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UrbanWild
Jun 17, 2020 8:23 PM CST
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Kentucky (Zone 6b)
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I spent several years of my youth in Europe and have loved gnomes ever since. Show us your gnomes!
Here are a few of mine...

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Let's see yours... Or anyone's!
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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vic
Jun 18, 2020 3:43 AM CST
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Sweet Thumbs up
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UrbanWild
Jun 18, 2020 7:12 AM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
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Just found this...the gnomes based on artists are pretty cool:

The thread "Garden Gnomes and high art" in Garden Art forum
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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Hamwild
Jun 18, 2020 4:24 PM CST
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My MIL (she's German) collects yard gnomes. I don't have any pictures, bur it'd probably take me a half an hour to photograph all of them. Hilarious!
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UrbanWild
Jun 18, 2020 5:02 PM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
Hummingbirder Frogs and Toads Dog Lover Critters Allowed Butterflies Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
One day...there will be a sanctuary here! nodding
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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UrbanWild
Jun 19, 2020 12:34 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
Hummingbirder Frogs and Toads Dog Lover Critters Allowed Butterflies Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
Dollar Tree helped this year with my railing boxes...

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Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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vic
Jun 19, 2020 2:24 PM CST
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I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Forum moderator Region: United States of America
Purslane Garden Art Region: North Carolina Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
awww - aren't they sweet Lovey dubby Thumbs up Thumbs up
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UrbanWild
Jun 20, 2020 12:11 PM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
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Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
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These were gifts...

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Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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vic
Jun 20, 2020 12:17 PM CST
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Name: Vicki
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I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Forum moderator Region: United States of America
Purslane Garden Art Region: North Carolina Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Oh, so bright an colorful Hurray! Hurray!
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gardengus
Jun 21, 2020 4:37 PM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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Being Swedish you might say gnomes are in our DNA
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this guy has been around for many many years


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there is one who lives under the ginkgo tree but he is very shy and hard to find
I didn't see him around so I got his house Smiling

I have learned that the best time to catch a gnome is when they are out spying on the fairies.


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..a balanced life is worth pursuit.
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vic
Jun 22, 2020 1:33 AM CST
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Cinda - Sweet photo's and I love the sign in your first photo as well Green Grin! Thumbs up
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UrbanWild
Jun 27, 2020 7:29 PM CST
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So this happened...

https://youtu.be/BI1UKyz1-Ac

https://www.npr.org/2016/02/27...

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/0...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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Hamwild
Jun 27, 2020 8:13 PM CST
Georgia (Zone 8a)
Region: Georgia Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Dog Lover Cactus and Succulents Annuals Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge)
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Smh.
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vic
Jun 28, 2020 3:48 AM CST
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Purslane Garden Art Region: North Carolina Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Not a state park thing??? What??? Crying

He tries to bring JOY to others and he's not allowed?

This is so sad. Sad
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UrbanWild
Jun 28, 2020 6:13 AM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
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Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
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He asked for permission to do it. Then it got popular and they told him to remove them.

My favorite quote was in the NYT article:

"We feel bad that people are disappointed," Mr. Baker said. "However, part of our mission is to teach conservation and environmental ethics, and we don't want to teach those kids that there are gnomes out here in the woods."

Right. Because the world is better off without magic. Blinking
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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gardengus
Jun 28, 2020 6:27 AM CST
Name: Cinda
Indiana Zone 5b
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Cute houses
I was concerned in the first link the beginning I saw him taking a pry bar to the base of a tree to remove a door he had nailed to the tree Thumbs down hope he was not damaging the trees.
Just my personal taste when I go to a wooded park I like my nature naked.
..a balanced life is worth pursuit.
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UrbanWild
Jun 28, 2020 7:07 AM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
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As do I. However, Little Buffalo State Park has lodging of various structural types, a public pool, grist mill, store, amphitheater, and special events hall. It already has a wide array of non-nature related uses. In several of the pictures, the gnome homes were next to a road.
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"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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UrbanWild
Jun 28, 2020 7:16 AM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
Hummingbirder Frogs and Toads Dog Lover Critters Allowed Butterflies Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
Norman, the world's largest concrete gnome...

https://www.roadsideamerica.co...

https://alyssavnature.com/2013...
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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UrbanWild
Jun 28, 2020 8:52 AM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
Hummingbirder Frogs and Toads Dog Lover Critters Allowed Butterflies Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
The gnomes of Wroclaw, Poland
https://www.timetravelturtle.c...
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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UrbanWild
Jun 28, 2020 8:58 AM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Birds Vegetable Grower Spiders! Organic Gardener Native Plants and Wildflowers
Hummingbirder Frogs and Toads Dog Lover Critters Allowed Butterflies Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
According to the Guiness World Records, the World's Largest Garden Gnome is in Nowa Sól, Poland:

https://youtu.be/AiH3A71HE1k
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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