GARDENING

Summer gardening cartoon

July 22, 2022 by chrismadden

hot summer gardening cartoon

Cartoon about gardening on a hot summer day

Showing a gardener relaxing in the garden rather than doing any gardening tasks.

The gardener is sunbathing on a garden lounger and is thinking “There’s an old saying – if it’s hot enough for shorts it’s too hot for gardening”.
A joke about outdoor activities, garden furniture, summer, sunshine.

Cartoon reference number: a208a

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Garden birds cartoon – nesting box design

October 21, 2013 by chrismadden

bird nest box design cartoon

Bird nest box design cartoon

A bird ignoring an ornate nesting box – the bird is building a nest in a branch fork under the nesting box

Cartoon reference number: a633

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon – beer traps to trap slugs

March 4, 2013 by chrismadden

Garden cartoon - beer traps to trap slugs

Gardening cartoon – catching slugs with beer traps

A cartoon about garden pests – slugs – and how to eliminate them

A joke about beer drinking – the man is drinking a can of lager and wants to open another one

Cartoon reference number: a584

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon – a man sowing flower seed and a cat sowing bird seed

March 4, 2013 by chrismadden

Garden cartoon - man sowing flower seed and cat sowing bird seed

Gardening cartoon – a man sowing flower seed and a cat sowing bird seed

The man is looking forward to flowers growing from the seeds he is sowing
The cat is looking forward to seeing birds sprout from the seed it is sowing – as it’s sowing bird seed

Cartoon reference number: a583

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Garden tools cartoon – labour saving gardening tools

March 4, 2013 by chrismadden

Garden tools cartoon
Labour saving gardening tools

A humorous observation about hard to start power tools.
The joke is that power tools, which are meant to be labour saving, can be exhausting to get started, especially if they are started by pulling a starting chord

Cartoon reference number: a582

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Garden cartoons – noisy neighbours cartoon

March 4, 2013 by chrismadden

Noisy neighbours cartoon

Cartoon showing problem neighbours hanging a loudspeaker outdoors in a tree.
A gardener is hanging a bird nesting box in a tree. The loudspeaker looks very similar to the nesting box, which is part of the joke

A humorous observation about neihbors from hell, encouraging birds in the garden, inconsiderate neighbours

Cartoon reference number: a578

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon – hanging baskets from electricity pylons

March 4, 2013 by chrismadden

Garden design cartoon
Hanging hanging baskets from electricity pylons

Disguising an eye sore in the garden by planting

An illustration of a person turning a disadvantage into an advantage by using a bit of creativity

Cartoon reference number: a577

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon – using false perspective to make a garden look bigger

March 4, 2013 by chrismadden

Garden design cartoon
Using false perspective to make a garden look bigger than it is

The use of trompe l’oeil in the garden – to make a window box look like a large garden

Cartoon reference number: a576

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

electronic sundial cartoon

Garden cartoon – a garden sundial that is powered by a solar panel and that has a digital display

Cartoon showing a digital sundial

The original version of this cartoon was drawn many years ago, before the start of the recent proliferation in solar panels.
Part of the joke is that sundials are very low-tech devices, whereas the device in the cartoon is very high-tech. Both use the sun as a way of telling the time.
The cartoon questions the need to make everything hi-tech, because the normal sundial works almost as well as the solar panel electronic clock in the cartoon (except when the sun’s not shining of course, but let’s not get pedantic).
There is a companion cartoon that goes with this one in which a traditional sundial is advertised as a ‘solar powered clock‘
A cartoon about alternative technology, garden ornaments.

An illustration showing bees and bee-friendly flowers.

The illustration is about the fact that bees are in decline and need encouraging and protecting.

One of the best ways for individuals to encourage bees is to plant bee-friendly plants in their gardens.

Drawn: July 2022

Cartoon reference number: a953

A Funny Year in the Garden Gardening cartoon book

If you’re looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a gardener, this may be it!

The book contains about a hundred of my black and white gardening cartoons, most of which have been published in newspapers and magazines from Private Eye to the Irish Sunday Independent (where I had a weekly slot in the gardening pages for fifteen years or more).

The book is available through Amazon. Such as at: Amazon UK Amazon USA

Cartoon about gardening on a hot summer day

Showing a gardener relaxing in the garden rather than doing any gardening tasks.

The gardener is sunbathing on a garden lounger and is thinking “There’s an old saying – if it’s hot enough for shorts it’s too hot for gardening”. A joke about outdoor activities, garden furniture, summer, sunshine.

Cartoon reference number: a208a

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

A Funny Year in the Garden Gardening cartoon book

Versions of many of the gardening cartoons on this site can be found in my book, A Funny Year in the Garden. My gardening cartoons appeared for many years in the pages of the Irish Sunday Independent newspaper.

The book contains about a hundred of my cartoons in black and white.

