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.
Travel
All of the places our digital reporter loved during a monthlong stay in the Land of the Sky
Conservation
The non-native species may be expanding its range into Georgia and the Carolinas, and scientists want the public to report sightings
Food & Drink
From shrimp pasta to tuna conserva pizza, chef Sean McMullen is putting a Lowcountry spin on coastal Italian fare at the rooftop restaurant
Travel
Robert Johnson helped make the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio a music landmark. A new recording space, a 1,000-album vinyl collection, and more plush touches are carrying that legacy forward.
Home & Garden
Fowl Play, a waterbound hunting lodge built for chasing fish and ducks across southern Louisiana, is on the market
Conservation
Chains that once saved the Witness Tree, an ancient live oak in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, are now choking it. This week, arborists will install a complex new support system to give the tree new life.
Severe Weather
A new forecast says a powerful El Niño could keep storms away
Conservation
Ocelots nearly vanished from the United States. Now, scientists are combining decades of research with a pioneering breeding program to restore one of America’s rarest species to the ranchlands of the Lone Star State.
Travel
Fredericksburg, Virginia, and DeLand, Florida, may have competed for the title, but a recent visit revealed just how much these revitalized Southern downtowns have in common
Sporting
North Carolina businessman and philanthropist Eddie Smith has always put integrity over profit. He’s done so again in the most dramatic way yet.
Food & Drink
The beloved restaurant is celebrating fifteen years of seasonally inspired cooking and Lowcountry ingredients, including the customer-favorite seafood pilau
Arts & Culture
A collection of personal and professional artifacts—including Sanders’s home and restaurant—are up for auction
Food & Drink
A new study says coffee might be healthy after all—and these companies have you covered on quality beans
Home & Garden
Step inside a Tennessee priest, sailor, artist, writer, and hostess extraordinaire’s colorful, ever-evolving abode
Drinks
Flavor infusions, a drizzle of syrup, and more ways to level up your ice game.
Land & Conservation
Rescued from the wild after her mother abandoned her, the little cat is recovering at the Naples Zoo—and will become an ambassador for her species
Food & Drink
At Keipi, a millennia-old Georgian dinner tradition turns strangers into friends
Conservation
Among the longleaf pines of Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest, biologists have spent decades trying to save the inky, elegant, and elusive “emperor of the forest”
Distilled
As a family expands, a shared love of a favorite bottle leads to an unexpected friendship
Conservation
The resilient mother-calf duo is winning hearts off the coast of Charleston




















