Top 5 Garden Gnomes for your Home Garden

Garden gnomes come in many shapes, sizes, and themes. But how do you select the right gnome for your garden? Here are a few helpful tips to determine how to choose the garden gnome for your big, small, and medium-sized gardens,

1. Select a theme for your garden
2. Select colors
3. Select style
4. Select your garden gnome to match your garden's personality
5. Select your garden gnome to match your personality

What is a garden gnome?
"A garden gnome, or lawn gnome, is a figurine of a small humanoid creature, usually wearing a pointy hat, displayed for the purpose of ornamentation on front lawns or in gardens. These figurines originated in 19th-century Germany, where they became known as Gartenzwerge (garden dwarfs). The application of the term gnome in English is first attested in the 1930s."
(2021, Excerpt from Wikipedia)

Image above: All That's Interesting

Garden Gnomes come in every shape and style. Here are our top 5!

Above image: THE Garden Gnome 10"

"Unlike his less patient brother -- this Garden Gnome is happy to wait. In fact, take your time. He'll contently stare at passing butterflies, shiny objects, even that little patch of grass over there. He's just a happy, content, and patient Garden Gnome. You could bring him home with you and really get that Garden Chi of yours all in order, or you couldn't, it's really up to you on this one." - Amazon -

BigMouth Inc Go Away Garden Gnome
"The Go Away! Garden Gnome gives unwanted visitors the middle finger to let them know you don't want anyone around." - Amazon -

The History of the Garden Gnome:

Garden statuary has been common in Europe at least since the Renaissance. Among the figures depicted were gobbi (Italian for dwarfs or hunchbacks). In particular, Jacques Callot produced 21 designs for gobbi, engraved and printed in 1616. By the late 18th century, porcelain "House Dwarfs" had begun to be produced, and they remained popular ornaments throughout the 19th Century. In addition, wooden statues of gnomes had been made in Switzerland, around the town of Brienz. Even so, the claim to be the manufacturer of the first garden gnome is hotly contested, but it is possible that Baehr and Maresch of Dresden produced the first ceramic gnomes, having them in stock as early as 1841. 

From around 1860 onwards, many statues were made in Gräfenroda, a town in Thuringia, Germany, known for its ceramics. Philip Griebel made terracotta animals as decorations, and produced gnomes based on local myths about the gnomes' willingness to help in the garden at night. The garden gnome quickly spread across Germany and into France and England, and wherever gardening was a serious hobby.

The manufacturing of gnomes spread across Germany, with numerous other large and small manufacturers coming in and out of the business, each having its own particular style of design. World War II was hard on the industry, and most producers gave up then. Griebel's descendants still make them and are the last of the German producers, all others having moved production to Poland or China. Currently, there are an estimated 25 million garden gnomes in Germany. - Excerpt from Wikipedia -

Zen Garden Gnome
"Chill out! The local Garden Gnome has decided to strike a lotus position and stop and smell the roses. So Zen that birds even nest in his beard, our Design Toscano exclusive is whimsically sculpted, then cast in quality designer resin and hand-painted in fanciful hues." - Amazon - 

Peek-Boo Solar LED Light - Garden Gnome

"Brighten your landscape with a friendly point of view with this spirited LED solar light. Features a long lasting LED light and on/off switch, turns on automatically at dusk and off at dawn. " - Amazon - 

Do NOT Piss Off the Gnomes Steel Yard and Garden Sign