Celebrities Paint Gnomes for Chelsea Flower Show as Ban Lifts

Watch: Celebrities paint garden gnomes for Chelsea Flower Show as ban lifts

David Beckham and Dame Mary Berry are among the famous faces to have painted gnomes to raise funds for a school gardening campaign.

Celebrities call for permanent end to gnome ban at Chelsea flower show

Bill Bailey and Alan Titchmarsh paint gnomes for king’s garden at event in one-off to raise funds for RHS campaign Garden gnomes should make a permanent return to the Chelsea flower show, celebrities who have painted the mythical creatures for the king’s garden at this year’s event, have said. At the high-end event, which kicks off on Tuesday in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, south-west London, the “tacky” statutes been frowned upon since 1927. Speaking at the show’s press day, th...

By Helena Horton