
GARDENING
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Gardening cartoons: hanging baskets in trees

Gardening cartoon
Hanging basket cartoonA hanging basket that was placed in a tree in the spring before the leaves came out on the trees, with the flowers in the basket obscured by the tree’s leaves in the summer.
Cartoon drawn: 2009
Cartoon reference number: gar027
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Flower Gardening Cartoon: Noticing Insects on Flowers

Flower gardening cartoon
A man admiring a flower close up, and observing the insects and creepy-crawlies that live on it.
Cartoon about insects in the garden
Drawn: May 2007
Cartoon reference number: gar004
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Autumn gardening cartoon: tidying fallen leaves with a leaf blower power tool

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

Autumn gardening cartoon
Tidying the autumn leaves cartoonA 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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Architecture cartoon: an inappropriately elaborate porch/garage design

Home and garden architecture cartoon
A modest house with an excessively grand porch (or garage).
Possibly the consequence of over-ambitious status obsessed nouveau riche owners.
A cartoon about aspiration and the aspirational society.
Drawn: Oct 2007
Cartoon reference number: gar002
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Judging a gardener’s personality by the appearance of the garden gate

Gardening cartoon
Garden gate cartoonA garden gate with a warning sign on it indicates a gardener who enjoys their privacy
Judging a gardener’s personality by their garden design
Cartoon drawn: 2009
Cartoon reference number: gar001
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Gardening cartoons: using a teapot to apply weedkiller

Gardening cartoon
Garden weedkiller cartoonA gardener using a teapot to apply weed killer or pesticide to flowers
A cartoon about domestic gender related roles and attitudes – here the male role outside in the garden and the female role in the kitchen – with the man having a cavalier attitude to kitchen utensils.
Original drawn: 2005Cartoon reference number: gar010
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