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.
Arts & Culture
The queen of Southern cooking was “a force of nature,” “generous with her wisdom and her time,” and “dedicated to making the world a more colorful and delicious place to live”
QUIZ
How well do you know your Southern animals? Choose the correct group name for each of the below
Land & Conservation
These beautiful and rowdy little guests have descended on the South for the winter
Arts & Culture
Every winter, Beth Bays stops traffic—and sparks smiles—with her larger-than-life roadside creations
Arts & Culture
It starts with scooping the most pristine snow in your yard and ends with a shake of vanilla
Land & Conservation
The Georgia Native Plant Society is leading the push to retire the invasive rose that currently holds the spot
Arts & Culture
A meteorologist weighs in on the perfect trifecta of ingredients needed for a Southern snowfall, and what the chances are this year
Home & Garden
“It’s bizarre to force some colorful, sweet cocktail on someone just because it’s cute.”
Travel
An annual contest challenges makers to create wreaths using materials available in the eighteenth century. Peek at seven of this year’s winners.
Arts & Culture
His name is Lewis, and he’s run onto the field at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium the past two home games. The university landscaping crew brings the theories on his end game.
Recipe
Chef Meg Gray of Tujague’s in New Orleans has devised the perfect day-after brunch treat
Land & Conservation
The ship has carried the likes of Truman, Eisenhower, Marilyn Monroe…and now will become a refuge for a marine life and a spectacular dive site off the coast of Destin, Florida
Land & Conservation
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, farms are still welcoming guests and churning out Fraser firs
Land & Conservation
“I guess the other one said, ‘Hell yeah, if she can do it, I can do it’”
Recipe
Classic mashed potatoes get the cream cheese and garlic treatment
Food & Drink
Should you order by region? By size? Three chefs weigh in on building—and eating—the perfect platter
Food & Drink
Charleston restaurateur Brooks Reitz brings an Anglophile’s eye to the Crescent City
Land & Conservation
A blue crab scuttles across the ocean floor. A baby sea turtle faces a wall of predators. Photographer Ian Wilson-Navarro shows Dry Tortugas National Park as it’s never been seen before.
Arts & Culture
In the workshop of María and Jacobo Ángeles in Oaxaca, spiritual wood carvings come to vibrant life
Land & Conservation
In the lab and in underground caverns, biologists are on a mission to conserve the weird, wondrous life of the Ozarks