Garden gnomes are stalwarts in the universal language of kitsch, purveying merriment and flamboyance from windowsill planters to suburban lawns and beyond. However, they have long and complex ...

URBANA, Ill. — Nature at the Red Oak Rain Garden celebrates autumn with the bright purples of blooming aster flowers, a mosaic of tree leaves drifting slowly to the ground, and the nighttime chorus of ...

But due to icy conditions the garden has been left in a mound of debris, destroying all the art in the process. A fridge freezer, shopping trolley and other useless items turned into artistic ...