Garden gnomes. Cute, fat jolly retro-kitsch? Or zombie flesh-eating crazies, viking warriors, pistol-toting armed guards, political cartoons, or sports stars to decorate any garden?
I must admit that I have a terracotta gnome hidden in the front hedge. See – I can’t quite own up to it, but neither can I quite throw him away. Which one is your style?
2. Scuba diving gnome
3. San Francisco Giants Brian Wilson gnome
4. Queen Elizabeth Diamond jubilee gnomes
5. Obama gnome
6. Gnombie
7. Combat gnome
8. Breast Cancer Awareness gnome
Love gnomes! Really I just love garden ornaments. I really love mushrooms too. And my 2 yr old son picked 2 little turtles the other day a green one “jack” and a orange one “Tess” he moves the around and calls them babies, I love it so much.
That’s classic. I’d love to see a photo of your boy and his ‘babies’! (send to info@GardenDrum.com). I’m assuming the turtles aren’t of the flesh-eating kind……!
Ha! I’ve always hated garden gnomes. But the zombie gnomes completely changed my mind. This year I’m going to get some for sure!
I’m wanting that viking peering through my carex….Maybe it will scare away the bloody rabbits.
This is brilliant! I am going with the zombie garden gnomes for my verandah as my last ditch possum scaring technique. Absolutely nothing else has worked.
If it works, I want to see a photo of that possum’s face. It would cheer the heart of many an Aussie gardener.
Last year I netted my small maple tree for several months until it broke the habit of the possum which was feeding on it (and destroying it), night after night. Maybe you could decorate your verandah with a ‘seaside fishing theme’, and do same?