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Garden Gnomes

Dilys Lloyd from Llwydiarth near Llanfyllin has found a novel way of bringing colour to a barren patch of land in her garden. Where flowers had failed, families of gnomes now flourish.


Llwydiarth's Garden Gnomes
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Dilys Lloyd from Llwydiarth:

"I had tried growing flowers in this part of the garden but nothing seemed to work so about 20 years ago, I gave up and started collecting garden gnomes."

your comments

jane from suffolk
I have some strange looking figures from holland that live outside but their colours have faded, some are a resin i think and some stone/concrete / what sort of paint should I use please
Wed Nov 18 16:11:20 2009

dm from staffs
I have just started making garden gnomes. What paint should I use and do they need to be varnished? Thanks
Wed May 27 20:08:19 2009

Sharon White from Leicester
What paint do you use on gnomes?
Sun Feb 1 14:17:58 2009

New Quay
Can you please tell me what paint i can buy to paint my resin gnomes?
Thu Jul 17 09:39:00 2008

Mike Brough Warrington Cheshire
My children love these happy gnomes. We holiday in Llwydiarth every year and pass the gnomes often on our route. We have a family ritual of stopping to wave to the gnomes, albeit surreptitiously if anyone else is around.
Thanks Dilys, your a star.

Thu Jun 12 14:50:06 2008

Reg Mileham, Ipswich
We love Dilys' Gnomes. Ours are getting a bit jaded, and we were wondering if you could tell us what paint to use and if it can be bought online? Thanks keep up the good work
Mon Apr 30 10:55:01 2007

Neighbours
We pass your garden every day and see your little gnomes, they make us laugh, they makes us smile, rattling all our bones.
Thu Mar 23 14:16:00 2006

Maggie Egleton Brockenhurst, Hants
Dilys you are a 'star'. Gnomes are great and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They are gauranteed to make people smile and they are harmless and humorous. Six months ago I started a 'fun' web site which includes the world's largest picture gallery of antique, modern garden gnomes from around the world. I can assure you that you are not alone in liking gnomes. For your information I have had 24,667 hits since I started the site and the most popular page by far are the 'Rude'gnomes. Have a laugh and enjoy. www.gnomeland.co.uk

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