Amy Clifford
1. Under the London Royal and Other Parks and Gardens Regulations (1977), “touching a pelican” is forbidden without written permission.
2. A survey in 1999 listed “garden too small” as the eighth most common reason for hating a house.
3. In 2002 research showed that sprinkling coffee grounds in the garden helps deter snails and slugs.
4. Samuel Ryder, founder of golf’s Ryder Cup, made his fortune selling packets of garden seeds.
5. In 1995 a gardener in Norway was the first man to be convicted of being drunk in charge of a lawnmower as he drove one between two gardens.
6. Garden gnomes were brought to England from Germany in 1847 by Sir Charles Isham. He hoped they would attract real gnomes to his garden.
7. Gnomes are banned from the gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show.
8. Wellington boots with individual toes were first modelled by the Japanese garden designer Koji Ninomiya at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1995.
9. The African golden mole is more closely related to the elephant than to the garden mole.
10. Horror film star Boris Karloff loved cricket and gardening and had a pet pig called Violet.
2. A survey in 1999 listed “garden too small” as the eighth most common reason for hating a house.
3. In 2002 research showed that sprinkling coffee grounds in the garden helps deter snails and slugs.
4. Samuel Ryder, founder of golf’s Ryder Cup, made his fortune selling packets of garden seeds.
5. In 1995 a gardener in Norway was the first man to be convicted of being drunk in charge of a lawnmower as he drove one between two gardens.
6. Garden gnomes were brought to England from Germany in 1847 by Sir Charles Isham. He hoped they would attract real gnomes to his garden.
7. Gnomes are banned from the gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show.
8. Wellington boots with individual toes were first modelled by the Japanese garden designer Koji Ninomiya at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1995.
9. The African golden mole is more closely related to the elephant than to the garden mole.
10. Horror film star Boris Karloff loved cricket and gardening and had a pet pig called Violet.
