Trouble is brewing in the garden.

Colourful new arrivals are challenging the traditional "pecking order" in town gardens.

The once all powerful Gnomes fear displacement and are organizing resistance to the newcomers.

Most are mounting peaceful meetings and demonstrations,

But recently there have been some disquieting developments.

Gnomes under attack.

"The recent introduction of this group of sinister insurgents presents a clear and present danger to our long established and well loved population of Garden Gnomes." claimed a senior spokesperson at the Gnome Reserve.