Gordon the Garden Gnome
1Gordon the Garden Gnome is a British animated children's television series aimed at getting children interested in gardening. The series premiered on CBeebies in 2005. Gordon is a cartoon garden gnome, whose voice is provided by Alan Titchmarsh. The series also aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's Tickle-U television programming block.
Seasons & Episode
Gordon, Percy, Jerome and Rosie all make wacky scarecrows to frighten the crows that have been eating all their crops. But nothing seems to scare these birds. It's only when Gordon takes a fresh look at the problem that the best solution is found. He creates a fantastic bird-table and supplies the crows with an alternative diet of tasty nuts and seeds from his stores. In return, the crows agree to stay away from the vegetables.
Gordon uses one of Percy’s fancy bug-catching devises to rid his vegetable patch of bugs. But the bugs object and call an emergency meeting to negotiate a new nibbling agreement. With a little hat magic, Gordon shrinks down to bug-size to meet them face-to-face. Ian goes along as part of his education but he disappears when the meeting gets a bit boring. Gordon has to keep the bugs happy and find Ian, before the Chief Gnome returns to collect his nephew.
Gordon is invited to test a new range of high-tech products for the Gnome Innovations Catalogue people. He makes lost of helpful suggestions on how to improve the devices. In fact, he finds most of them over-complicated and simplifies them all to the most basic of component parts: like a fork, a spade, a trowel or a watering can. In the process he creates a brand new ‘Natural Range’ of plain and simple garden equipment.
Gordon is given the opportunity of a lifetime to become Head Gardener at Gnome Park, an exciting amusement park. Gordon is so excited about all the wonderful things he will do when he gets there, he doesn’t think about who will replace him in his own garden. Can Gordon really leave his garden and all his friends behind?
Gordon helps a little lost lamb called Fluffy find his mother – but this cute little lamb isn’t quite as sweet and innocent as he makes out. He’s actually very naughty. While Gordon and Rosie are out searching for his Mummy, Gordon’s garden is in danger of being eaten!
Gordon, Percy and Jerome Gnome are invited to Ian’s school as guest teachers to give gardening lessons. Percy’s lesson is on tidiness and how to create a scare-bug. Jerome demonstrates how to ‘let the grass grow under your feet’ and the art of making ‘To don’t lists’. But it is Gordon’s ‘Let’s get Mucky’ gardening approach that proves a big hit with the kids.
Gordon borrows the fully automated Robo-Gnome 3000 from Percy to help with his fruit and vegetable harvest. Things go well until Lez and Dez realise they can control the Robo-Gnome with Ian’s ‘Gnome Fighter III’ computer game remote control. They decide to have a bit of fun.
Gordon orders an Apple Tree for Rosie’s birthday, but with only a day to go until Rosie’s party, it still hasn’t arrived in the post. When it does arrive Gordon is surprised to find it is just a seed in an apple core. How can he grow a tree from seed in a day? Perhaps a little Gnome hat magic might help?
It’s been raining for weeks and Gordon and the Gnomes prepare for a flood. Gordon puts sandbags around all the doors to his house and greenhouse. Rosie gets about on stilts. Jerome learns to surf and Percy buys a brand new boat from his catalogue. Unfortunately, Percy’s hasn’t read the instructions on how to drive it when the flood hits, and he’s swept away on the rising tide. It’s Gordon and friends to rescue!
A mysterious rock falls to earth landing in the middle of Gordon’s lawn. Then a rocket lands in the flowerbed, piloted by Armstrong Gnome, the Gnome on the Moon. Armstrong proves to be a bit of a whiz with rocks and helps Gordon more the rock to build a rockery. He even lets Gordon drive his moon buggy. At the end of the day, the Chief Gnome brings his telescope and the Gnomes learn all about Armstrong’s mission to grow flowers on the moon!
Gordon accidentally removes the Golden Trowel from the special stone and is forced to take over from the Chief Gnome as leader of all the Gnomes. He moves in to Gnome HQ at Kew Gardens and prepares for life behind a desk. But he misses his garden and longs to be just ‘Gordon the Garden Gnome’ again.
Gordon goes in search of Big Boot, the legendary Gnome that roams the woods behind his garden. Percy guides the expedition with the help of a "Nose on a stick" but ends up getting them all lost. And Gordon’s attempts to get a picture of Big Boot are thwarted by the Chief Gnome and Gladioli, who keep frightening him off. Rosie manages to lead them all home with her natural tracking ways – where it seems that Jerome has spent all afternoon in the company of Big Boot!
Gordon accidentally falls into Percy’s new Vegitron duplication machine, while trying to stop Dez from doing the same thing. Chaos ensues as four identical life-sized Gordons and four tiny Gordons emerge at the other end; along with four identical Dezes. But which is the real Gordon? Andrew tries to find out. And can Lez ever top the Dezes from arguing!
It’s Gordon’s turn to host the Gnome “Sprummer” festival and the Chief Gnome asks him to put on a play. Everyone is to take part and the theme is ‘The Four Seasons’. Gordon is Spring, Rosie is Summer, Jerome is Autumn and Percy is Winter. Andrew heads up the orchestra and Lez and Dez introduce the acts. Unfortunately, things don’t go quite as smoothly as Gordon has planned.
Percy installs an intruder alarm in his garden and warns Gordon "strange things can happen at night". When a mysterious noise keeps Gordon awake that night, Gordon is a little bit spooked, so he decides to investigate. At the same time, Lez and Dez are planning a secret night raid on Gordon’s vegetable patch and it turns into a very busy night in the garden indeed.
Gordon helps Ian Gnome overcome his fear of moving up to ‘big school’, with the help of a little caterpillar called Malcolm. For Malcolm is facing similar problems, as he’s scared of flying and refuses to turn into a butterfly. Ian show Malcolm that flying’s pretty cool and Malcolm in turn teaches Ian that you shouldn’t knock something if you haven’t tried it.
Gordon swaps gardens with Kylie Gnome in the Australian outback. Both Gnomes are so confident about their gardening abilities that they don’t listen to each other’s advice on how to deal with their new gardens. Problems soon arise for Gordon when it starts to rain in the outback and for Kylie when it snows in Gordon’s garden. Andrew decides to get them together at the library to share their knowledge.
The Chief Gnome declares it is ‘Keep Fit Day’ and organises a Gnome fitness programme. Unfortunately, Gladioli has also declared it the Chief Gnome’s ‘Surprise Day’ and Gordon is to be instrumental in preparing the big surprise. How can Gordon complete the fitness test and prepare the surprise at the same time?
The Gnome Council, led by the Chief Gnome, hold a big meeting to decide on a new sound for the arrival of Gnome Post. A field test is arranged in Gordon’s garden. Not the best timing, as Gordon is also trying to find a lost kitten in the garden and he can’t hear the noise of her bell for all the silly noises of parcels arriving!
Gordon receives an amazing birthday gift from his Cousin Charlotte in North Carolina – a carnivorous plant called a Venus Fly Trap. Not only does this plant eat flies, but it can also talk! Gordon declares this the best present he has ever had. But Venus is hiding a very important secret and doesn’t want to disappoint Gordon by sharing it - she hates eating flies and has become a vegetarian!
Gordon the Garden Gnome is a British animated children's television series aimed at getting children interested in gardening. The series premiered on CBeebies in 2005. Gordon is a cartoon garden gnome, whose voice is provided by Alan Titchmarsh. The series also aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's Tickle-U television programming block.