Just Your Garden Variety Gnome Concerns

Despite the horror of it all, one of the most amusing stories of the day involves the public reaction to Britain's Royal Horticultural Society's decision to allow the presence of garden gnomes — those adorable, elfin statues people put in their yards, and sometimes, as in Amélie and Travelocity ads, help to travel the world — at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. Hint: People did not like it! Not …

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Just Your Garden Variety Gnome Concerns

Australians win show garden prize

An Australian team has won the best show garden prize for the first time in the Chelsea Flower Show's 100-year-history – with one of its members celebrating by stripping off and going for an impromptu swim.

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Garden gnomes invade Chelsea Flower Show

Garden gnomes invaded Chelsea Flower Show on Monday as the prestigous horticultural event relaxed a ban on the diminutive ornaments to raise cash for charity.

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Garden gnomes invade Chelsea Flower Show