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

In her new book, the world-renowned hostess shows how to create gorgeous arrangements with favorite blooms from her gardens

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Arts & Culture

A selection of images from the book People Fishing: A Century of Photographs, co-written by Levine and Paige Ramey.

Gardens

Swing open the gates to some of the South’s most stunning public and private floral sanctuaries during four upcoming tours

Arts & Culture

April showers bring…time to kick back with a stack of new books

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Arts & Culture

From the Atlantic to the Gulf coasts, beaches offer treasures to those willing to get their feet sandy

Good Dogs

A family’s yellow Lab plunged into frigid water to save a boater outside Savannah

Arts & Culture

A new exhibition documents the life of Mona von Bismarck, a Kentucky-born international style icon whose greatest love—after fashion—was her garden

Arts

A North Carolina native taps into the future of dance

Food & Drink

Unique red corn becomes rosy-colored “Unicorn” grits at a new Lowcountry restaurant

Food & Drink

A writer blends the flavors of her Puerto-Rico-to-Georgia childhood in a new cookbook

Arts & Culture

Springtime brings a crop of fresh cookbooks and new novels, plus beautiful coffee table tomes

Arts & Culture

A new exhibit at Sarasota, Florida’s Selby Botanical Gardens focuses on the pop art master’s love of nature

Music

There’s even more to the story behind the greatest love song of all time

Arts & Culture

Hidden-gem writers and artists are at the forefront of this Atlanta event

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Gardens

A sampling of photos from the book My Floral Affair by designer Rachel Ashwell, the founder of the Shabby Chic brand.

Arts & Culture

Your guide to great new Southern reads this month

Arts & Culture

Pennsylvanians have Punxsutawney Phil, but, no disrespect intended, on February 2, we’ll be looking to the South’s furry forecasters to predict spring’s arrival

Arts & Culture

Goings-on from around the South and beyond

City Guides

What’s not to love about a Louisiana baker’s new twist on tradition?

Food & Drink

Meet the chef with Carolina bona fides who’ll be serving Southern comfort food at the Super Bowl (Plus: get his recipe for Pimento Cheese Fritters)