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 ...

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 ...

Nov. 29—At their meeting on November 16, the members of the Sorosis literary club discussed the book "Sweetgrass" by Mary Alice Monroe. Set in Charleston, South Carolina, the story focuses on efforts ...

Their strands of sweetgrass, palm fronds and pine needles intermingle. These woven baskets are symbols of togetherness and collaboration. On Sept. 21 — the United Nations' International Day of Peace — ...

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, ...

CHARLESTON THAT WEAVES TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. SWEETGRASS BASKETS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CAROLINAS IN THE 1600S BASED OFF OF RICE CULTIVATION. SWEETGRASS BASKETS HAVE CONNECTED GENERATIONS ...