Sunday, October 2, 2011

Life After Gnomes....

Years ago I remember every garden had one of these….

Image from news-talk.info

Or even one of these…

Image from sciencephoto.com

and whilst I’ve nothing against either of these there is so much more choice nowadays of whimsical garden ornaments.
I’d much prefer this in my garden 

Image from backyardcity.com

Or this

Image from squidoo.com

I guess it’s all a matter of taste.
One man’s (or woman’s) cheap and tacky is another man’s classic art.
Here are a few of my choices….

Image from livinggardenskentucky.com

... every garden needs a  Green Man….

image from designtoscano.com

...and living in South Africa I could definitely go for one of these –

Image by designtoscano.com


Image by designtoscano.com

....and because fairies DO live at the bottom of gardens….

Image by blog.designtoscano.com

My son would love this…

Image from soulofthegarden.com

...and for those odd spots in the garden where nothing seems to grow
(and we all have them)….

Image from designtoscano.com
Image from designtoscano.com

And on a final note, if I had to have a gnome it would definitely be this one…..

Image from gardenfun.com

2 comments:

  1. I used to have a friend whose mother had about a dozen garden gnomes in her backyard and we had to resist the urge to play with them when we went over to her house. I would love to have just one, maybe the cool one in the last photo.

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  2. I absolutely love all of those garden ornaments. Now that it is summer, my wife and I have been trying to make our garden beautiful, and it feels like we need something like this too. Also, we want to make sure that we protect the stuff we have already bought. Do you have any idea where we could find a good patio furniture cover?

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