The Okeetee Club in Jasper County has let traditional basket weavers harvest sweetgrass on its vast property for years, but the private club has put a stop to it. One local basket sewer says this ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Residents and visitors from across the Lowcountry have been invited to celebrate Gullah Geechee heritage and the art of basket making at the 2025 Sweetgrass Festival in ...

In 2005, Montana ranchers drove the last band of sheep through the Absaroka-Beartooth Pass for summer pasture. The trip marked the end of a centuries-long journey and the waning of a traditional way ...

The 20th-annual Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant is the perfect place to better understand the multi-generational artistry, history and heart behind the region’s signature craft. Using sweetgrass ...

COLUMBIA — The traditional way to weave a sweetgrass basket is to sit it on your lap. Corey Alston’s latest creation is going to be so big he had to commission a woodsmith to build a cradle that’s ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – An annual festival highlighting sweetgrass art and culture will return to Mount Pleasant this summer. Festival organizers are seeking basket makers, crafters and artisans ...

The world is a gift, not a giant Amazon warehouse, Robin Wall Kimmerer said. In her new book, “The Serviceberry,” she proposes gratitude as an antidote to prevailing views of nature as a commodity. By ...

Many natural remedies do not work. Despite those who swear by herbal medicines and other traditions that stretch back, in some cases, thousands of years, modern science often cannot verify the claimed ...

Sea Island Habitat for Humanity announced Wednesday that, due to the group successfully reaching their campaign goal in just ...