FALLBROOK, Calif. — Welburn Gourd Farm was originally homesteaded in the 1880s and today is the largest gourd farm in the country, according to its new owner, Jaime Weber. “The Welburn family leased ...

When you think of a gourd, do you think squash or pumpkin? How about musical instruments, storage vessels or hand-made art? The hard-shelled gourd is all of those things, and so much more — and the ...

One-month-old gourd plants grow in the field. FALLBROOK, Calif. — Welburn Gourd Farm was originally homesteaded in the 1880s and today is the largest gourd farm in production in the country, according ...

Fourteen years ago, in the outer reaches of De Luz, a familythat had been farming gourds for several years planned an event toshowcase the inedible, hard-shelled fruit. A “gourd festival” sounded a ...

FALLBROOK — Gourd enthusiasts were out in numbers Saturday atthe first day of the 11th annual International Gourd Art Festivalat Welburn Gourd Farm in De Luz. Perusing gourd purses, centerpieces and ...

The Central California Gourders will be hosting Gloria Crane, a Gourd Artist from Southern California for three full days of classes May 29-31 on the Garrison Farm north of Visalia. She will share new ...

A pretty eclectic mob turns up at Doug and Sue Welburn’s 75-acre farm in De Luz Canyon, between Temecula and Fallbrook. The Welburns’ sole crop for the past two decades? Gourds. Every year before ...