South Carolina Gourd Society

The South Carolina Gourd Society is educational in nature and accomplishes this by encouraging and supporting presentations, displays and seminars, providing educational resources and exhibits. We have differing levels of creativity for young and old, creating one-of-a-kind pieces of art that started with the foundation of a seed, soil, nutrition, water and a burst from the sun. Representing the South, we are proud to lift from nature’s own and place the fingerprints of the human soul upon it.

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Ornaments for the Governor's Tree

Would you like to have one of your gourd ornaments hanging on one of the trees at the SC Governor's mansion? If you are a member of the SC Gourd Society you can send one. What an honor for our society! The following is a letter from Dickie Martin, the SC Gourd Society president about how and when to send your ornament. Please let him know if you are sending an ornament. If you can go to the Governor's mansion, please take photos and send to Dickie Martin,or the webmaster.

'Better hurry, Christmas is just around the corner !

It's getting late to get our gourds on the tree.

I would like to ask the patch leaders to coordinate getting your members gourds on the tree. I have some update information. The tree to be decorated is at the Lace House. The gourds must have hangers to hang them on the tree.

They are going to be decorating the tree starting at approximately noon on December 1. The plan to start putting the tree up around 10:00 am, decorate the lights on the tree then place the ornaments on the tree.

We have three options for getting our gourds there:

1 We can bring our gourds to the house and help decorate the tree on

December 1. If someone has the time, I think this would be fun !

2 Deliver them to Nancy Bush by Tuesday November 25.

3 Mail them to Nancy so they are received by November 25.

Nancy will be out of the office after November 25.

Her mailing address is: Nancy Bush

Governor's Mansion

800 Richland Street

Columbia, S.C. 29201

If you have any questions, call me.

Thanks

Dickie"

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Orangeburg Show

Check out the list of winners from the Orangeburg Fair Show here....
And see pictures of the exhibit here....

Betsey Sloan won Best of Show with the above piece

Thanks to Pat Fitzgerald, Charlotte Durrence, and Laraine Short, the judges for the Orangeburg Fair Show.

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Join and Support

Who: SC Gourd Society and the American Gourd Society
Why: To educate the public to the wonders of the gourd and to share the joy of creating art with this natural art pallet.
How: By working to share in patch groups and state societies and getting support from the American Gourd Society.
Where: Fill out the forms and mail in with the dues to the SC Gourd Society and American Gourd Society

It is so very important that you join the American Gourd Society and the South Carolina Gourd Society. We work together to fulfill our goals. The magazine alone you get from the American Gourd Society is worth the membership dues. In order for our SC Gourd Society to grow and be able to have more opportunities, we must support by joining and participating in the events