The Chelsea Flower Show, hosted by the Royal Horticultural Society in London, is a major trend-setting garden event attended by royals and celebrities. Ahead of the May 19 start, a decor item returning after more than 100 years is the garden gnome. The RHS frames gnomes as distinctly British and notes their lifelike, mystical presence. Broadcaster Mike Parry describes gnomes as seeming real and almost alive. Royal involvement includes King Charles’s fascination, with a gnome reportedly “seeming to move around” in the Highgrove Garden. Gnomes are allowed again because the 1927 ban on statues and “other sundries” has been lifted, with a prior exception in 2013 for fundraising. This year’s theme includes gnomes in King Charles’s Curious Garden display.
"“They're very British. If you take a walk through a village in England, you see a load of gnomes lined up in somebody's garden, you know that's a good house,” broadcaster Mike Parry said on England's Jeremy Vine show. “Gnomes have this mystical way of seeming real ... there's almost something alive about them.”"
"Even King Charles himself has a slight fascination with gnomes. In a clip posted by RHS officials, one of the gardeners who tends the King's Highgrove Garden says that there is a gnome that “seems to move around” - keeping her and fellow gardeners on their toes. “I'm sure it's the boss [the King] moving that around,” she admitted with a laugh."
"The fact that gnomes are being allowed at the Chelsea Flower Show again is kind of a huge deal. In 1927, all statues and “other sundries” were banned from displays. The ban has only been lifted once prior in 2013 for a specific fundraising campaign. But this year the theme is fun - and because King Charles wanted gnomes in his Curious Garden display"
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