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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2026 Bucket List

The CMA gets a vibrant overhaul

rice krispie trees

Recipe

Invite the kids to help with this easy but festive no-bake dessert

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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

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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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Recipe

Celebrate summer with a taste of Folly Beach

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Recipe

An easy-breezy Louisiana favorite

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Food & Drink

Experts share the proportions and tricks they swear by

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Recipe

This high-low appetizer will be the star of your next gathering

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Recipe

Fresh off the sunny Atlanta patio of Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall

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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

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Food & Drink

The Chatham Rabbits singer shares a treasured family recipe and reflects on finding inspiration from the past—and savoring the present