Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden hosted the annual two-day art festival, Finster Fest, last Saturday and Sunday at historic Paradise Garden.  The event featured over 65 folk, craft and fine artists, along with musical performances and special guest presentations.  Once again this year, the Chattooga Garden Club supplied their famous pimento-cheese sandwiches, along with other food vendors at the festival.  Patrons traveled from all over the South to attend the nationally recognized art festival which was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Georgia Council for the Arts.  The Paradise Garden Foundation says that this year’s Finster Fest set a record for attendance at 2,431 attendees, which was 300 more than last year.