WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Saturday, the first day of February and the first day of Black History Month, over at the Riverbanks Botanical Garden, people of all ages showed up for a sweetgrass ...

Passionate about the legacy of her artform, master craftswoman and basket maker Jery Bennett Taylor (b.1953) has been honoring her Gullah Geechee heritage for almost seven decades. The Gullah Geechee ...

As a native of Hilton Head Island, Lola Campbell grew up with a deep appreciation for her Gullah-Geechee heritage and history. Her family has been on the island for six generations and are dedicated ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Jery Dine Taylor has been sewing sweetgrass baskets for nearly 70 years, a tradition she said was born out of necessity and rooted in survival. Taylor, a sweetgrass basket sewer ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina State Museum unveiled Thursday morning what is believed to be the largest sweetgrass ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s work. The internal review is designed to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – While on a two-day bus tour through southeast Georgia, Vice President Harris made a stop to purchase a traditional Gullah sweetgrass basket from a native of Charleston. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a native of Hilton Head Island, Lola Campbell grew up with a deep appreciation for her Gullah-Geechee heritage and history. Her ...