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.
Arts & Culture
Two Seckatary Hawkins books that guided Harper Lee toward her seminal work
Travel
Fall’s favorite bloom flourishes throughout the South, particularly at one historic Alabama home
Arts & Culture
One author sets out to show just how iconic a hairstyle can be
Arts & Culture
Check out the latest releases from authors we’ve featured in the magazine
Travel
Eleven burial grounds that are peaceful, historic, and memorable
Arts & Culture
A handful of Southerners with good advice on how they made it to a tenth decade
Food & Drink
A new book and documentary tell the story of New Orleans restaurateur Ella Brennan
The Southern Agenda
NC Barbecue Revival organizer Wyatt Dickson shares three standout Eastern North Carolina barbecue joints
Arts & Culture
The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist’s book is a light-hearted look at the state’s strangeness
The Southern Agenda
Three Southern authors reflect on their favorite books by the bard of the Lowcountry
Arts & Culture
Memorable grave sayings from cemeteries around the South
Travel
For the first time in three years, one of the largest flowers in the world is blooming at the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory.
Arts & Culture
How Brownie Wise spread the Tupperware gospel in 1950s Florida
Arts & Culture
Apparently, quite a few G&G readers have a soft spot for Misty of Chincoteague




















