I visited Alnwick Castle last month. As it was the beginning of spring, a few of the
flowers weren’t out yet but there were still lots of pretty colours,
especially the tulips and the hedge below. There’s also the fountain and arches to walk round, as well as the cherry blossom and bamboo gardens.
Behind the grand cascade, we found a little collection of gardens to explore – the ornamental gardens with its fountains and the rose gardens. You can also go on a tour around the Poison Garden. The tour lasted about fifteen minutes and they explained which plants were poisonous including rhubarb leaves, daffodils, poppies and even doc leaves.
Alnwick garden boasts the largest collection of ‘Tai-hauku’ cherry blossom outside of Japan and there are over 300 trees in the Orchard. They only bloom for a couple of weeks each year, usually at the end of April.
