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› What: Outsider Art Trail Tour› Where: Seven art and folk art venues in Summerville, Rome and Calhoun, Georgia› When: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Trade Day flea market; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. galleries, Saturday, Aug. 17› Admission: $15 adults, $5 chidren› For more information: https://paradisegardenfoundation.org/
Escape the hustle and bustle of the city for a day of Southern charm and local color in North Georgia when Paradise Garden Foundation presents its second Outsider Art Trail Tour on Saturday, Aug. 17.
The Outsider Art Trail Tour is a self-guided, dog-friendly tour of little-known folk-art locations around the Summerville, Georgia, area – with some side trips to Rome or Calhoun, Georgia. It includes one flea market, five galleries and two restaurant suggestions for lunch.
Start your day early in a picker’s paradise by strolling through Trade Day, an outdoor flea market in Summerville, Georgia, just a half-mile from Paradise Gardens. Since Trade Day opens at 7 a.m., visitors have plenty of time to search for treasures before the remainder of the tour begins at 10 a.m.
Enjoy walks through two folk art environments: Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville and The Rock Garden in Calhoun. The latter is somewhat like a fairy garden filled with more than 50 miniature castles, churches and other buildings. The structures are all built from tiny stones, pieces of shell, bits of broken glass, tile, wire and other materials to mimic their larger counterparts.