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.

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

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 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

A woman holds a glass of red wine and a bacon wrapped cracker

Home & Garden

“It’s bizarre to force some colorful, sweet cocktail on someone just because it’s cute.”

A white house decorated with wreaths for christmas

Travel

An annual contest challenges makers to create wreaths using materials available in the eighteenth century. Peek at seven of this year’s winners.

Lewis the squirrel runs out on the field during the Ole Miss-Oklahoma game.

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.

A large ocean liner

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

A field of Christmas trees at Wishon Evergreens in Sparta, North Carolina.

Land & Conservation

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, farms are still welcoming guests and churning out Fraser firs

An emu in a field

Land & Conservation

“I guess the other one said, ‘Hell yeah, if she can do it, I can do it’”

A plate of chilled oysters

Food & Drink

Should you order by region? By size? Three chefs weigh in on building—and eating—the perfect platter