Garden statues evolve into big business.

Byline: Peggy Musial ORLANDO, Fla. _ Pity the poor little garden gnome. It's not that this classic garden ornament's days are numbered or even that his luck has run out. He still fits in many garden landscapes in that unexpected and cutesy kind of way _ under the blooming azaleas, in the daisy

Publication: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)

Garden statues.

THESE garden statues, inspired by the Grecian tradition, look just like marble gently weathered over time and have been beautifully made to bring a touch of authenticity to any garden. Their remarkably realistic appearance is subtly created using a clever resin which superbly captures the colour

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)

Texas sculptor creates original garden statue.

An ornamental-concrete competition has recognized a pair of polar bears sitting in a fountain as the best original garden statue introduced in 2000. The "Polar Playground" sculpture was designed by Debby Adams of Jacksonville, Texas. As water trickles down around them, two bears gaze up to humans

Publication: Concrete Products

Nude garden statues covered up in face of criticism _ and sales pick up

AP Worldstream 04-10-2004 Dateline: HARTSVILLE, TennesseeA garden center's nude statues proved a bit immodest for some in this small town.G & L Garden Center responded to complaints by covering up the classical-style statues with stylish, two-piece crimson velvet sarongs.It turns out leaving a

Publication: AP Worldstream

M2: Supersavers - The great outdoors; GREEK GARDEN STATUES.(Features)

s BRING some classic style to your garden - Buy one marble-look Grecian statue for pounds 29.95, and we'll send you another one FREE! These Grecian statues look just like marble gently weathered over time. In fact, their authentic appearance is subtly created using a weighted resin which keeps its

Publication: Birmingham Evening Mail (England)

Hunt for garden statues

Police are appealing for witnesses after five valuable stone garden pieces were stolen in Churchdown The incident took place between 8pm on Friday, June 29 and 9am on Saturday, June 30 at a house on Parton Road.Two antique finial-capping stones, two concrete Chinese lions and a stone statue of a

Publication: Citizen Gloucestershire, The

Gardening: Garden statues.(Features)

Byline: Pippa Greenwood GARDEN statues and ornaments can be difficult to clean, but ELCO Stone and Ornament Cleaner may hold the answer. This is a biodegradable product which does not contain bleach, phosphates, enzymes or tar oils and is said not to affect the dyes in coloured stone. It is

Publication: The Mirror (London, England)

Gielgud's garden statues fetch pounds 85,000

MORE THAN 50 statues owned by Sir John Gielgud raised pounds 85,000 at auction yesterday. The items all came from the late actor's garden in Buckinghamshire and were sold for well over their reserve prices at Sotheby's.

Publication: The Independent - London

Gielgud's garden statues fetch pounds 84,000

A COLLECTION of 50 statues from the late actor Sir John Gielgud's garden in Buckinghamshire was sold yesterday for pounds 84,118 by Sotheby's in West Sussex, which said some items had fetched four times their estimate.

Publication: The Independent - London

Statues stolen from garden for visually impaired at U. Kansas

Nate Karlin University Wire 04-26-2005 (University Daily Kansan) (U-WIRE) LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Visually impaired University of Kansas students often touched the angel statues as they walked into the Audio-Reader Sensory Garden.But now no one will be able to see or touch the two statues of winged

Publication: University Wire