In the UK, they complain of an acute shortage of garden gnomes – figurines of plaster bearded kids in caps have almost completely disappeared from the centers selling inventory and street decorations.
In the kingdom, garden gnomes are one of the most popular street decorations in backyards.
In connection with the pandemic and quarantine, which forced the British to stay at home, the demand for goods for creativity and decor increased sharply, and later led to a shortage of certain categories of them.
“Unfortunately, we haven’t seen the garden gnome in six months. They simply do not exist. They are clearly not enough. And keep in mind that while garden centers are experiencing a real boom. I looked at the figures for March, and it turned out that the turnover increased by 97% compared to 2019, “the BBC quotes one of the managers of the Highfield Garden World store as saying.
According to experts, during the pandemic, garden gnomes fell victim to their popularity – all available stocks of jewelry were sold out, and interruptions in the supply of raw materials prevent the market from saturating with such demanded products.
