Lakeview Farms is not currently set up to package and ship gourds so if you live outside of the St. Louis, MO metro area click here for a list of other gourd farms that are set up to ship dried gourds out of their area.
click blue link below for larger pictures of both decorated and undecorated gourds | Use | Price at the Farm |
Supply as of Dec 21, 2020 |
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African Wine Kettle | ![]() |
Santa Claus, Shekere African Bead Drums | $7 to 26 | sold out |
Apple Gourd | ![]() |
Teacher Gifts, bird feeders, boxes, and bowls. A very hard shelled gourd. | $2.00 | excellent supply |
Basketball | ![]() |
Used for bowls and baskets, lamps and lamp shades, permanent jack-O-lanterns, globes | $4-6 | we have a good sized crop available |
Bushel |
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bowls and drums | $6 to $9 | just a few left |
Giant Bushel | ![]() |
Used for bowls and sewing baskets | $7 to 26 | sold out |
Cannonball | ![]() |
Small bowls, lidded containers, and stacked snowballs/cannonballs | $1.50 | excellent supply |
Canteen |
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decorated purses, shallow bowls, lidded boxes | $2 to 6 | A good supply of 2019 crop is now dry and available for sale |
Caveman's Club / Maranka | ![]() |
Birdhouses & Masks. This is a very thick and tough gourd | $2 to 4 | sold out |
Chinese Bottle |
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$1 to $3 | just a few left | |
Dipper |
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ladles & birdhouses | $3 | Sold out |
Egg (soft shell) | ![]() |
limited usage due to very thin shell | $0.50 | sold out |
Hawaiian Dance Mask |
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Hawaiian Dance Mask---NEW FOR 2020 A relatively thin shelled gourd so care is needed when cutting. |
$2 to $5 | fair supply |
Indonesian Bottle |
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Birdhouses, Shekere African Bead Drums and more. A very thick, hard shell gourd. | $2 to $7 | Good supply. |
Italian Snake (soft shell) |
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limited usage due to thin shell | $3 | sold out |
Kettle Gourd |
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$2 to $5 | fair supply in the small to medium sizes. Larger sizes from the 2020 crop will be dry by May 2021 | |
Large Kettle Gourd |
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Used for bowls and drums | $7 to $26 | one 17 inch gourd from the 2019 crop managed to survive. Unfortunately, sun+rain stress cracking is evident on the upper 1/3 of the gourd. |
Martin House |
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Birdhouses, bowls, lidded containers. A very thick walled gourd ! | $2 to $5 | Excellent Supply |
Mexican Bottle |
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A very versatile smaller gourd ! |
$1 to $3 | Just a few dried gourds left for sale |
Mexican Water Bottle |
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Mexican Water bottle gourd--NEW FOR 2020 (a larger version of the above) |
$2 to $5 | A good selection of Dried gourds in various sizes is now available for sale |
Mini Nigerian Bottle | ![]() |
Jewelry, mini vase, and Christmas Tree Ornaments | $0.50 | excellent supply |
Penguin (soft shell) |
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When a crafter adds eyes and a painted tuxedo, this gourd is a perfect penguin. More commonly used for rattles, vases, and butterfly houses. | $1.50 | some of our 2020 crop will be dry in March 2021 |
Sennari |
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A Japanese mini bottle about 3½" tall and 2" in diameter. Useful for jewelry and ornaments | $.70 | A super, bumper crop of dried gourds from the 2019 planting is available for sale |
Speckled Swan | ![]() |
Ducks, Geese, Swan, and birdhouses. This is a thinner shell gourd about 1/8" thick. | $2 to 4 | one or two gourds left |
Large Drum Gourd |
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Used for bowls and drums | $7 to $26 | sold out |