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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.

A scarlet kingsnake on gravel

Land & Conservation

One is rainbow-colored, one looks just like a worm, one is a miniature rattlesnake—all are part of our region’s wild tapestry of life

A pair of whooping cranes.

Land & Conservation

A century ago, the species almost went extinct. Today, their numbers are edging upwards, but the fight for their survival is far from over.

Oysters on ice

Land & Conservation

On the Forgotten Coast of Florida, an oyster-growing couple is raising the bar on aquaculture technology

A collage of three movie posters

Arts & Culture

Next week, the coastal South Carolina town will be abuzz with fans of the silver screen

A bald eagle perches in a tree

Land & Conservation

And the best time to see them (hint: it’s now)

A tall tree stretches in front of a mountain landscape

Arts & Culture

Paula Whyman dreamed of restoring a plot of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains—and found fertile ground for a memoir

A rainbow sheen on the surface of a cypress swamp.

Land & Conservation

The rare phenomenon might look like an oil spill at first glance, but nature is its own kind of artist

An exterior image of a market on a brick road

Travel

Butcher? Check. Taqueria? Check. Fishmonger? Check. Almost a year after opening, Pullman Market is a community hub and travel-worthy culinary destination

Snow comes down in a forest

Land & Conservation

Photographer Mac Stone packed up and camped in South Carolina’s Beidler Forest overnight to document the ancient wetlands as the flurries came down

A coyote on a roadway

Land & Conservation

It’s coyote breeding season, and the adaptable canines are on the move

Hot chocolate pours into a mug

Recipe

Two North Carolina chocolate makers share their go-to recipe for drinking chocolate—plus how they upgrade the classic with cayenne pepper, peanut butter, cinnamon, or all three

A jack russell dog in the field

Sporting

What Gator lacks in steadiness, he makes up for in enthusiasm

A woman reaches into a box of apples

Arts & Culture

Service opportunities to celebrate the life of one of the nation’s greatest leaders

A woman stands next to Nathalie Dupree

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”

A collage of different groups of animals

QUIZ

How well do you know your Southern animals? Choose the correct group name for each of the below

A male red-winged blackbird.

Land & Conservation

These beautiful and rowdy little guests have descended on the South for the winter

A hay sculpture of Willie Nelson

Arts & Culture

Every winter, Beth Bays stops traffic—and sparks smiles—with her larger-than-life roadside creations

A vintage photo of a little girl in the snow

Arts & Culture

It starts with scooping the most pristine snow in your yard and ends with a shake of vanilla

A blooming magnolia

Land & Conservation

The Georgia Native Plant Society is leading the push to retire the invasive rose that currently holds the spot

A pink home with snow-laden wreaths and snow on the ground

Arts & Culture

A meteorologist weighs in on the perfect trifecta of ingredients needed for a Southern snowfall, and what the chances are this year