Elizabeth Florio

Elizabeth Florio is digital editor at Garden & Gun. She joined the staff in 2022 after nine years at Atlanta magazine, and she still calls the Peach State home. When she’s not working with words, she’s watching her kids play sports or dreaming up what to plant next in the garden.

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Home & Garden

In a lush rhododendron forest in Highlands, a green Eden grows at Thistlewaite

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2026 Bucket List

The CMA gets a vibrant overhaul

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Travel

Heading to the peaks of the Peach State? Put these communities on your list.

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Music

The singer-songwriter plumbs the depths of a difficult year and emerges with a moving album about loss and resilience

blackberry cobbler, banana pudding, pecan pie

Food & Drink

With help from our readers, we’ve even ranked them

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Travel

Sip cocktails and soak up a change of scenery in the historic downtown

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Severe Weather

Support affected families, first responders, and animal shelters in the Texas Hill Country amid ongoing flooding

Arts & Culture

Residents of Georgia, South Carolina, and beyond enjoyed a mysterious cosmic spectacle

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Food & Drink

Experts share the proportions and tricks they swear by

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Music

With a little help from Bon Iver’s frontman and Mother Nature’s chorus, the North Carolina musician cracks open a window to the woods

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2025 Bucket List

Don’t forget your binoculars

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2025 Bucket List

This grande dame has some spring in her step

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2025 Bucket List

A new sculpture park completes a stunning trifecta

A statue of Jimmy Carter's head stands in a garden

2025 Bucket List

The Carter Center and presidential library are far more than just a time capsule

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Music

Watch the premiere—featuring a rollicking track from the country-rock band’s new album, Almost Home—and read our interview with new lead singer SAVNT

Train cars shaped like a pink pig in a museum

Arts & Culture

An oinking affirmation that the more things change in Atlanta, the more they stay the same

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Music

A protégé of John Prine, the cult-favorite folk singer showcases his unique perspective—and Southern roots—on Smithereens

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Home & Garden

Skip the pulling and especially the spraying, and join me in sheet mulching

Dickey Betts plays his guitar on stage

Music

Friends and fellow musicians remember the Allman Brothers cofounder and Southern rock pioneer, who died last week at eighty

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Home & Garden

In her new book, foraging pro Tama Matsuoka Wong outlines a gentler approach to gardening that’s both beautiful and delicious