Lugging everything from garter belts to garden gnomes around in suitcases they have taken their ever - expanding collection all over the world.

Now, at long last, we have the whimsical Disney version in a new animated family film produced by rock star Elton John and set in the world of garden gnomes. Here's a look at Gnomeo and Juliet.

Each flowerbed is populated with those classic English garden decorations: little statues of gnomes.