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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.

A man holds a hammerhead shark

Land & Conservation

A Myrtle Beach resident gets his own nature show moment

A collage of different blooms of roses

Home & Garden

The South is a friendly place to grow roses—if you know which ones to plant. Expert Paul Zimmerman shares his picks and tips.

Inside a restaurant with big ceiling windows and checkered tables

Food & Drink

Celebrity photographer Miller Mobley brings his eye for set creation to the restaurant world with custom stained glass, millwork, and faux finishes

Bats take flight from a bridge

Land & Conservation

Near sunset on every summer night, Austinites gather to watch bats pour by the hundreds of thousands from underneath a downtown bridge

A river with rocks

Travel

These lazy waterways are perfect for an inner tube, a cooler, and a hot summer day

The new pope speaking at a microphone

Arts & Culture

Though born in Chicago, Robert Prevost has ties to the New Orleans Creole community

vidalia onion pie

Recipe

Southern Soul Barbeque celebrates Georgia’s favorite onion with the help of Duke’s mayo, sun-dried tomatoes, sharp cheddar, and the world’s easiest crust

A copperhead

Land & Conservation

Fact-checking an old Southern saying

A racetrack for horses

Arts & Culture

A look back at Lexington’s Calumet Farm and its storied cast of Thoroughbreds

A beige hat with coral and light pink accents

Arts & Culture

Madam Foo Foo, the hat designer at Louisville’s iconic Brown Hotel, shares her wisdom on creating—and wearing—the perfect headpiece

A flattened chicken under a tinfoiled wrapped brick in a cast iron pan in an oven

Food & Drink

Get restaurant-worthy results every time with this easy, ingenious method from Chattanooga chef Joe Milenkovic

Three photos of birds: cerulean warbler, burrowing owl, scarlet tanager

Seven Southern

Rare, secretive, or just plain beautiful, these species are a treat to behold

A tray of pita bread and a bowl of roasted red pepper spread

Recipe

Step inside the all-day affair—featuring lamb three ways and sides by the dozen—and get the Atlanta chef’s recipe for a spicy red pepper and feta spread

Two girls in dresses and hats in front of a pattern of sauce jars

Food & Drink

This tangy, 168-year-old condiment might hail from up north, but it’s a Southerner’s secret weapon

A dish of roasted carrots

Recipe

Goode Company in Houston is serving up the perfect flame-kissed spring side

An axe in the stump of a sabal palm tree

Recipe

This Old Florida delicacy may be a pain to harvest but it’s a nostalgic delight to eat

A Chuck-will's-widow on a branch

Land & Conservation

These two nightjars—mainstays of the Southern soundscape—are easily confused

A table with beignets, powdered sugar, and a bowl of caramel sauce

Recipe

The St. Lucia native brings Caribbean flair to the New Orleans classic

A monarch caterpillar on a milkweed flower.

Home & Garden

Don’t be intimidated by tales of finicky seeds in the fridge. Here’s everything Southerners need to know to get milkweed in the ground and support the monarch migration.

A woman digs in the dirt

Land & Conservation

This volcanic depression in the middle of nowhere is the only place in the world you can find—and keep—the precious gemstone