Tour an Artist's Eclectic Garden

With the many sculptures, paintings, wooden signs, birdhouses, handcrafted furniture and arbors—many made from repurposed materials—it's no surprise the owner of Turnipseed Farms is an artist. In the heart of Fayetteville, Georgia, Turnipseed Farms has been in Steven Stinchcomb's family since 1936 when his grandfather started a vegetable farm there. Stinchcomb took it over in 1978 and swapped vegetables for flowers to turn it into a nursery.

Steven Stinchcomb has worked as an artist for nearly 20 years. He turned an old storage building on the grounds into an art studio.

Stinchcomb paints a wide range of subjects including landscapes and animals that he sells at various festivals and galleries in the area. "I try to paint most everything that inspires me," he says.

With a recently finished landscape, Stinchcomb just has to add a frame, which he will custom carve out of wood himself. In addition to the paintings he creates in his studio, he also teaches painting classes for ages 14 and up in one of the old greenhouses on his property.