garden gnome branded 'too gnaff'
- added May 17, 2008
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It's enough to make a fellow pack up his fishing rod, clamber off his toadstool and waddle away muttering into his beard.
Garden gnomes are apparently no longer welcome in our gardens.
Sales of outdoor ornaments, particularly the little colourful chaps, are down by 36 per cent in a year.
We seem to be more interested in planting vegetables and fruit than simply decorating our green spaces.
The figures from the Horticultural Trades Association show that sales of fruit-bearing trees and plants were up 43 per cent in the same period.
A spokesman for the association, Alan Maxted, said gnomes had received some bad press and were seen as "a bit twee" nowadays.
"Maybe gardening is becoming a bit too serious and utilitarian," he said.
"We think gardens should be fun and enjoyable."
Mr Maxted said some gardeners are using alternatives, such as pottery frogs, statues of Daleks or miniature Stonehenges.
But overall we are using far fewer ornaments.
Garden gnomes are apparently no longer welcome in our gardens.
Sales of outdoor ornaments, particularly the little colourful chaps, are down by 36 per cent in a year.
We seem to be more interested in planting vegetables and fruit than simply decorating our green spaces.
The figures from the Horticultural Trades Association show that sales of fruit-bearing trees and plants were up 43 per cent in the same period.
A spokesman for the association, Alan Maxted, said gnomes had received some bad press and were seen as "a bit twee" nowadays.
"Maybe gardening is becoming a bit too serious and utilitarian," he said.
"We think gardens should be fun and enjoyable."
Mr Maxted said some gardeners are using alternatives, such as pottery frogs, statues of Daleks or miniature Stonehenges.
But overall we are using far fewer ornaments.
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