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.
Sporting
For the first time, more than 150 pieces of Donal C. O’Brien, Jr.’s treasured sporting art collection will cross the auction block at Copley’s Sporting Sale
In the Garden
In the hills outside Asheville, a husband-and-wife team cultivates a three-acre dreamscape devoted to a mountain flower
Arts & Culture
We asked the experts at independent bookstores across the South for the summer reads they’re recommending to book lovers right now
Arts & Culture
Eighty-five years ago, one North Carolina girls’ camp heralded summer’s first Noel
Arts & Culture
Glimpse one of the greatest jewelry collections ever, now on display in Washington, D.C.
Arts & Culture
There’s nothing hotter—not even the temperatures—than the scorching tunes at these Mississippi music fests
Arts & Culture
It’s been more than fifty years since two Southern icons made one unforgettable song
Food & Drink
Pick up a treat—at breakfast or any time—at one of these historic Southern sweet spots
Weekend Agenda
Dale Chihuly’s bright blown-glass creations make their way to the Ozarks
Arts & Culture
Green-thumb your way through a slew of garden-inspired reads, from a farm-fresh cookbook to a collection of essays by beloved Southern naturalists
Arts & Culture
The classic comedy car flick rides again with anniversary screenings across the country
Arts & Culture
No surprise—the holiday that honors the women who loved us first was born in the South
Music
Nina Jones, manager at Memphis’s refurbished Sun Studio, shares seven essential tracks recorded at 706 Union Avenue




















