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.
Land & Conservation
The South is a global hotspot for turtles—which also makes it a hotspot for the global turtle trafficking trade. A new bill in South Carolina aims to help stamp it out
Food & Drink
A Birmingham nonprofit provides for the community and teaches others to do the same
Outdoors
A guide to seeing more fireflies without disturbing the stars of the show
Food & Drink
Bars find creative ways to pay employees—with money off their walls
Land & Conservation
Tune into these livestreams for a peek at the private lives of animals across the South and beyond
Land & Conservation
A pair of nesting bald eagles is helping to bring a Houston community together
Land & Conservation
Some keen-eyed South Carolinians have been spotting gators ready for a gala
Food & Drink
On the ground at two of the newest Southern members of the country’s most exclusive restaurant club
Drinks
Move over spiked seltzer. An Atlanta company is mixing up drinks you can take anywhere
Good Dogs
At the popular DockDogs competitions, one unexpected breed has been making waves
Land & Conservation
Scientists in North Carolina uncover a mysterious—and beautiful—new species