CHARLESTON, SC (AP) - A South Carolina museum is offering visitors a chance to weave sweetgrass baskets like generations of slaves and their descendants have been doing for centuries along the state's ...

We will begin small twined baskets made with a diminutive relative of tule (Schoenoplectus americanus) known as "sweetgrass" among native weavers in the Pacific northwest. As well as being fragrant, ...

A long celebrated artisan craft in the Lowcounty has been making its way through generations. Sweetgrass basket making is a special skill that one can learn, and once perfected can make into art.

ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (WCBD) – It’s an art form and tradition that is a major part of Lowcountry living – sweetgrass basket weaving. Approximately 50 basket weavers spent the day pulling the grass to make ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Anyone who's lived in or visited the Lowcountry has probably come across a sweetgrass basket. Whether you're driving along the Sweetgrass Corridor in Mount Pleasant, ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Lowcountry community leaders and elected officials are hoping to create economic opportunities and promote peace. They’re hoping the goals will be accomplished through ...

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 ...

Henrietta Snype and Corey Alston are two local artisans that are well known for their talents making Sweetgrass baskets. Both of the Mount Pleasant natives met me down at the Sweetgrass Pavilion on ...

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 ...