You won't want to miss the 2017 Sweetgrass Festival on Saturday, June 3rd! 

We also invite you to attend the Gullah Geechee Seminar that day, hosted by the East Cooper Civic Club, with roundtable discussions of issues that impact the communities along the Gullah Geechee Culture Heritage Corridor.

Both events will be held at Mount Pleasant's Waterfront Park, 99 Harry Hallman Jr. Boulevard. 

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SCAFA Receives 2016
​Preservation Service Award 

SC Lieutenant Governor Henry McMaster congratulates SCAFA founder Thomasena Stokes-Marshall at the SC Historic Preservation Society awards ceremony in Columbia on
​June 17, 2016.

​Thank you to our 2016
Taste of Gullah Sponsors:  
​Charleston Magazine
Town of Mount Pleasant
Cumulus Radio Group--Charleston
Lerato, LLC
Hughes Party Rentals
GrowFood Carolina
Moody and O'Neal CPAs
Phillips and Singleton, LLC
Solidago, LLC
Billy Swails State Farm Insurance
Oakland Properties
South Carolina Electric & Gas
East Cooper Medical Center
Nelson Printing/Direct Marketers of Charleston
W.M. Smith-McNeal Funeral Home
McAlister Funeral Home
Paul Foster Insurance Company
David & Ann Westerlund
Seamon & Whitesides
National Park Service
Ted & Linda Churchill
Thomasena Stokes-Marshall
Total Wine & More
Clayton Thompson
Angela Dunn
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Sweetgrass Festival

This annual event is designed to promote and preserve the Gullah Geechee peoples' history, heritage, culture and traditions.  Visitors will find the work of 20+ sweetgrass basket makers and other artwork and crafts available for purchase, basketmaking demonstrations, children's activities and a variety of food vendors.  
​There is no charge for admission or for parking.  No pets, skateboards or alcohol, please.  
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We hope you will join us for the 2017 Sweetgrass Festival, on
​Saturday, June 3!

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