Sapelo Island, Georgia, is home to Gullah/Geechee culture, a unique African-American culture found in coastal South Carolina, the Georgia coast and Florida. One of the oldest artforms of West African  origin, sweetgrass baskets were often used as fanning tools for rice  production and today continue to have special significance to community members. Sweetgrass basketmakers Yvonne Grovner

and Herbert J. Dixon often work together collecting materials in the summertime on Sapelo Island. Despite the forces of change and real estate development, Grovner and Dixon are devoted to keeping the tradition alive. Dixon explains: "You've got to have the love for this place, not the love for a couple of dollars, because the money is not going to last you for long. This place will last you forever."

“You can’t find no other place like this no more … you know, like Sapelo. Ain’t no where in the world now that you can find a place like Sapelo. You can go to your neighbor’s house and go borrow something and when he comes home, you can tell him, Hey, I borrowed a can of milk, I’ll get you one when I go to town.”