Carving is key to adding intricate patterns to your lampshade gourd. Use sharp tools to carve out designs carefully without damaging the gourd's structure. Traditional African patterns often include ...

The bottle gourd, beloved since pre-Columbian times not only for its voluptuous shape but for its endless uses, very likely floated on ocean currents from its native Africa to South America inside the ...

When dried, the gourds have been supremely useful as containers, medical and musical instruments, even decorative birdhouses. Despite their ubiquity, though, they have their secrets. Archaeological ...

Bottle gourds traveled the Atlantic Ocean from Africa and were likely domesticated many times in various parts of the New World, according to a team of scientists who studied bottle gourd genetics to ...

EVERY FALL IN every market there is a basket or a stand with an odd option for décor: gourds. Misshapen, particolored, vulgar in their warts and lumps, gourds are an intriguing autumn visitor. We ...