06/04/2026
Margaret is an 82-year-old farmer who never threw anything away. Her property was cluttered with broken tools, old machinery, discarded metal — thirty years of accumulated objects.
One day, instead of renting a dumpster, she decided to build something. She spent six months welding and arranging everything into a dragon fence that runs the entire length of her property.
The fence is made from vintage license plates, old gears from farm equipment, tools, springs, chains, anything metal she'd saved. Every section of the dragon tells a story of something that had a life before becoming art.
"The fence guards my farm," Margaret explained. "And the dragon reminds me that nothing is ever really junk. Everything can become something beautiful if you look at it the right way."
Tourism officials have created a scenic route specifically to see Margaret's dragon fence. The fence has been photographed for architectural magazines. Art students visit to study found-object sculpture. A documentary crew spent a month filming the story.
Margaret is now teaching workshops on upcycling. She's 82 and just started a new career.
