Across many rural areas in Africa, including parts of West Africa, communities use bottle gourds as water storage solutions ...

Shaped like an oversized apple, these hard-shelled gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) grow six to eight inches tall and four to six inches across. In India, young fruit is added to curries. The skin is ...

WASHINGTON - Most people think of gourds as fall decoration or food, but several craftspeople see them as art. "I put some pretty spectacular colors on the gourds themselves, and then I do a little ...

It’s finally autumn time and the thought of cooler weather and the changing season seems to be on everyone’s mind. Unpredictable weather and the brilliantly colored hillsides beckon us to decorate for ...

Nubbly, bubbly, and slightly homely, some gourds aren’t good to eat but make perfect seasonal decorations for autumn celebrations. It would be entirely possible and fun to set a fall table with all ...

This is the season when autumnal displays surround us. Decorative gourds seem to appear overnight, as if beamed down from an alien spacecraft: striped, speckled, warted, and winged. Bright bursts of ...