Morton, Illinois, a sleepy hollow outside Peoria, calls itself the ‘Pumpkin Capital of the World’ and has the patches to ...

“Chicago Warted Hubbard,” he pronounces, holding a knotted black gourd that looks like it was blown out of a volcano into a dumpster. Ackerman and his crew pick around 30,000 gourds by hand ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

It was a perfect fall evening for the annual pumpkin walk at Boxerwood this past Saturday, the second and final night of the event. Many of the deciduoustrees were still clinging to their autumn glory ...

[1] For most people, gourds are for eating, not for making music. In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight categories of instruments and produce some of the most essential sounds in a ...

Warty pumpkins are basically botany experiments, and over the last several years, the knot-infested pumpkins have become a ...

During the festival, gigantic gourds are carved up and hollowed out. The event has been described as the "extreme sport of gardening" with racers hopping in the giant gourds and paddling across ...

Max has had lots of help from friends to carve many of the more than 150 pumpkins, squash and gourds he has purchased by the truckload from a pumpkin farm in Waterford. He says he spends around $ ...

Contestants in costumes sought to stay afloat while rowing or motoring their enormous gourds. The event capped off this year’s Pumpkinfest, which lasted all weekend and drew thousands to the ...