The book is available through Amazon. Such as at: Amazon UK Amazon USA

Bird nest box design cartoon

A bird ignoring an ornate nesting box – the bird is building a nest in a branch fork under the nesting box

Cartoon reference number: a633

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon – catching slugs with beer traps

A cartoon about garden pests – slugs – and how to eliminate them

A joke about beer drinking – the man is drinking a can of lager and wants to open another one

Cartoon reference number: a584

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon – a man sowing flower seed and a cat sowing bird seed

The man is looking forward to flowers growing from the seeds he is sowing The cat is looking forward to seeing birds sprout from the seed it is sowing – as it’s sowing bird seed

Cartoon reference number: a583

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Garden tools cartoon Labour saving gardening tools

A humorous observation about hard to start power tools. The joke is that power tools, which are meant to be labour saving, can be exhausting to get started, especially if they are started by pulling a starting chord

Cartoon reference number: a582

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Noisy neighbours cartoon

Cartoon showing problem neighbours hanging a loudspeaker outdoors in a tree. A gardener is hanging a bird nesting box in a tree. The loudspeaker looks very similar to the nesting box, which is part of the joke

A humorous observation about neihbors from hell, encouraging birds in the garden, inconsiderate neighbours

Cartoon reference number: a578

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Garden design cartoon Hanging hanging baskets from electricity pylons

Disguising an eye sore in the garden by planting

An illustration of a person turning a disadvantage into an advantage by using a bit of creativity

Cartoon reference number: a577

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Garden design cartoon Using false perspective to make a garden look bigger than it is

The use of trompe l’oeil in the garden – to make a window box look like a large garden

Cartoon reference number: a576

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon. Relaxing in the garden when it’s too hot for gardening

A cartoon of a woman relaxing in a hammock in her garden on a sunny summer’s day

Cartoon reference number: a575

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Sundial cartoon. A sundial is a solar powered clock

A cartoon about the history of clocks, horology

Cartoon reference number: a544

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Gardening cartoon – flower appreciation guide book

Cartoon showing a gardener looking in a book to see how different types of flower should be appreciated The cartoon is about conventions of taste and aesthetic judgements as much as it’s about gardening

A cartoon about aesthetics, taste, beauty, design, cultural convention, artistic taste.

Cartoon reference number: a518

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Welcome to my selection of gardening cartoons

A cartoon about selective pesticide – butterfly and ladybird friendly insecticide

A joke about insecticide that kills only ugly insects

Cartoon reference number: a472

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Pareidolia – an orchid flower as a man’s head

A photograph of an orchid flower that looks like a human head

Cartoon reference number: a420

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

A drawing of a mushroom Fungus illustration Toadstool sketch

A drawing of a toadstool, mushroom or similar fungus, inspired by a walk in the park in autumn

The fungus in this drawing is a purely impressionistic one, made up on my sketch pad in my studio. It is meant to give the feel for the fungus rather than being a scientific representation of one

Cartoon reference number: a400

See the face of God in a flower – cartoon

A cartoon showing a Sunday school teacher telling her pupils that you can see the face of God when you look at a flower.

One of the children is imagining the face of a pansy as the face of God. Pansies do have faces after all. Seeing faces in things is known as pareidolia.

Cartoon reference number: a396

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

A Funny Year in the Garden
Gardening cartoon book

The book is available through Amazon.
Such as at:
Amazon UK
Amazon USA

The gardener is sunbathing on a garden lounger and is thinking “There’s an old saying – if it’s hot enough for shorts it’s too hot for gardening”.
A joke about outdoor activities, garden furniture, summer, sunshine.

A Funny Year in the Garden
Gardening cartoon book

Versions of many of the gardening cartoons on this site can be found in my book, A Funny Year in the Garden.
My gardening cartoons appeared for many years in the pages of the Irish Sunday Independent newspaper.

The book is available through Amazon.
Such as at:
Amazon UK
Amazon USA

The man is looking forward to flowers growing from the seeds he is sowing
The cat is looking forward to seeing birds sprout from the seed it is sowing – as it’s sowing bird seed

Garden tools cartoon
Labour saving gardening tools

A humorous observation about hard to start power tools.
The joke is that power tools, which are meant to be labour saving, can be exhausting to get started, especially if they are started by pulling a starting chord

Cartoon showing problem neighbours hanging a loudspeaker outdoors in a tree.
A gardener is hanging a bird nesting box in a tree. The loudspeaker looks very similar to the nesting box, which is part of the joke

Garden design cartoon
Hanging hanging baskets from electricity pylons

Garden design cartoon
Using false perspective to make a garden look bigger than it is

Gardening cartoon.
Relaxing in the garden when it’s too hot for gardening

Cartoon showing a gardener looking in a book to see how different types of flower should be appreciated
The cartoon is about conventions of taste and aesthetic judgements as much as it’s about gardening

A drawing of a mushroom
Fungus illustration
Toadstool sketch

One of the children is imagining the face of a pansy as the face of God.
Pansies do have faces after all.
Seeing faces in things is known as pareidolia.

Midges are a pest in the garden and outdoors. They may be small but they go around in swarms and their bites can drive a person to the point of distraction. However, a slight breeze is all it takes to get rid of them.
This cartoon shows a method of producing such a breeze.

Garden cartoon
Topiary cartoon – gardener creating a topiary chair