A mum has created a display to mark the coronation of King Charles III - made up of 150 GNOMES.<br /><br />Nikki Potter, 55, started collecting the figurines during the pandemic and often arranges them in her front garden.<br /><br />She decided she wanted to do something special for the coronation so added a royal flavour to her latest design.<br /><br />Nikki, a parish nurse, says locals in Sutton, south London love her displays.<br /><br />And she's taking part in a tea party on Saturday (6/5) so people can admire her work.<br /><br />Nikki said: “I've collected them for quite a long time now - I just like their faces, they make me smile.<br /><br />"Its just been a lovely thing. One lady said she came every day to see the gnomes and that it makes her mind cheerful for the day.<br /><br />"We’ll have a tea party for coronation and have the gnomes out - people can come and have a look and enjoy."<br /><br />Nikki started putting together displays during lockdown as a fun sight for children during walks.<br /><br />But now the gnomes come out for special occasions - and she even creates banners for the gnomes to hold for birthdays.<br /><br />Nikki said: "In the pandemic I put one gnome in the window and people would stop and look.<br /><br />So I thought I’ll put two out and then three, and it carried on from there.<br /><br />"I did it for the church I belong to for the children as well.<br /><br />"I took a picture of them every day and would put it on the church's WhatsApp group.<br /><br />"I'd hide a tiny one in the picture and the kids would try and find the tiny one first.<br /><br />"For the 75th D-day anniversary celebrations we had the Queen gnome out and made scene for that and then did the same for the jubilee.<br /><br />"One little boy would come on his scooter every day with his mum and watch us put them out and I used to get up early on a Saturday morning as one family would come up on their bikes with their dad to have a look.<br /><br />"I got to know a lot of people through it - people still tell me that they remember the gnomes."
