Top 15 best April's Fools round-up

April Fool's Day has seen some great gardening and retail prank stories.

Flymo has launched The FryMO (see here, also on Insta) - an airfryer designed with the same precision, durability, and performance as our iconic mowers.

Lee Connelly: "I’m absolutely thrilled to announce my partnership with Gnome Way Roses and the launch of my very first plant—The Skinny Jean Gardener Denim Rose! This incredible rose has been years in the making, carefully developed by the talented team at Gnome Way Roses, and I’m beyond honoured to have such a unique plant named after me. The deep, rich colouring of this rose is simply breathtaking—bold, distinctive, and full of character, just like a great pair of skinny jeans!"

HortWeek: Pedal-powered tractors

Kew: Invisible plant found

To gain entry to Asda, all shoppers must have a visible back pocket to enter their local Asda, so they can do the company's famous pocket tap, seen in their advertisements.

Waitrose '18+ No ID, No Easter egg.'

Heinz Dubai Beanz

Subway footlong shakes

Dole pineapple flavoured eggs

Gym Kitchen protein tea

Baybel limited-edition wax sleeping bag

Birds Eye Potato Waffholes

Charlotte Howard: luxury artificial grass business launch.

Farplants: Gardeners across the country are baffled as reports come in that Spiraea Walberton's Plum Carpet has started producing actual plums! 


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