Of all the projects we've seen - one of the favorites has got to be the gourd lamp or gourd luminary if you prefer.  Seeing the gourd lamp light up a room is something to be seen if you've not had the pleasure of seeing one up close.  It really is breathtaking.  In this article we will walk you through how to make a gourd lamp. The size, style, and scope of the lamp is at the sole discretion of the artist without any real limitations as to what can be done.  A mix of hand tools and power tools can be used, as well as variety of light sources.  This can be a great gourdpatch project that, if seen through completion, could be used as a fundraiser, if your patch was willing to part with their works of art.
Let's start with the basics of how to get this project going.

In part one of How to Create a Gourd Patch, we talked about the initial steps of forming a group of like-minded people with the intent to create your own local gourd patch.  Now that hopefully you have some prospective members to form that initial core group - it is time to get everyone together and talk about the vision of the group.

I stumbled upon a post on the American Gourd Society Facebook page regarding a reader who was moving out of their state, that had a state gourd society (Michigan), http://www.michigangourdsociety.org/  to Utah.  Utah at the time of this writing currently doesn’t have a statewide gourd society.  Ultimately the discussion became centered around how to create a gourdpatch.