Year in Review

Garden & Gun’s Top Photos of 2024

A look back at fifty of our favorite shots from the pages of the magazine this year

A group of women stand against a brown background

Photo: David McClister

In our February/March 2024 issue, we celebrated seven female tastemakers in the bourbon industry. From left: Alex Castle, Elizabeth McCall, Shaylyn Gammon, Victoria Eady Butler, Marianne Eaves, Ann Marshall, and Heather Greene.

“Seven Women Bringing Bourbon into the Future”

February/March 2024


Photo: Peter Yang

Comedian Leanne Morgan kicks back in San Diego.

“Leanne Morgan, Knoxville’s Stand-Up Gal, Hits It Big”

February/March 2024


Photo: Peter Yang

Leanne Morgan snacks on pimento cheese in bed at San Diego’s Lafayette Hotel and Club.


Photo: Darren Braun

A bourbon barrel from Garrison Brothers Distillery in the Texas Hill Country sports custom wood-burned lettering.

Cover, February/March 2024


Photo: Nick Kelley

Fly-fishing legend Chico Fernández rests on the water in Florida’s Everglades National Park.

“How a Cuban Exile Changed the Trajectory of Fly Fishing”

February/March 2024


Photo: Gately Williams

Charleston, South Carolina, biologist Billy McCord holds a butterfly gently in his mouth for safekeeping while he catches another for data collection.


A man swings a bug net through the air

Photo: Gately Williams

Billy McCord captures butterflies in the Charleston salt marshes.

“South Carolina Swamps Harbor a Startling Secret About Monarch Butterflies”

February/March 2024


Photo: Patricia Lyons

A meandering path snakes through a Virginia entertaining oasis.

“Haven in a Holler: A Couple Transforms a Virginia Farmstead”

February/March 2024


Photo: Patricia Lyons

Inside a Virginia farm’s “pizza barn,” featuring an antique forty-eight-star American flag.

“Haven in a Holler: A Couple Transforms a Virginia Farmstead”

February/March 2024


 

Photo: Nigel Parry

Painter Andrew LaMar Hopkins in the studio at his Savannah home.

Cover, April/May 2024


Photo: FREDRIK BRODÉN

Art conservator Shan Kuang in the studio at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

“Art’s Rising Vanguard”

April/May 2024


Photo: Nigel Parry

Taxidermist Erica Heller holds a golden pheasant.

“Art’s Rising Vanguard”

April/May 2024


Photo: SUZANNE CLEMENTS

A trio of Pflueger Electric Minnows, circa 1914, from collector Wayne Edens’s assortment of lures.

“The South’s Finest Array of Antique Lures”

April/May 2024


Photo: SUZANNE CLEMENTS

Champion and Little Wonder Minnows from the early 1900s, some of the earliest baits from Clinton Wilt Manufacturing Co. in Springfield, Missouri.

“The South’s Finest Array of Antique Lures”

April/May 2024


Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY

At the White Limozeen in Nashville, the Anti Hero cocktail makes a splash.

“The Anti Hero: White Limozeen’s Blush and Not-So-Bashful Bachelorette Cocktail”

April/May 2024


Photo: GATELY WILLIAMS

Renowned decoy carver Mary McNair shapes a shorebird with a spokeshave.

“A Legendary Carver’s Chesapeake Chops”

April/May 2024


Photo: Gately Williams

Mark McNair in his studio in Craddockville, Virginia.

“A Legendary Carver’s Chesapeake Chops”

April/May 2024


A man lays in grass

Photo: Fredrik Brodén 

Artist James Prosek rests in a meadow at Tandy Hills Natural Area, a remnant prairie in Fort Worth.

“James Prosek’s Canvas of Grass”

April/May 2024


Photo: Brie Williams

Enjoying the beach at Spring Bay National Park in the British Virgin Islands.

Cover, June/July 2024


Photo: Johnny Autry

Mixing up a fresh coconut daiquiri.

“Coconut Rum Comes of Age”

June/July 2024


A man pets a dog while they stand on a prarie

Photo: casey dunn

Ted Flato and his dog, Ollie, take in the hills at his family estate in Texas.

“An Awe-Inspiring Lone Star Ranch”

June/July 2024


Photo: EVA KOLENKO

Tyler Florence hamming (steaking?) it up at his Miller & Lux restaurant in San Francisco.

“How Tyler Florence’s South Carolina Roots Inspired His New Grilling Cookbook”

June/July 2024


Photo: EVA KOLENKO

Tyler Florence at Miller & Lux.

“How Tyler Florence’s South Carolina Roots Inspired His New Grilling Cookbook”

June/July 2024


Photo: CEDRIC ANGELES

A triple stack of chicken-fried steak glory from Turkey and the Wolf ’s Mason Hereford.

Cover, August/September 2024


Photo: CEDRIC ANGELES

The Rachel, made with pastrami, at Stein’s Market and Deli in New Orleans.

“Making the Case for New Orleans as America’s Sandwich Capital”

August/September 2024


 

A man bites into a big sandwich

Photo: CEDRIC ANGELES

Chef Mason Hereford digs into his ultimate Southern sandwich, made with chicken-fried steak, pineapple-habanero white barbecue sauce, “shrettuce,” onion, pickles, and fresh dill on butter-toasted white.

