BOISE, Idaho — Garden master Jim Duthie shows us something different that you might want to consider growing next year. Gourds! They’re members of the squash family, and for the most part, people ...

Carving is key to adding intricate patterns to your lampshade gourd. Use sharp tools to carve out designs carefully without ...

Many vegetable gardeners look for new crops or new varieties of crops they have experience growing to add to their garden. And this is the time of year when gardeners start to think about how they ...

When Deb Brill buys supplies for her hobby, she stands in the middle of a gourd patch where she examines them carefully and envisions the pieces of art she will create. There are numerous gourds of ...

Could the humble gourd one day replace single-use coffee cups? Brooklyn-based architect and designer Jun Aizaki hopes his invention - the HyO-Cup - will do just that. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOUNDER OF ...

"Gourds are believed to be among the first cultivated plants in the Amazon, and their use is probably even older than that of ceramics," says researcher Renata Maria de Almeida Martins, professor at ...

You may have seen that gourds can grow into some pretty wacky shapes, but did you know that they can actually be intentionally molded as well? The Gourd Project, an initiative begun by designer Jun ...

Some natural material you might find easily available include: ...

Two classes — “Gourd Jewelry” and “Gourd Whimsies! Wall Hangings” — will be offered at the Kickapoo Valley Visitor Center, Saturday, July 12. Gourd Jewelry: Students will be given pieces of gourds to ...

Sitting at the kitchen table this early morning, I see before me nature’s infinite variety in the form of a shallow blue-gray bowl filled with five small gourds. Two of them are entirely the color of ...