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Organisers of the Chelsea Flower Show have been cracking down this year on any 'brightly coloured creatures' that have infiltrated the displays. And that means gnomes are not welcome. But rebellious ...

After a century of rejection a great ­inequality is about to be rectified: garden gnomes are to be allowed into this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. In the 100 years since it began the pointy-capped ...

Ever since the Chelsea Flower Show began, in 1913, organizers have rigorously excluded garden gnomes—and any and all such "brightly colored mythical creatures," from the exhibits. But in a break with ...

Gnomes had previously banned by the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) flower show which considered them not in keeping with the world-famous horticultural event. But for the first time, ...