Subliminal suffragette gardening

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I’m quite proud of this. I’m a keen gardener but because I only have a tiny garden front and back I spend a lot of time doing summer pots for the front of the house. I’m on a country lane that has lots of walkers who comment on my floral talent 😁

This year I’ve decided to plant in suffragette colours - purple verbena, fuschia and petunias, white bacopa, verbena and lobelia, and obvs green foliage. The vast majority of people won’t cotton on, but if there’s someone who walks past, clocks it and thinks “I see what she did there” and smiles, then that will make me very happy.

I have a display of dinosaurs, and a garden gnome with a suffragette flag. No one has put my windows through yet

A suffragette garden gnome?! From where did you purchase this absolute wonder, please?

I have this in my garden:

Did you make that?

Yes.

Hence the off centre lettering! 😆

I've just planted some purple and white climbers without even thinking about it.

It looks great and the off-centre lettering make it look 'authentic'

Greebols that's great. KStock - it was an ordinary garden gnome with a fishing rod, so I just crocheted a nice little flag.

Gotcha - I thought you'd stumbled upon a treasure trove of suffragette garden accessories

I am, unfortunately, terrible at crafts so my gnomes will remain flagless

Thanks both! I like it, and it seems appropriate as my 10 yo DD is growing into a strong, proud feminist.

I guess I did this w/out realizing it too...Goatsbeard and Forget-Me-Nots

I love this, what a great idea!

It’s early days as I’ll only be planting out this weekend, but will try to remember to post a photo of them later in the summer when everything is hopefully in bloom.

Brilliant idea. Have to redo my gate boxes at the weekend so going to copy your idea.
I have seen some lovely unpaid gnomes on Etsy, might buy one and paint them in the colours.