Are you a gnome lover or hater?

I am happy to give a home to homeless gnomes - I think- as long as I don't get too many. I may introduce a quota!

How about a little section of the garden, probably not visible from the house, where your gnome could live unobtrusively? In ours it would be up near the shed, then no one would be offended or upset by his demise

No Gnomes but I do have an Indian Elephant at the bottom of my garden next to an arbour, and on the decking there are two ornamental Buddhas. All three are grey coloured so they blend in.

On one wall I have a lizard brought back from a holiday in Tenerife and at Halloween we have a dragon which sits in our front doorway, plus two white and grey snails which sit on some pebbles at the side of my house.

I also have an ornamental thing which plugs in to the mains and water pours out of one jug into another when I can be bothered with it.

Are you a Whovian Riverbank?
On the the gnome point, I am not a fan for my garden, but do enjoy seeing them in other people's. Some of them are quite funny.

Not a gnome lover but when we moved in we found an eroding away gnome sized penguin in the garden - he is still here.

I'm not a great lover of garden ornaments - next door has the most ghastly set, including the mushroom, but the ugliest creature of all time who used to sit on it got broken years ago, thank goodness! For all that, I love water features - local garden centre has a huge one which I'd love, but can't afford (apart from the dreadful guilt I'd suffer)! As for gnomes - as a fantasy game player actually love the real thing (there are two gnome brothers in our current RPG Scenario who have moved to online World of Warcraft game team!) So defend to the death anyone who wants to give a home or at least garden squatting rights to one of these friendly if grouchy characters!

I love gnomes and have even visited the gnome reserve in Devon twice, but I don't have them in my garden.

I have a really battered, concrete, low-quality gnome that DS1 won at a fair over 30 years' ago - which has pride of place in my little garden.

Envious at the flamingoes! When I was in New Mexico at a place called Truth or Consequences I went to a house that had a collection of huge plastic flamingoes in the garden. Fab!!

Gnomes have crossed the pond. We also have plastic pink flamingos that end up in our gardens!

DD has given her dad a gnome the last two fathers day as a joke he's not impressed but they do make me smile.

I quiet like garden ornaments, although I don't have any.
Sorry I would not give a gnome garden room.

I had an old neighbour who had loads of gnomes and every so often I would buy a gnome and place it somewhere in his garden with a note attached 'this gnome is looking for a home' ...I did this for years and he never knew it was me..?

There must be lots of homeless gnomes out there looking for
gnomeless homes..........give a gnome a home, you know you want to.

No baby herons or pheasants - both Henry and Percy are self seeking egoists.

I have three guys in my garden but they are not gnomes. They are three of the seven dwarves. Don't ask me which ones they are! They were made by my next-door-neighbour's late father many years ago from a set of rubber moulds that included, of course, Snow White. I won't deny that they're looking a bit tired now, and one of them has lost the tip of his hat. They do a great job stabilising the base of my bird feeding station but that means they come in for some rather unwelcome attention from the birds. Since I'm in confessional mode, I admit that the dogs occasionally pee on them ? but I give them a rinse if that happens. They are my only garden statuary and I'm rather fond of them.

That's horrible!

I did see a picture once of a gnome lying face down in the garden with a knife sticking out of its back. I'd like that one

Have you just made that up vampirequeen?

I love gnomes. The DVLA insist that a campervan must have decals so we've decided to call her the Gnomemobile and have gnomes decorating her.

G. guarding
N. naturally
O. over
M. mother
E. earth

Love your gnome

I have a frog, a cat my Mum gave me 25yrs ago and a white lady that ex-mil gave me hidden in a corner cos I don't have the heart to get rid of it and two baby rabbits my GD put in the little garden she built for herself.
If you like gnomes then that's ok but I don't want them in my garden thanks.

The odd one in someone else's garden is ok but just don't let them outnumber you. They seem to breed in some gardens!
I can just see someone not too far from me practising his golf swing and anything in the vicinity would be 'gnomore'. I am assured that isn't against the law if it belongs to you.

I am so pleased that gnome has found a home where he will be loved and cared for- decapitation was not really the answer. Maybe given time there will be baby herons?

Maybe put the gnome in the garden when the children are coming for a visit,otherwise it lives in the shed?

I feel the same way as you do, Charlegirl. I do dislike the vulgar ones though, seem to have no sense of humour where they're concerned!