DeLAND — Louise Murphy has never thought of herself as an artist, but this week she and her friend Dottie Dye were busy gearing up for this weekend’s DeLand Outdoor Art Festival, where they will make ...

With social media often flooded with how others are achieving their lockdown goals, chances are you’ve put extra pressure on yourself to be more productive. Motivating yourself to exercise or finish a ...

In an annual rite of autumn, anyone can carve a pumpkin. But gourds? That requires patience and a passion that goes far beyond Halloween. Ask any serious “gourder.” This curious vine has wrapped ...

The miracle of DNA has finally solved the age-old question: How did bottle gourds come to America? This plant has no wild progenitors in the Western Hemisphere. The gourd grown by early cultures in ...

“Color and imagery dance in my head, asleep or awake,” says artist Whitney Peckman on her Web site. “I cannot live long enough to give expression to all that lies behind my eyes.” Those words convey a ...