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.
Music
Now on their farewell tour, Lynyrd Skynyrd band members reflect on Southern rock’s most requested song
Arts & Culture
BreyerFest at Lexington, Kentucky’s Horse Park celebrates the famous model horses—and the real ones that inspire them
Arts & Culture
Summer must-reads include charming novels, zippy thrillers, and a fascinating collection of love letters between the Fitzgeralds
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
Arts & Culture
Great summer reads for Southerners—bold novels to take to the beach, a peachy keen cookbook, and one powerful ode to grace
Gardens
Cahaba or “shoal” lilies appear from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina
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
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
Food & Drink
A simple and classic softie recipe, from the newly re-released cookbook by the grande dame of Southern cooking
Arts & Culture
The renowned potter Guy Wolff has made an extra-special limited run of earthenware to raise funds for Historic Charleston Foundation
RECIPES
The freshest berries make this stunning blue-ribbon pie sunshine by the slice
Food & Drink
A dessert fit for Elvis himself: Peanut butter, bananas, marshmallow, and a crowning of bacon
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
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