The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland
The Poison Garden:
Blarney Castle, Ireland * 021-4385252 * vwww.blarneycastle.ie *
One of the most intriguing features of the castle grounds of Blarney Castle for a scientist is the castle’s “Poison Garden”. A collection of plants embracing the world’s most deadliest toxins, one can walk amongst danger and see, smell, and view from close proximity what plants take the lives of hundreds of thousands of human lives annually. The garden has been active since the 18th century and a popular tourist attraction along with the other gardens on the grounds as the estate extends to over 1,000 acres of gardens (the poison garden is just a small tiny yard). Of the ones I photographed and wrote about below, are:
- American Mandrake
- Birthwort
- Black Cohosh
- Camellia sinensis Tea
- Castor Oil
- Cherry Laurel
- Columbine
- Common Box
- Deadly Nightshade
- Delphinium
- European Mandrake
- Foxglove
- Henbane
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Oleander
- Opium Poppy
- Poison Hemlock
- Poison Ivy
- Rhubarb
- Ruta Graveolens : Rue
- Scutellaria luterifolia
- Veratrum album, White hellebore
- Vincetoxicum Officinalis
- Vitus agnus – Chastus – Chaste tree
- Wolfsbane
- Wormwood
- Yew Tree
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 Yew Tree
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 Yew Tree
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 Yew Tree
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 Yew Tree
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 Love Lies Bleeding
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 American Mandrake
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 Vincetoxicum officinalis /
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 Ruta Graveolens / RUE
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 Henbane
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 Henbane
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 Birthwort
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 Wolfsbane
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 Wolfsbane
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 Wolfsbane
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 Wormwood
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 Wormwood
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 Scutellaria luterifolia
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 Columbine
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 Delphinium
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 Poison Hemlock
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 Opium Poppy
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 Opium Poppy
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 European Mandrake
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 European Mandrake
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 Common Box
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 Common Box
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 Deadly Nightshade
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 Deadly Nightshade
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 Castor Oil Plant
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 Castor Oil Plant
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 Rue
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 Black Cohosh
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 Black Cohosh
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 Rhubarb
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 Camellia sinensis Tea
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 Foxglove
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 Foxglove
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 Veratrum album, White helleborene
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 Veratrum album, White helleborene
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 Poison Ivy/Oak
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 Poison Ivy/Oak
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 Cherry Laurel
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 Cherry Laurel
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some truly interesting details you have written.