I TOOK THE PIECES YOU THREW AWAY

In January 2012, Jordan H Poole moved back to his hometown of Summerville, Georgia with an arguably insane idea: save Howard Finster's Paradise Garden.

Finster - Baptist preacher, bicycle repairman, and self-taught visionary artist - had transformed four swampy acres into one of America's most celebrated art environments. R.E.M. filmed there. The Smithsonian collected his work. Presidents commissioned his paintings. And then he died, and the garden started falling apart.

I Took the Pieces You...