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  • READ: How to Harvest Gourd Seeds, by the AGS Seed Team/Graham Ottoson (Gourdlandia)

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  • INSPIRATION CAN BE FOUND HERE! Meet our Featured Artists

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  • Home
  • Join
    • Standard Membership-2025
    • Auto Renewal Membership
    • CA+International Membership
  • Magazine
    • Quarterly Contest
    • Back Issues
  • Chapters
  • Calendar
  • Education
  • Gourd Growing Tutorials
    • Manipulated Gourd Tutorials
    • Sellers: Seeds, Gourds
    • Growing
    • Harvesting
  • Crafting Techniques
    • Pyrography
    • Carving
    • Crafting Resources
    • Crafting Tutorials
  • Judging
    • Competition Scoring Forms for Judges & Clerks
    • Training Apprentice & Certified Judges
    • Judges Activity Reporting Forms
    • List of Judge Instructors
  • Artistry Award
  • Jim Story Award 2026
  • History of Gourds Around the World
  • About
  • Judging
  • Featured Artists