“Inside the Mind of a Sandwich Savant”

August/September 2024


Photo: PETER YANG

Molly Tuttle, photographed with her Pre-War Guitars Co. dreadnought between tour stops in Paradise Valley, Arizona.

“The String-Scorching, Soul-Baring Power of Molly Tuttle”

August/September 2024


Photo: SULLY SULLIVAN

Paul Finebaum tangles with the phone in G&G’s August/September 2024 issue.

“Paul Finebaum on Players Getting Paid, Callers’ Funerals, and His Rescue Dog Rocco”

August/September 2024


Photo: SULLY SULLIVAN

Paul Finebaum outside his home in Charlotte.

“Paul Finebaum on Players Getting Paid, Callers’ Funerals, and His Rescue Dog Rocco”

August/September 2024


 

A great egret flies above the marsh on Ossabaw Island, Georgia.

Photo: KENDRICK BRINSON

A great egret flies above the marsh on Ossabaw Island, Georgia.

“Exploring Georgia’s Untamed Ossabaw Island”

August/September 2024


Photo: COREY WOOSLEY

Relaxing on a quail buggy near Union Springs, Alabama.

“The Black Belt’s Quail Comeback”

August/September 2024


A white and brown dog points in a field

Photo: COREY WOOSLEY

Dot, a pointer in training, on the hunt.

“The Black Belt’s Quail Comeback”

August/September 2024


Photo: ANDY ANDERSON

Truman, a four-month-old English springer spaniel, readies for a day in the field.

Cover October/November 2024


Photo: ANDY ANDERSON

Scout, a seventeen-week-old English springer spaniel, with eyes to the sky in Brainerd, Minnesota.

“Meet Seven of the South’s Top Sporting-Dog Breeders”

October/November 2024


Photo: ANDREW KORNYLAK

Dog trainer Grayson Guyer takes a break with one of his boarders, a three-year-old English cocker named Ghost.

“How a Top Gundog Trainer Found His True Calling”

October/November 2024


Photo: ANDREW KORNYLAK

Stephen Faust of Stoneybrook Gordon Setters with three eight-week-old pups, Duncan, Fiona, and Fern.

“Meet Seven of the South’s Top Sporting-Dog Breeders”

October/November 2024


Two women and a dog sit on a couch in a wood paneled living room

Photo: PETER FRANK EDWARDS

Amy Pastre (left) and Courtney Rowson with Pastre’s dog, Poppy, in the living room of their families’ Edisto Island beach house.

“At Ease at a South Carolina Beach Hideaway”

October/November 2024


Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY

Sliced red apples star in an Atlanta chef’s recipe for a sweet fall cake.

“A Chewy Apple Cake Perfect for Autumn Snacking and Sharing”

October/November 2024


Photo: CEDRIC ANGELES

Cast-iron tools of the trade at the Blackpot Cookoff in Lafayette, Louisiana.

“Meet the Gurus of Gravy”

October/November 2024


Photo: CEDRIC ANGELES

Blackpot Cookoff competitors Sullivan Zant, Tanner Dimmick, and Jacab Gibson.

“Meet the Gurus of Gravy”

October/November 2024


Photo: Mac Stone

Biologist Bernie Kuhajda explores Limrock Blowing Cave in Alabama.

“Champions of Conservation Who Are Saving the Southern Wilds”

October/November 2024


Photo: WILLIAM HEREFORD

A brown trout in hand in a spring creek in Patagonia.

“A Trout Fisherman Finds Nirvana in Southern Chile”

October/November 2024


Photo: WILLIAM HEREFORD

Guide Carlos Andrade with spent flies in his beard.

“A Trout Fisherman Finds Nirvana in Southern Chile”

October/November 2024


Photo: WILLIAM HEREFORD

The trout-laden Simpson River rolls across the Chilean landscape.

“A Trout Fisherman Finds Nirvana in Southern Chile”

October/November 2024


Photo: BRENT HUMPHREYS

A dip at the White Horse in Austin, Texas.

“Boots on the Ground: A Two-Stepper’s Guide to Austin”

October/November 2024


Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY

Madeira, citrus, and a bit of Victorian flair come together in a Dickens-approved hot gin punch.

Cover, December 2024/January 2025


Photo: Jody Horton

Painter Sarah Lamb in her Houston studio with her subjects, a fresh grouse and woodcock.

“Sarah Lamb’s Realist Paintings Evoke a Bygone Era”

December 2024/January 2025


Photo: Andrew Hyslop

Baylee, a Chesapeake Bay retriever, retrieves a Canada goose in Easton, Maryland.

“Hunting the Storied Goose Fields of Easton, Maryland”

December 2024/January 2025


 

A yellow lab sticks his tongue out while surrounded by cheerleaders on a football field

Photo: ANDREW KORNYLAK

Juice Kiffin and the cheer squad rev up the crowd at Ole Miss.

“Juice Kiffin Is Ole Miss’s Most Valuable Player—And Its Furriest”

December 2024/January 2025


Photo: Patricia Lyons

Candy-striped fabric adorns Amanda Lindroth’s boat in the Bahamas’s Old Fort Bay.

“Holiday Entertaining in the Bahamas, Amanda Lindroth–Style”

December 2024/January 2025