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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.

chimney rock overlooks hickory nut gorge

Travel

Although rebuilding in Western North Carolina is still a work in progress, hope is on the horizon

Elias Weiss Friedman and his dog, Elsa

Arts & Culture

In a new book, the Dogist shares the stories behind the portraits

a fisherman scales croaker

CONSERVATION

A lauded angler survived a close call, but his boat was knocked out. Now Charleston restaurants are helping him become seaworthy again

grilled oysters with crab curry and cashews

Food & Drink

“It took me two years to put it on my menu because I knew that once I did, I could never take it off.”

A team of people prepare boxes of meals

Severe Weather

Mercy Chefs team member Ashbi Wilson reflects on finding fellowship amid acts of service

A wet osprey perches on a surfboard

Land & Conservation

“I treated it like I was rescuing a small child,” says Richard Miller, who sprang into action on Folly Beach, South Carolina, to save an injured raptor

A dish of tater tots topped with pickled red onion

Food & Drink

Asheville chef Sean McMullen offers insight into the pickling life and shares how to make your own flavored vinegar (it’s easier than you think)

Shrimp boats on the water

Food & Drink

SeaD Consulting used rapid genetic testing to sniff out whether restaurants in coastal cities are telling the truth about where their shrimp comes from—and the firm filled us in on the details

The remnants of a tree toppled over on a beach at sunrise

Travel

Time, water, sun, and sand work their magic on these onetime maritime forests to create haunting coastal landscapes

A blue florida scrub jay

Land & Conservation

Along ancient sand dunes, a long-studied, whip-smart bird still astonishes biologists

Drinks

The answer is more science than art—but a tip from bartenders will up your ice aesthetic, anyway.

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