Gnomes
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It
seems the Royal Horticultural Society in England has for years
frowned on that popular item of the English garden, the friendly
gnome. During the Victorian period these little figures , mostly
little dwarf type people, became very popular to place in your
garden and were supposed to bring 'magic “ to your flowers and
garden. Still today as your tour around the gardens of England you
will see the happy little men around the plants doing their magic by
making the gardens look beautiful.
Now
this year something happened . At the Royal Chelsea Garden show the
little dwarfs were actually invited in to the show.. Some were
decorated by celebrities and then they were to be auctioned off by
Ebay to help fund a project to encourage school gardening.
What a lovely idea.Some even
made their way into the fabulous displays they have at this show.
It
seems the Gnomes are here to stay.
There
was a very good article and photos by NPR if you wish to read more.
I found it fascinating.
, English gardens have the ability to overwhelm us with
ReplyDeleteso much work that goes into them,and well worth it the climate
is just the job for a morning potter and a chat with a frog or the
passing or half hidden gnome, not too many of them though
but the Brits still Habe a sense of humour, I can imagine the
shock seeing them at the Chelsea Harden Show, a few smiles I bet.