Paradise Garden (Georgia)
Introduction


**Paradise Garden** in [Summerville, Georgia](/wiki/Summerville%2C_Georgia "Summerville, Georgia"), was the home and workplace of Baptist minister and [folk artist](/wiki/Folk_artist "Folk artist") [Howard Finster](/wiki/Howard_Finster "Howard Finster") and is now a public park dedicated to his life and art. 

Paradise Garden, located at 200 North Lewis Street, is open to the public. It encompasses two and half acres densely filled with buildings, constructions, sculptures, and thousands of objects. Finster's former studio, a yellow, plank\-sided bungalow, is now a visitors' center. From it, a path leads to a multi\-layered, multi\-sided building, the World Folk Art Chapel.


How did Howard Finster's former studio get used?