Corey Alston, a Gullah man, sits on his front porch in Mount Pleasant weaving sweetgrass baskets, with a blue-bottle tree in the background.

Corey Alston, a Gullah man, sits on his front porch in Mount Pleasant weaving sweetgrass baskets.

Corey Alston, a Gullah man, sits on his front porch in Mount Pleasant weaving sweetgrass baskets, with a blue-bottle tree and a sago palm in the foreground.

Corey Alston, a Gullah man, sits on his front porch in Mount Pleasant weaving sweetgrass baskets, with a sago palm in the background.

Corey Alston, a Gullah man, stands between a live oak tree and a blue bottle tree, holding a sweetgrass basket with both hands, another one at his feet.

Corey Alston, a Gullah man, stands next to the Angel Oak in Johns Island, SC, with two large and ornate sweetgrass baskets resting on one of the tree's low-sprawling branches.

Two of Corey Alson's large, ornate sweetgrass baskets rest on the low-sprawling branches of the Angel Oak in Johns Island, SC.