CJ Lotz Diego

CJ Lotz Diego is a Garden & Gun deputy editor. A staffer since 2013, she wrote G&G’s bestselling Bless Your Heart trivia game, edits the Due South travel section, and covers gardens, books, and art. Originally from Eureka, Missouri, she graduated from Indiana University and now lives in Charleston, South Carolina, where she tends a downtown pocket garden with her florist husband, Max.

Arts & Culture

BreyerFest at Lexington, Kentucky’s Horse Park celebrates the famous model horses—and the real ones that inspire them

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Arts & Culture

Summer must-reads include charming novels, zippy thrillers, and a fascinating collection of love letters between the Fitzgeralds

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Arts & Culture

Halfway through 2019, we’re looking back at the delightful novels, biographies, memoirs, story collections, and other works that have already made this a stellar year in Southern literature

Arts & Culture

The Hall of Fame quarterback shares stories about playing for Bear Bryant, discovering Florida flowers, and his first taste of sweet potato pie

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Arts & Culture

Great summer reads for Southerners—bold novels to take to the beach, a peachy keen cookbook, and one powerful ode to grace

The Southern Agenda

Goings-on in the South and beyond

Gardens

Cahaba or “shoal” lilies appear from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina

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Arts & Culture

May brings the year’s first crop of beach reads, a slew of almost-summertime cookbooks, and powerful odes to Southern history

In the Garden

A humble Southern bulb finds new respect, thanks to a Carolina plantsman

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Arts & Culture

April brings a shower of new reads, including big-league cookbooks, powerful memoirs, and a charming tribute to one funny-man’s best friend

Arts & Culture

The renowned potter Guy Wolff has made an extra-special limited run of earthenware to raise funds for Historic Charleston Foundation

Arts & Culture

The former first lady shares what it means to be a Texan, plus details about the new exhibition showcasing presidential retreats at the Bush Center in Dallas

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Arts & Culture

Welcome spring with wanderlust-worthy travel books, a haul of great cookbooks, and powerful photography collections

Food & Drink

New Orleans insiders reveal what’s really on their tables—and bars—during Carnival

Arts & Culture

P6 at the Line hotel serves serious eats, cold tequila, and the best water (and bat) views in town

Arts & Culture

The North Carolina–raised comedian entertains us all on her TV series At Home with Amy Sedaris

Food & Drink

Three Southern chefs share their tips and tricks for elevating your soup game

Arts & Culture

Goings-on in the South and beyond

Arts & Culture

A white squirrel in North Carolina has correctly predicted the Super Bowl winner for the last four years

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Arts & Culture

Mid-winter brings powerful memoirs, new novels, a lush photography book, and a beautiful reminder that spring will come again