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.
Travel
Come for the orchids, stay for the electromagnetic cooking at the first net-positive-energy botanical garden in the world
Arts & Culture
Those who make it inside Augusta National this year have the goods to prove it
Land & Conservation
One by one, states are banning the beautiful but invasive tree—and for good reason
Arts & Culture
A kitten on a South Carolina back road changed everything I thought about felines
Land & Conservation
Through alligators, cypress trees, panthers, spoonbills, and ghost orchids, Mac Stone invites everyone to experience—and care about—what’s in our backyards and beyond
Land & Conservation
The Gainesville conservationist captured roaming Florida panthers, rainbows over tree islands, and basking alligators in the name of saving the “river of grass”
Food & Drink
Suspicious of boiled peanuts? Eat them in a dip. Anti okra slime? Slice them longways and grill them. Put off by raw oysters? Load one on a cracker
Travel
Be it rugged mountains, desert, or swamp, the diversity of the South is best witnessed off the beaten path
Arts & Culture
Kate T. Parker’s latest collection of intimate portraits—spanning dancers, activists, soccer players, and classmates—reminds girls everywhere just what they are capable of
Food & Drink
Only one chef guessed them all correctly, but everyone had strong opinions on texture, flavor, and crumb
Land & Conservation
What’s not to love? It’s all hands on deck to help these googly-eyed, spiral-shelled, hopping marine snails make a comeback in the Keys
Land & Conservation
A new grant invites private landowners to help the Sunshine State’s iconic big cat roar back
Food & Drink
The next best thing to eating a cake with Dolly is eating one in the shape of her guitar
Land & Conservation
A Lowcountry master arborist says yes—and shares how to help an aging tree’s chances
Food & Drink
In her new cookbook, food writer Von Diaz stews, marinates, fries, steams, pickles, and roasts her way across St. Croix, Guam, Haiti, Curaçao, and her own home island of Puerto Rico
Sporting
Photographer answers her own question—‘Why can’t I picture more women hunting?’—with a new exhibition
Travel
The colonial seaport town gets a hotel and restaurant combo full of sweet homages to the community
Food & Drink
The Asheville chef is up for an Outstanding Restaurant James Beard award and coming out with his first cookbook. We caught up with him on thoughtful cooking, foraging, and Benton’s ham
Arts & Culture
Deep-sea explorer Tony Romeo made waves last month when the South Carolina resident shared a sonar image of what resembles a sunken plane. Not everyone is convinced it’s Earhart’s, but he’s got a strong case—and plans to make it stronger
Conservation
Biologist Billy McCord has spent years tagging monarchs, and his research challenges what we thought we knew about the iconic species