CJ Lotz Diego
CJ Lotz Diego is Garden & Gun’s senior 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.
Weekend Agenda
A small Georgia city continues to celebrate its signature bloom—this year, with a new title
Arts & Culture
A fascinating book, The Electric Pencil: Drawings from Inside State Hospital No. 3., tells the story of an artist whose works were almost lost
Books
Harvey Penick’s sage advice still resonates
The Southern Agenda
This spring, the South takes center stage in five new plays and revivals
Arts & Culture
Roy Blount, Jr. shares a collection of essays, songs, poems, and odes to the food he loves and loathes
Arts & Culture
Today, more than three million young women across 92 countries are Girl Scouts
Gardens
Five jaw-dropping views that will yank you right out of winter hibernation
Arts & Culture
The world of travel trailers is as wide as the open road
Good Dogs
Only a handful of minor league teams across the country employ dogs as ball and bat retrievers, and Miss Babe Ruth left her mark
Arts & Culture
Cornelia Vanderbilt’s April 29, 1924 wedding was a defining event in the 1920s South
Artists
The artists were at the beginning of their careers, yet already beloved the world over
Arts & Culture
A few images we wish we could have fit in the pages
Land & Conservation
Conservation efforts for the playful animals are seeing remarkable success
Arts & Culture
The Shanghai Parade dates back to the 1800s
Travel
A few of our favorite holiday-named Southern locales that wear their yuletide spirit proudly
Home & Garden
How a Kentucky landscape designer grows holiday spirit at his family Christmas store
Writer Davis Miller recalls decades of memories with the legendary boxer