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Book of gardening cartoons

July 16, 2019 by chrismadden

gardening cartoons book

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

Filed Under: Autumn gardening, Books, Flower Gardening, Garden design, GARDENING, Spring gardening, Summer gardening, Trees and bushes

Mushroom illustration – toadstool illustration – fungi

October 23, 2012 by chrismadden

mushroom illustration - chris madden

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

A drawing about autumn, fungi, mushrooms, toadstools.
A digital painting of fungus.

Cartoon reference number: a400

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, ENVIRONMENT, MORE

Fruit growing cartoon – pear tree producing gluts of fruit in the autumn

June 17, 2012 by chrismadden

pear tree fruit glut cartoon

Fruit gardening cartoon – a glut of fruit on a pear tree

Cartoon about the problem of gluts of seasonal food or the over abundance of seasonal crops

The gardener complaining that all of the fruit on a fruit tree arrives at once.

A cartoon about fruit gardening, vegetable gardens, harvesting fruit, pear trees, garden fruit, allotment gardening, autumn gardens, fall gardening, fruit picking.

Cartoon reference number: a279

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING, Trees and bushes, Vegetable and fruit gardening

Autumn garden cartoon – Indian summer gardening

June 16, 2012 by chrismadden

indian summer wearing shorts - cartoon

Gardening cartoon – autumn heatwave cartoon

Cartoon showing a man raking autumn leaves on a very hot autumn day after a cold and miserable summer.

The gardener is saying “This is the first time this year that it’s been hot enough to garden in shorts.”

A cartoon about unseasonable weather, Indian summers (spells of very warm weather in autumn or fall).

Cartoon reference number: a275

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING, Summer gardening

Autumn leaves blowing off a garden tree – into a neighbour’s garden

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

autumn leaves blowing to neighbours - cartoon

Cartoon showing autumn leaves blowing off a garden tree – into a neighbour’s garden

Cartoon showing a gardener saying “Always plant trees so that the prevailing wind blows the autumn leaves next door”

A cartoon about the importance of planting a garden taking into account the direction of the prevailing wind

As well as the direction of the prevailing wind the gardener needs to take into account other aspects of the orientation of the garden, such as the direction in which it is facing in relation to the sun.

Cartoon reference number: a244

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING, Trees and bushes

Autumn gardening cartoon. Burning autumn leaves

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

Burning autumn leaves - cartoon

Seasonal gardening cartoon – burning autumn leaves

Cartoon about tidying the garden in autumn

Cartoon showing a gardener burning autumn leaves

The gardener is making a bonfire out of the autumn leaves that have fallen onto his garden during fall.
The burning leaves are making a lot of smoke, which is drifting across into a neighbour’s garden where it is making the clothes that are drying on the washing line dirty. The neighbour is putting the fire out by pouring water onto it. (Pouring water onto the fire may actually be making the leaves damp and thus more smokey, which in turn creates a possible further point to the cartoon, even though it’s an inadvertent one).

Cartoon reference number: a242

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING

Gardening calendar cartoon – planting bulbs at the autumn equinox to flower at the spring equinox

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

Autumn equinox - gardening cartoon

Seasonal gardening cartoon – planting in the autumn ready for the spring

Cartoon about the first signs of autumn in the garden

Cartoon showing a gardener consulting his garden calendar

The gardener in his garden shed thinking “It’s the autumn equinox – time to plant bulbs ready for the spring equinox!”
A cartoon about the gardener’s year, the fall equinox, the vernal equinox, seasons in the garden, when to plant bulbs.

Cartoon reference number: a241

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING

Gardening cartoon – the arrival of autumn comes too soon

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

Cartoon - the arrival of autumn

Gardening cartoon – the arrival of autumn

Cartoon about the first signs of autumn in the garden

Cartoon showing a man about to relax in his garden.
He is noticing the first autumn leaf falling to the ground

The man is thinking “I slave away all summer getting the garden just right to relax in – then suddenly autumn arrives!”
A cautionary cartoon about the dangers of working too hard towards a goal without taking the time to appreciate things around you while you’re doing it. In other words – don’t focus on your work to the exclusion of everything else – take time to smell the roses.
A cartoon about the passing of time, life-work balance, fall gardening, summer gardening, relaxing in the garden.

Cartoon reference number: a240

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING

Gardening humour. Using a leaf blower to blow leaves into neighbour’s garden

May 7, 2012 by chrismadden

leaf blower neighbour cartoon

Autumn gardening cartoon. Using a leaf blower to blow leaves into neighbour’s garden

A comic illustration showing a gardener using a power leave blower to blow the autumn leaves off a tree – making them land in the next door neighbor’s garden.

