In 1872 the Heissner factory, in Thuringia, Germany, began producing gnomes in large quantities Credit: Photo: The Garden Museum 2015 If you want a willing worker to mow your lawn and tend your ...

The Royal Horticultural Society has temporarily lifted a ban on garden gnomes - normally deemed too "tacky" - at the Chelsea Flower Show. Garden historian Twigs Way charts the public's long love-hate ...

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, renowned as the pinnacle of horticultural exhibitions, has made headlines by lifting its longstanding ban on garden gnomes. This decision, after 113 years, marks a ...

ONCE UPON a time, the lawn jockey was the king of the home garden. Ubiquitous in the South and in the Appalachians, but with known sightings in the West, the lawn jockey was the ornament of choice to ...

Every week we give the low-down on the value of forgotten treasures that may be gathering dust at home. The humble garden gnome is easy to mock but investors in the rarest examples often get the last ...