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.
Gardens
A simple propagation technique—plus patience—ensures a favorite Southern flower will bloom on
Arts & Culture
A new exhibition at the Biltmore in Asheville shows Southern hospitality at its finest
Arts & Culture
In the 1970s, Dolly Freed quit the rat race, wrote a back-to-the-land classic, made moonshine, ate rabbits, and now shares an update from her true home in the South
Food & Drink
Southern Italy meets the South in a scrumptious holiday tradition
Arts & Culture
What G&G editors and contributors loved reading this year
Arts & Culture
Nearly 150 of the storied Southern socialite’s diamond, platinum, ruby, and sapphire treasures go on display this month in St. Petersburg, Florida before returning home to Virginia
Arts & Culture
This winter, five visual books share lesser-known stories and rare images—a family art feud, more than one hundred locked lips, a feast of festive glassware, stunning early maps, and a truly remarkable Southern jewelry collection
In the Garden
For forty-plus years, a Charleston horticulturist has nurtured historic camellias—including what’s most likely America’s oldest
Arts & Culture
The fall haul of books includes a Mississippi courtroom thriller from John Grisham, a photography collection that brings Nashville into focus, two meaty cookbooks, and one quite gritty read
Travel
A dozen new spots for eating, drinking, and playing in the mountain city this fall
Gardens
An exclusive look inside one of the South’s most fabulous secret gardens
Arts & Culture
A new book collects stories of the items that could never be left behind
Arts & Culture
Fall brings extra servings of cookbooks, historic novels, stirring biographies, and a secret garden book you’ll want to spend an afternoon paging through
Harvest
How chef John Folse champions a centuries-deep boucherie tradition
Drinks
Using bottles you might have at home, create a blend that could pass for the world’s most famous bourbon
Food & Drink
With her new cookbook, author Marti Buckley shares recipes that connect her native South to her adopted home
Hurricane Relief
The symbol of American spirit is coming home from North Carolina’s Frying Pan Tower this weekend—and its remains will help the state rebuild
Arts & Culture
New titles out this month include a pile of cookbooks, a surprising garden read, luscious design tomes, and one whiskey book that just might stir up some folks



















