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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.

Fall leaves at the campus of Sewanee

Arts & Culture

The Princeton Review made it official, but staff, students, and alumni already knew that the 13,000-acre Domain is a treasure trove of natural and architectural beauty

An aerial of a coastal town

Travel

Come for the idyllic Lowcountry views and historic homes, stay for the butterscotch pudding

oysters on ice with lemon and caviar

Food & Drink

Restaurants are pairing up with their favorite aquaculture operations to offer a custom bivalve experience

spanish moss on a tree

Conservation

An age-old question answered…plus everything else you never knew about the South’s most epic epiphyte

A brown and white baby pony

Arts & Culture

The sale of the bay pinto filly, who will remain wild, generated a fittingly round number for the event’s centennial anniversary

People bike on a trail outdoors

Travel

Thrill seekers and easy riders alike find plenty to love on the never-ending bike trails of the Ozarks

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