Love or Hate

[Smart Red]

Gnope! Gno Gnomes here.

I do tend to have decorative 'accents' in many of my gardens. My hosta garden has reptiles and amphibians - snakes, 3-piece alligator, turtles, and frogs - throughout. Connor's Memorial Butterfly Garden has butterflies, butterfly houses, warming stones, and watering spots for puddling. The Tristan's Woodland Walk shade garden has a collection of elves (gnot gnomes) that help with tending the beds. Gypsy's Moon Garden is still being developed, but will have fairy homes, places for fairies to frolic, and a glow-in-the-dark rock path. Trey's Zoo Garden has a menagerie of animals living amid the animal-named plants growing in fenced "cages". The two grandchildren left, have - or will have - their theme gardens as well, but I doubt I will have much for decorations in either Marissia's English Cottage Garden or Maverick's Wildflower Labyrinth.

Love, Linn B (aka Smart Red) Gardening in zone 4b-5a, newly 5b? -- anyway, Im still in the same spot in south-est, central-est Wisconsin

 

[desertlady]

Gnomes scares me ! reminds me of a scary movie !! Looks old school...

 

[Southern Gardener]

I think they are creepy! I do like my ceramic mushrooms and frogs tho.

 

[lesa]

Okay, I will admit it...a dear friend gave me one, many years ago. It was painted in all kinds of bright colors- and I hated it! So, I bought the spray paint that looks rough, like stone- and gave him a new look. He ended up looking like concrete. Much better and less obtrusive than the colored one. He stands, almost hidden in my woodland garden. The other day, I saw a "garden" that didn't have any plants- just lots and lots of garden "art". They obviously did not go for the "less is more" idea! Needles to say there was a gnome family among the other doodads!

 

[ninnymary]

Lesa, I hope no one ever gives me one because I would put it in the back of my shady garden where no one can see it!

Mary

 

[Jared77]

We have a couple of art pieces but no gnomes. The art pieces are pieces of scrap metal, rebar, a spring, and in the shapes of a dog, cat and a mouse. My wife bought them at an art fair and they've aged well and look really good amongst the hostas and coral bells.

 

[Smiles Jr.]

Even though I don't have a Gnome, I'm sitting here wondering why there is a reason for all the negative responses. I'll admit that I don't know anything about them and have only seen them on Walmart shelves. They're just little statues - am I missing something? Please enlighten me.

 

[baymule]

I wouldn't waste my money on a gnome. I don't like knic-knacs in the house either. I don't like collections of small statuary that has to be dusted and takes up space. I durn sure wouldn't want to crap up the garden with some stupid looking creepy little old man. Go Gnome or Go Ghome!

 

[Smart Red]

Even though I don't have a Gnome, I'm sitting here wondering why there is a reason for all the negative responses. I'll admit that I don't know anything about them. They're just little statues - am I missing something? Please enlighten me.

They were just another camp-y lawn decoration (in my mind) until a garden gnome was kidnapped. During the following weeks, the gnome's owner received photos of the gnome on an apparent trip around the world. Probably a friend's practical joke, as the gnome did eventually show up at home as suddenly as he'd departed.

After this, a hotel chain used the same type of gnome in its advertising to promote traveling and staying with them. To me the gnome has become a 'tacky' advertising gimmick that has been overdone. I would no sooner purchase a "traveling gnome" than I would a pair of pink plastic flamingos. Just me.

Love, Linn B (aka Smart Red) Gardening in zone 4b-5a, newly 5b? -- anyway, Im still in the same spot in south-est, central-est Wisconsin

 

[desertlady]

here I am reading the post about Gnomes, right below it was an advertisement for gnomes !!! aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! they are following me !!