Something for The Little People

Feel like chilling out? Or wondering where to take the children that will not cost you an arm or leg? How about a place where "Active Imagination" comes alive in a beautiful 2 acre beech-wood and a 2 acre wild flower garden? A place which may make you laugh as you've never laughed - not at but with the Little people, fascinate, inspire, connect you with nature, enable you to forget all the problems of the world, in other words a little earthly paradise, from which you will definitely leave refreshed.

This is the world's largest living population of gnomes, pixies and fairies, filmed over 60 times for TV since 1979 when the Little People, first began to materialize there - so now celebrating 25 years. "Nowhere in the world is there anywhere like this magic spot at West Putford" wrote United Press International. "As long as there are places like this about the country must be alright" wrote a visitor.

The Wild Flower Garden is described by the RHS as "one of the best wild flower meadows in the country". It is home to about 250 labelled species of wild flowers and herbs and is currently coming into its summer glory. You could try our little quiz to keep you spotting while enjoying the garden - and even win the monthly prize draw.

After exploring the woodland and the garden it could perhaps be time for a welcome cup of tea or coffee, sandwiches, home baked cakes or a generous cream tea from The Gnome Kitchen. Or you could bring your own picnic.

You are welcome to browse in the studio/shop where there are many different gnomes and animals for the garden, individually modelled, kiln fired and hand painted Pottery pixies for indoors, and in The Gallery signed prints from unique paintings of landscapes discretely inhabited by gnomes and/or fairies by a former Royal Academy Schools artist.

These four enchanted acres recently had the honour to be featured in a three page article in "In Britain", the British Tourist Board's glossy magazine which is mainly circulated abroad to attract visitors to the UK.

The Little People were delighted to be able to help in this way.