Chris Beardshaw

Now on to a more murderous subject, poison.

15 years ago, in 2011, a young Chris Beardshaw passed through the treacherous iron gates of the Annick Poison Gardens in Northumberland and home to over 100 toxic, intoxicating and narcotic plants.

Chris met gardener Debbie Cromby to discover the most dangerous species of all, how to tell a poisonous plant from a regular one and which plant is rumoured to grow through the eyes of the dead.

When this duchess inherited the title, she wanted to create a garden on the site.

So many of them are toxic in one capacity or another.

And what an impoverished place our garden would be if we discarded all of the plants that you've got here.

Debbie Cromby, guiding Chris Beardshaw around the Annick Poison Gardens.

Chris's trip there in 2011 taught us some valuable lessons that are just as important today, like how to identify harmful plants and why we must resist snacking on unknown berries, no matter how juicy and delicious they look.