A cartoon about autumn gardens, fall gardening, nasty neighbors, antisocial neighbours, tidy gardens.

Drawn: Nov 2010

Cartoon reference number: a210

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING

Gardening cartoon – garden or outdoor lighting cartoon

May 2, 2012 by chrismadden

cartoon - on dark evenings use standard lamp in garden

cartoon – someone using a standard lamp in the garden on dark winter evenings

Cartoon about garden and outdoor lighting.

Cartoon showing someone illuminating their garden on dark winter evenings by using an indoor standard lamp outside on a patio.

Drawn: Nov 2011

Cartoon reference number: a167

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, DIY, DOMESTIC, GARDENING

Autumn gardening cartoon – gluing fallen autumn leaves back onto a tree

May 2, 2012 by chrismadden

autumn leaves cartoon

Autumn gardening cartoon

Autumn or fall gardening cartoon – gluing the fallen autumn leaves back onto a tree.

The leaves are being stuck back onto the branches of the tree with glue so that the branches aren’t bare during the winter and so that the trees can provide some winter colour in the garden.
The man in the cartoon is saying “I’m gluing the fallen leaves back on so that we get autumn colour right through the winter.”

Cartoon reference number: a163

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING, Trees and bushes, Winter gardening

Autumn gardening cartoon – burning autumn leaves

May 2, 2012 by chrismadden

burning autumn leaves cartoon

Autumn gardening cartoon

Cartoon – burning autumn leaves

Cartoon showing someone tidying his garden by gathering and burning autumn (fall) leaves.
The smoke from the leaves is blowing in his face, ruining the effects of the fresh outdoor air.
Drawn: Nov 2011

Cartoon reference number: a162

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, GARDENING, Winter gardening

Fruit Gardening Cartoon – modern children are no longer interested in stealing apples

May 2, 2012 by chrismadden

scrumping apples cartoon

Gardening cartoon

Fruit Gardening Cartoon – children are no longer interested in scrumping (stealing apples)

Cartoon showing children walking under an apple tree laden with apples, and not being interested in picking any of them because they are too engrossed in modern technological devices such as cell phones or other hand held electronic devices.

Cartoon reference number: a161

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, Children, GARDENING, Trees and bushes, Vegetable and fruit gardening

Cartoon. Supermarket food replacing homegrown or locally sourced

September 14, 2011 by chrismadden

Supermarket food replacing homegrown

Food supply cartoon
Supermarket food replacing homegrown or locally sourced produce

Woman picking organic apples from a tree in the garden, with man buying fruit in supermarket

A cartoon about organic food, home grown fruit, supermarkets, shopping

Cartoon reference number: env113

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, ENVIRONMENT, GARDENING, Trees and bushes

Pesticide cartoons: how pesticides can increase apple yield

September 14, 2011 by chrismadden

Cartoon - pesticide increases apple crop yield

From my selection of environment cartoons
Pesticide cartoons
How pesticide increases apple crop yield

A cartoon about using toxic agricultural chemicals for pest control

In this cartoon the pests being controlled are generally young children who steal the fruit from the trees.
Crop yield is increased by deterring people from stealing the apples off the tree (scrumping).
The cartoon is partly inspired by the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Cartoon reference number: env117

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, ENVIRONMENT, GARDENING, Trees and bushes

Autumn gardening cartoon: tidying fallen leaves with a leaf blower power tool

September 6, 2011 by chrismadden

Gardening cartoon showing a gardener using a blower to tidy leaves

Autumn gardening cartoon.

A gardener using a power blower to tidy leaves, because he likes using power tools

A cartoon about the way that men’s attitudes to masculinity, showing a man using a power tool as a sign of his manliness (when a leaf rake would do the job better)
Cartoon drawn: 2020
Cartoon reference number: gar005
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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, DOMESTIC, GARDENING

Autumn gardening cartoon. Tidying autumn leaves cartoon. A study in futility

September 6, 2011 by chrismadden

Autumn gardening cartoon. A gardener has tidied up the fallen leaves - only for a gust of wind to blow them away again

Autumn gardening cartoon
Tidying the autumn leaves cartoon

A gardener has tidied up the fallen leaves into a wheelbarrow – only for a gust of wind to blow them away again. A study in futility.
Garden in the fall cartoon.

Drawn: Nov 2008
Cartoon reference number: gar003

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Filed Under: Autumn gardening, DOMESTIC, GARDENING

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