First you have to get a gourd. Gourds can be purchased just about anywhere, but here in East Texas we have a gourd farm in West Mountain, near Gilmer. It is called the West Mountain Gourd Farm. There ...

What’s the difference between a gourd and a squash? A gourd is inedible; a squash is tasty. A gourd dries out in the sun; a squash rots. And the Marion County Gourd Artists wouldn’t spend hours ...

ROCK SPRINGS — The Community Fine Arts Center will change exhibits in late July and welcome Arizona artist Katie Woods. She is sharing her gourd art for the first time in Wyoming and is excited to ...

The gourd fruit has long been an auspicious ornament on to which Chinese artists paint illustrations or inscribe written verse. Pronunciation of the Chinese word for gourd, hu, is similar to fu, the ...

Sarah Nelson’s son broke a gourd in their garden, resulting in lots of gourds the next year. Now what to do with them? Her answer was to create art. Sarah Nelson of Felton, Delaware has been making ...

When a friend gave Carol Ann Short a gourd, she didn't realize it would add a new dimension to her volunteer work as a Montgomery County Master Gardener. Short has been raising gourds for four years ...

Obviously gourd art is well-appreciated in this area because in 2009, Elaine Mayes and I painted artistic designs on several gourds prepared as hanging planters and birdhouses, offering them for sale ...

Gourd artist Katherine Motley considers art an important part of her life. “It is very nice to have something that you love to do and look forward to other than the grind of day-to-day living,” she ...

HUNTINGTON — Local plant nursery Floyd’s on 60 is fully in the fall spirit, offering a variety of activities for community members looking to stock up on pumpkins or have some Halloween fun. Floyd’s ...

The miracle of DNA has finally solved the age-old question: How did bottle gourds come to America? This plant has no wild progenitors in the Western Hemisphere. The gourd grown by early cultures in ...

A roadside gourd tree offers the only hint of the unusual experiences awaiting visitors who turn in and drive down the lane to Eli Smucker’s Gourd Farm. The farm is the site of the 2011 Pennsylvania ...