Gnome Garden Ideas

Those with a penchant for garden gnomes may find themselves unable to stop acquiring them. Read on to find ways to make these charming folklore figures and gnome garden design work in your garden space.

This mega-gnome stood guard at the entrance to the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show. For many years, the gnome was banished from the big league of garden design, the Chelsea Flower Show. Considered too lowbrow and tacky for such a high-end affair, the gnome made a triumphant return to the show in 2013.

Renowned French designer Philippe Starck created a high-end line of gnomes to use as side tables or foot rests indoors or out in 2000, and they are still available for purchase if you want to bring a bit of garden wit inside.

Nothing says productivity quite like a gnome with a bucket and a shovel. Elves of the garden, gnomes can take on a variety of personalities. Just decide which gnome garden personality best suits you.