Last month I visited Penzance in Cornwall and came across an amazing Gnome Garden (pictured above).
I thought it was great and was told that the couple who owned the house (right by a public garden) had been adding to it for years.
I was very impressed and overwhelmed by childish excitement. What a quirky and interesting thing to collect, and more than that... what a way to bring a smile to other people's faces!
As a passerby you could spend hours looking at the garden. Trying to spot anything new, observing everything that is going on and seeing the lovely flowers and wildlife that have been interwoven with (or cultivated by) the gnomes.
I decided from that day that I was going to start my own Gnome Garden.
I visited home a few weeks later and told my parents of my plan. To my surprise they were both very eager and hugely supportive and excited about my suggestion. They encouraged me to find a spot in the garden the next day. Our roundabout 'island' was selected as the perfect spot.
My mum took me to several Garden Centres on the way to the train station the following day and we embarked on a wild gnome hunt. Some Garden Centre assistants responded to our desperate gnome-related requests (we were on a very tight time limit as not to miss my train to London) with confusion, surprise and disorientation. They were obviously not used to directing customers to garden gnomes and often there was no specific section.
In the end we found one, (names James after a very helpful sales assistant) and also toadstool to join him in the garden. And so it begins. My crazy hobby is now up and running. More gnomes, photos and garden features to come. Watch this space...
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