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

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)

Sporting Scene

The Chesapeake’s riches inspire a young Virginia carver

Food & Drink

A new book puts tasty spins on the classic Bluegrass State snack

Books

Dozens of books cross Garden & Gun editors’ desks each week. Here are a handful of out-in-January titles that we can’t wait to take home and read

The Southern Agenda

In honor of Old Yeller’s sixtieth anniversary, we asked G&G contributors to share the films that leave them reaching for the tissues

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Arts & Culture

With stunning photography, a new book gives an up-close look at some of Georgia’s most majestic residents

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Arts & Culture

A look at some of last year’s winners at the annual competition in Asheville, North Carolina.

Gardens

A new documentary tells the story of John Coykendall

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Arts & Culture

Twenty years ago the film adaptation of John Berendt’s best seller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil hit the big screen. Here are the locations in Savannah where the true story—and filming—unfolded.

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Travel

Twenty-three of the South’s most picturesque covered bridges

Arts & Culture

Fire, Flour & Fork is a four-day gathering for the food—and drink—curious

Books

This book documents the Crescent City’s surprising role in shaping the entertainment empire

Arts & Culture

Join big names in bourbon in sampling “dusties” at Taste of the Decades