Tour stops include …

*Trade Day, a giant outdoor flea market just outside downtown Summerville that has been a picker’s paradise since 1976 (7 am-1 pm).

*Two remarkable outdoor art environments – world-famous Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville and The Rock Garden in Calhoun (10 am-5 pm).

*Three Summerville art and folk art spaces — Folk America Gallery, Finster Picture Framing, and Myers Vintage & Local (10 am-5 pm)

*Lunch on the patio or cool off inside at Jefferson’s for juicy burgers and salads; or Trion’s Sweet P’s Tavern near Paradise Garden.

*Attend the art reception opening at Rome’s Kingfisher Art Co. “Outsiders: Folk Art from the Rural South” (3 pm-6 pm) and a music performance by Abe Partridge (6 pm-8 pm) sponsored by Rome Area Council for the Arts (RACA).

Self-guided and dog-friendly, the tour is free with Paradise Garden admission ($15 adults/children 12 & under free), with donations appreciated at the Rock Garden, as well. Pick up your Outsider Art Trail “Passport” at Paradise Garden, and, as you tour, earn stamps to qualify for a drawing for free prizes including an overnight Airbnb stay at Paradise Garden.

More info: www.ParadiseGardenFoundation.org/, click on Outsider Art Trail Tour.