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WORLD'S LARGEST CONCRETE GNOME INSTALLED AT REIMAN GARDENS
WORLD'S LARGEST CONCRETE GNOME INSTALLED AT REIMAN GARDENS
Gnome is the Centerpiece of Reiman Gardens’ Celebration of Garden Ornamentation
Ames, Iowa- Iowa State University's Reiman Gardens has an enormous new inhabitant, a garden gnome of gigantic proportions.
At 15-feet-tall and nearly 3,500 pounds, the yet unnamed creation is the World's Largest Concrete Gnome, besting the old record by two feet, set by a gnome in New York. A fiberglass replica located in Poland is reported to be taller, but not made of concrete.
Crafted by Andy and Connie Kautza, owners of National Rock and Sculpture, Inc., the gnome traveled 400 miles from Wausau, Wisconsin to its new home in the south-central neck the Gardens. Plans are to keep it for several years. Garden gnome figurines date back to the 1800’s and are a good luck charm for gardeners and farmers.
The gnome displays will be in the Gardens until mid-October.
For more information contact 515-294-4412.
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