity in a bad way.
if it does touch a bad plant, and get hurt, it will at least learn to listen when you tell it something.
@@MrAntiKnowledge I litterally told a child "Don't touch the blue bottle tenticles, they really really hurt for ages" and they went around trying to touch them. Maybe it was my delivery? I don't know but i'd put up higher fences in this place.
I managed fine when I was about 7 and my parents brought me there.
Me: *Trips and falls in the garden*
*Dies.*
Damn bro, sorry for your loss
think of in how much agony you would be before you pass out from the pain
This is Anna from Poland. I enjoyed listetning to this youtube :) I love brittish accent, but the story about that garden will stuck in my mind for sure, as a curiosity. Thanks!