Party to benefit Paradise Garden

“See, I wanted this to be a garden where people could come into it and relax and feel like they’re free,” Georgia’s most famous and idiosyncratic folk artist, Howard Finster, once proclaimed of Paradise Garden, his roadside attraction/art environment outside the northwest Georgia town of Summerville.

After several years of restoration work by the nonprofit Paradise Garden Foundation, Finster’s mecca has regained a lot of the beauty it boasted during its 1980s heyday. See for yourself during the annual Party at Paradise fundraiser, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, featuring a progressive dinner and art auction. Tickets: $45.

200 N. Lewis St., Summerville. 706-808-0800, paradisegardenfoundation.org.