COLOURFUL gnomes have popped up in the front gardens of East Oxford homes with a message to residents to stop damaging the environment. The figurines are part of anonymous artist Athirty4’s latest project called ‘Vocal Gnomes’ and are also propped on top of Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) barriers. The artist’s project focuses on the issue of ‘disappearing front gardens’ that have been paved over ‘at an alarming rate’ and which they say have been turned into ‘mini car parks’. They said: “I first had the idea for the project about two years ago when I started to notice how a number of house owners were paving over their gardens. I didn’t just notice this phenomenon in Oxford, but I saw it occurring in other cities too.
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