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Garden Photo of the Day

Garden Photo of the Day


A home fit for a gnome

comments (5) May 24th, 2011 in blogs

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
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The Tyler Arboretum's Magical Habitats exhibition, which officially opens on Saturday, promises to be enchanting. When our assistant art director, Steven Cominsky, and I visited last week, a few of the installations were already in place, and we were especially charmed by this little gnome home in the middle of the woods. Have a peek inside. **Be sure to click on all of the photos on the left!

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Comments (5)

sheilaschultz writes: I'm with Califus... and I would bet they even come with fireplaces for those damp Spring evenings! Posted: 5:34 pm on May 24th
arboretum writes: michelle, did they Tyler staff make this? or is it various artists exhibiting? these people need to be creditted!! Too Much! I am not a cutesy-gnome fan but this fits right into its natural surroundings. what a treat.

The historic and famous New England Flower Show has had some amazing miniature landscapes submitted over the years. I fondly remember those of Warren Leach and Debbie Hogan of Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth MA. This piece and theirs- made me ache to create a mini landscape!
best,
mindy
www.cottonarboretum.com/ Posted: 1:56 pm on May 24th
Califus writes: I need to live somewhere like this I wonder if they have condos or an apartment complex, if u can foreward the managers tel.# I contact them for rental agreement.
This is very creative and artistic we all need to get out of the box once in awhile. Posted: 9:36 am on May 24th
Happily_Gardening writes: Oh my, that is sooo precious...absolutely enchanting! We have a few gnomes residing in our gardens.
My favorite stands under a garden bench with a hoe in hand, violets planted in front of him so it appears he's tilling the soil around the violets. Posted: 9:22 am on May 24th
ncgardener writes: Oh wow, that is too cute and it must take a lot of time to put together. I bet the kids really love it. Posted: 7:29 am on May 24th
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