Chelsea Flower Show: Our love-hate relationship with garden gnomes

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The Royal Horticultural Society has temporarily lifted a ban on garden gnomes - normally deemed too "tacky" - at the Chelsea Flower Show. Garden historian Twigs Way charts the public's long love-hate relationship with these figurines.

History is full of curious tales - and none more so than the simple garden gnome.

Alternately loved and loathed, the gnome epitomises the social divisiveness of garden design. Snobbery may dictate a gnome free home, but for some a pond will never be complete without a cheery chap in a pointed red hat and a fishing rod.


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Which is why I'm in love with the new IKEA ad on the telly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9xROONPy6Y

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Re: Chelsea Flower Show: Our love-hate relationship with garden gnomes

Which is why I'm in love with the new IKEA ad on the telly

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Re: Chelsea Flower Show: Our love-hate relationship with garden gnomes

It seems garden gnomes do have other uses outside of horticulture


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