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.

house exterior lawn

Arts & Culture

A collection of personal and professional artifacts—including Sanders’s home and restaurant—are up for auction

Coffee beans in a roaster

Food & Drink

A new study says coffee might be healthy after all—and these companies have you covered on quality beans

A woman stands in a home door with a black lab. She holds flowers

Home & Garden

Step inside a Tennessee priest, sailor, artist, writer, and hostess extraordinaire’s colorful, ever-evolving abode

an ice-filled glass

Drinks

Flavor infusions, a drizzle of syrup, and more ways to level up your ice game.

a baby panther

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

A dinner full of guests

Food & Drink

At Keipi, a millennia-old Georgian dinner tradition turns strangers into friends

An indigo snake

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”

A man and woman sit on a porch

Distilled

As a family expands, a shared love of a favorite bottle leads to an unexpected friendship

image of a dolphin calf swimming alongside it's mother

Conservation

The resilient mother-calf duo is winning hearts off the coast of Charleston

A man stands inside a cave

Conservation

Like Indiana Jones with a camera, the photographer and adventurer Stephen Alvarez descends into otherworldly caves to discover, illuminate, and preserve millennia-old drawings

A hotel lobby

Travel

The downtown landmark nearly became a parking lot, but historic preservationists and dedicated owners came together to create a lasting gathering place for locals and visiting presidents alike

A person holds a sea turtle

Conservation

After six months of rehab on Georgia’s Jekyll Island, the Kemp’s ridley–loggerhead internet sensation is back at sea

A man with a salt baked fish

Food & Drink

Peek inside the must-buy book for lovers of Spanish cuisine. Plus, the D.C.-based chef and philanthropist talks tortilla flipping, the beauty of a Catalonian tomato, and time as an ingredient.

An archival image of Mary Kay Ash at her Dallas home.

Arts & Culture

Despite being one of the country’s most influential salespeople, the Texas mother and makeup entrepreneur never really received her due. A new biography aims to change that.

Tins of spices on display

Food & Drink

The team behind Spicewalla shares their expertise—plus a recipe for a smoky barbecue rub

A magnolia bloom

Conservation

Beauty, science, evolution, drama, and spirituality mingle in David George Haskell’s stunning new book on how flowers came to be—and shaped everything that came after them

A woman in western clothes stands in a clothing store

Notes from the Road

The designer details her favorite Southern travel destinations and what she seeks out to add to her home collection

A navy living room with a mural

Home & Garden

A pandemic-era leap led a D.C. couple to a dreamy Virginia farm

A black and white photo of horses on a racetrack with party hats

Arts & Culture

We reimagined the field in a whole new light

A waterfront hotel

Travel

The Holy City’s first luxury waterfront hotel opened this spring