Episodes
- S1 E1 - Retired, Still WorkingSeptember 8, 199823minSome people just can't relax when they retire. A retired engineer builds a full size operating rail road in his backyard. In a rural area near Oakland, California artist Karen Wyse works non-stop expanding her home and yard with her creations. And thenAvailable to buy
- S1 E2 - Folk ArtistsSeptember 8, 199823minFolk artists seem naturally to use their homes and yards as a canvas for art. 'Dick and Jane's Spot' in Ellensburg, Washington is a delightful world filled with this couple's unique folk art. In the backwoods near Seale, Alabama, Butch Anthony treats usAvailable to buy
- S1 E3 - Recycled WondersSeptember 8, 199823minAn amazing undertaker's home built out of 600,000 embalming fluid bottles. A beer can house in Houston, Texas and Moore's Junk Castle in Pullman, Washington. Wonders created from trash.Available to buy
- S1 E4 - Inspired By PainSeptember 8, 199823minUnique homes created as a result of personal suffering. The Button King in South Carolina has insomnia so he has taken to glue hundreds of thousands of buttons to his home, clothes and car. Ex-alcoholic, The Flowerman uses recycled junk to decorate hisAvailable to buy
- S1 E5 - Funny FarmSeptember 8, 199823minIn Bend, Oregon two delightful men have created a fantasy farm bursting with humour including a bowling ball garden and a love pond. And 'Andy's Dummy Farm' in rural New Brunswick is littered with hundreds of life size dummies that all have a story to teAvailable to buy
- S1 E6 - Something To SaySeptember 8, 199823minA decoration of homes to make a point. Pearl Fryar's topiary garden in Bishopville, South Carolina brings a message of love. 'Richart's Ruins', in downtown Centralia, Washington takes teaching art to the outer limits and in Alabama, a religious fanaticAvailable to buy
- S1 E7 - Yards Of FunSeptember 8, 199823minFor some, pink flamingoes is just the start. A visit to the famous home of Violis Simpson whose place is surrounded by his amazing towering whirligigs. In Rosedale, Alberta we meet the charming folks who call their home 'Rainbow Acres'.Available to buy
- S1 E8 - Fantasy GardensSeptember 8, 199823minLife-sized scarecrows, huge boulders and thousands of flowers. In Nova Scotia, the place is known as 'Angela's Scarecrows' and Angela talks to each and every one of these backyard creatures who have all become her friends.Available to buy
- S1 E9 - Strange Yet WonderfulSeptember 8, 199823minAn elderly farmer in Alberta enjoys life at his place he calls the 'Nuthouse', and for good reason. A black couple in Mississippi show us around 'Margaret's Grocery' and sing us a gospel song. 'The House of Exotica' in San Francisco contains a lifetimeAvailable to buy
- S1 E10 - The CollectorsSeptember 8, 199823minCollecting is an obsession for some. 'The House of Toys' in Oakland, California is bursting with thousands of every toy you can imagine. Another California home contains a grotto where the walls are completely covered with stuff collected from garage salAvailable to buy
- S1 E11 - Junkyard TreasuresSeptember 8, 199823minThese folks look at junk with a very different eye. Remarkable recycled art from trash. Sites from rural British Columbia to Kosciucko, Mississippi and including 'Rodeen's Metalworks' in Kennewick, Washington.Available to buy
- S1 E12 - Paradise FoundSeptember 8, 199823minThree truly amazing places. A man-made and totally painted mountain in the desert, a strange temple in the backwoods of Georgia, and an underground home in Ontario whose owner loves to fly with geese over his farm in his home-built ultra-light.Available to buy
- S1 E13 - Artists In ResidenceSeptember 8, 199823minFrom Port Costa, California to Fanny Bay, British Columbia. Life-sized robots, metal dogs and the odd cyclops in the garden have all been created and given homes by these three extraordinary artists.Available to buy
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- Content advisory
- Smoking
- Audio languages
- English
- Subtitles
- English [CC]
- Directors
- Moyra Rodger
- Producers
- Michael CollierJohn Cumming
- Cast
- Moyra Rodger
- Studio
- Syndicado
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