As popular lawn decorations, garden gnomes are deeply ingrained in our present-day culture and widely understood. These ornaments may feature prominently or subtlety, in yards big and small, all ...

There must be a secret to gnomes. Why else would people from all over the world — six of the seven continents so far — scour Etsy shops for the whimsical creatures and eventually find some made in ...

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 ...

In their heyday, garden gnomes were one-of-a-kind works of folkloric art. But gnomes fell victim to faddism, mass production and plastic. They became too cute and widely available for their own good.

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 ...

DETROIT -- In their heyday, garden gnomes were one-of-a-kind works of folkloric art. But gnomes fell victim to faddism, mass production and plastic. They became too cute and widely available for their ...

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 ...

In fact, his atypical attributes — a blue cap and total lack of garden tools — make this pottery gnome all the more valuable. With his sharp dress sense and smiling face, who wouldn’t invite a gnome ...

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KITTERY, Maine – Sisters and Shapleigh Middle School students Maddy and Caroline Guay have recently found themselves with an all-encompassing pastime they certainly never expected. Gnome-making.