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Lindsey Liles

Lindsey Liles joined Garden & Gun in 2020 after completing a master’s in literature in Scotland and a Fulbright grant in Brazil. The Arkansas native is G&G’s digital reporter, covering all aspects of the South, and she especially enjoys putting her biology background to use by writing about wildlife and conservation. She lives on Johns Island, South Carolina, with her husband, Giedrius, and their cat, Oyster.

Snow comes down in a forest

Land & Conservation

Photographer Mac Stone packed up and camped in South Carolina’s Beidler Forest overnight to document the ancient wetlands as the flurries came down

A coyote on a roadway

Land & Conservation

It’s coyote breeding season, and the adaptable canines are on the move

Hot chocolate pours into a mug

Recipe

Two North Carolina chocolate makers share their go-to recipe for drinking chocolate—plus how they upgrade the classic with cayenne pepper, peanut butter, cinnamon, or all three

A jack russell dog in the field

Sporting

What Gator lacks in steadiness, he makes up for in enthusiasm

A woman reaches into a box of apples

Arts & Culture

Service opportunities to celebrate the life of one of the nation’s greatest leaders

A woman stands next to Nathalie Dupree

Arts & Culture

The queen of Southern cooking was “a force of nature,” “generous with her wisdom and her time,” and “dedicated to making the world a more colorful and delicious place to live”

A collage of different groups of animals

QUIZ

How well do you know your Southern animals? Choose the correct group name for each of the below

A male red-winged blackbird.

Land & Conservation

These beautiful and rowdy little guests have descended on the South for the winter

A hay sculpture of Willie Nelson

Arts & Culture

Every winter, Beth Bays stops traffic—and sparks smiles—with her larger-than-life roadside creations

A vintage photo of a little girl in the snow

Arts & Culture

It starts with scooping the most pristine snow in your yard and ends with a shake of vanilla

A blooming magnolia

Land & Conservation

The Georgia Native Plant Society is leading the push to retire the invasive rose that currently holds the spot

A pink home with snow-laden wreaths and snow on the ground

Arts & Culture

A meteorologist weighs in on the perfect trifecta of ingredients needed for a Southern snowfall, and what the chances are this year

A woman holds a glass of red wine and a bacon wrapped cracker

Home & Garden

“It’s bizarre to force some colorful, sweet cocktail on someone just because it’s cute.”

A white house decorated with wreaths for christmas

Travel

An annual contest challenges makers to create wreaths using materials available in the eighteenth century. Peek at seven of this year’s winners.

Lewis the squirrel runs out on the field during the Ole Miss-Oklahoma game.

Arts & Culture

His name is Lewis, and he’s run onto the field at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium the past two home games. The university landscaping crew brings the theories on his end game.

A slice of a thanksgiving hot pocket on a plate

Recipe

Chef Meg Gray of Tujague’s in New Orleans has devised the perfect day-after brunch treat

A large ocean liner

Land & Conservation

The ship has carried the likes of Truman, Eisenhower, Marilyn Monroe…and now will become a refuge for a marine life and a spectacular dive site off the coast of Destin, Florida

A field of Christmas trees at Wishon Evergreens in Sparta, North Carolina.

Land & Conservation

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, farms are still welcoming guests and churning out Fraser firs

An emu in a field

Land & Conservation

“I guess the other one said, ‘Hell yeah, if she can do it, I can do it’”

A pan of mashed potatoes

Recipe

Classic mashed potatoes get the cream cheese and garlic treatment