A new exhibit has opened at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center introducing luthier Freeman Vine and the haunting guitars he carved from the wood of a “lynching tree” used in the murder of a Black ...

Freeman Vines is an African American luthier who creates what have been called "contemporary art sculptures hidden as guitars" out of old wood,... Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood's 'Not Good, Not Bad, ...

I think there are two issues to consider concerning vines crawling up the trunks of trees — the aesthetic appearance of the vine and the health of the tree. My personal preference is to keep vines off ...

Freeman Vines, a North Carolina–based artist, guitar maker, and one-time blues musician, thought he’d seen it all: He’d worked for free on a white farm and served jail time for bootlegging. But about ...

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You should be harvesting a bounty of tasty, juicy tomatoes from the home garden in August. It’s one of gardening’s top rewards. If not, don’t despair because tomatoes aren’t as easy to grow as they ...

If you were Black and living in the American South when lynching was a popular way for Klannish whites to get their jollies out, trees weren’t simply trees. Some of them were hangin’ trees, their long ...

For nearly half a century, the North Carolina native has created instruments out of found wood—including some from a notorious hanging tree Ted Scheinman - Senior Editor Freeman Vines has spent almost ...

Greta Hoyt from Manchester Gardening visits Peggy Singlemann in the studio to explain why some vines are harmful if they are left to climb trees. Featured on VHG episode 2501, March 2025. Virginia ...

Q: While walking in a national park, I noticed some rather thick, wood-looking vines that grew up the trees. In many cases, they had completely engulfed the trees while others were at what seemed to ...

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