Ever seen a gartenzwerge before? That’s the German word for “garden gnome”. They’re lawn ornaments that vary in size from small versions the size of your finger, to large ones that come up to your ...

Garden gnomes — those cute figurines often used to decorate the back yard — are a fairly common sight in the American suburbs. But when you take a minute to really think about gnomes, their ...

Garden gnomes are considered a symbol of good luck, and they’re darn cute to have decorating your garden. If a gnome on it’s own is lucky, what could possibly be luckier than a leprechaun garden gnome ...

Garden gnomes have always been a curiosity for me. I like them and don’t mind seeing or having a gnome in the garden, but how in the world did this tradition get started? Apparently, the practice of ...

As with, say, the pioneer of the hamburger, the inventor of the garden gnome has several claimants. Philipp Griebel, a trained porcelain maker who in 1874 founded a shop in the German state of ...

People have a love for garden gnomes that is gnot gnormal. The colourful terra cotta lawn decorations pop up in everything from Travelocity commercials to R.L. Stine’s Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes to ...

You may never need a garden gnome survival guide. Not if you are an urban dweller who varies her movements and activities every day, and who lives with an extended family and a large attack dog. If, ...

I know, I know. There’s no accounting for taste. But as Clairee Belcher said in the “Steel Magnolias” play, “The only thing that separates us from animals is our ability to accessorize.” Apologies to ...

Collecting garden gnomes has become a peculiarly popular British hobby and always provides a treat for passersby. But 'a lawn' filled with the quirky statues might not be as much fun for neighbours – ...

Forget what you think you know about garden gnomes. And forget landscape snobbery. You probably need a garden gnome or two. We may scoff at the garden gnome, but throughout the 18th and 19th centuries ...

Garden gnomes are in danger of dying out after a huge fall in sales over the past decade. There are believed to be around 5 million in the UK, but sales have halved since 2006, new figures show. In ...