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Garden & Gun’s Best Photos of 2021

Browse fifty of the most captivating moments from G&G pages this year

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Bermudian Kali Lespere on the beach at Southlands park.

February/March 2021 Cover, Photo by Meredith Andrews

Doreen Williams-James at Spittal Pond in Bermuda.

“A Tour of Bermuda’s Wild Side”

February/March 2021, Photo by Meredith Andrews

Diver Weldon Wade on the beach at Southlands in Bermuda.

“A Tour of Bermuda’s Wild Side”

February/March 2021, Photo by Meredith Andrews

A wild-hog cured ham by Alabama chef David Bancroft.

“Southern Chefs Go Hog Wild”

February/March 2021, Photo by Johnny Autry, Styling by Charlotte Autry

South Carolina farmer Rollen Chalmers, who plants Santee Gold rice.

“Grains of Gold”

February/March 2021, Photo by Margaret Houston Dominick 

Hope Springs, a family hideaway not far from Brevard, North Carolina.

April/May 2021 Cover, Photo by Brie Williams

Ready bread at Sub Rosa Bakery in Richmond, Virginia. 

“Southern Bakeries on the Rise”

April/May 2021, Photo by Nick Kelley

 

Eric Church’s cabin outside of Nashville holds a bevy of guitars and a piano used for the recording of Heart & Soul.

“Eric Church’s Tennessee Sanctuary”

April/May 2021, Photo by Robby Klein

 

Chrissy Metz, photographed at home in Los Angeles.

“Chrissy Metz’s New Tune”

April/May 2021, Photo by Austin Hargrave

Metz, who performed a song at the 2020 Academy Awards, has been recording her first EP in Nashville.

“Chrissy Metz’s New Tune”

April/May 2021, Photo by Austin Hargrave

 

Georgia fishing guide Andy Brackett nets a Soque River rainbow trout.

“Searching for Monster Trout on Georgia’s Soque River”

April/May 2021, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards 

A fisherman tests the waters at the foot of Brigadoon Lodge on the Soque River.

“Searching for Monster Trout on Georgia’s Soque River”

April/May 2021, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards

 

 

 

The wet bar at Allyson and Paul Riser’s home in Seaside, Florida.

“Inside a Dreamy Beach Bungalow”

April/May 2021, Photo by Ali Harper

A pit stop on Florida’s Cape San Blas in a restored Road Towed trailer and a 1994 Land Rover Defender 90.

June/July 2021 Cover, Photo by Gately Williams

A hogfish from Sammy’s Seafood in St. Petersburg, Florida, which focuses on fish caught in environmentally sensitive ways.

“Gills on the Backyard Grill”

June/July 2021, Photo by Johnny Autry 

 

Amythyst Kiah, photographed near her home in Johnson City, Tennessee.

“Amythyst Kiah’s East Tennessee Journey”

June/July 2021, Photo by Jennifer Cole Rodríguez

An India blue spalding peacock, photographed on Brad Legg’s Peafowl Farm in Kansas City, Missouri.

“Peacocks in a Kaleidoscope of Color”

June/July 2021, Photo by Sam Raetz

The train of the most common peafowl species, India blue.

“Peacocks in a Kaleidoscope of Color”

June/July 2021, Photo by Sam Raetz

Pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw at Betty Davis Bar-B-Que in Mississippi.

“Riding Shotgun into the Heart of Mississippi”

June/July 2021, Photo by Evan Sung

A speckled trout comes aboard near Bayou Log Cabins in Port Sulphur, Louisiana.

“Chef Erling Wu-Bower’s Louisiana Roots”

June/July 2021, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards 

Chef Erling Wu Bower and his father, Calvin Bower, cook together in Louisiana.

“Chef Erling Wu-Bower’s Louisiana Roots”

June/July 2021, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards 

Jon Batiste at his home in New Jersey, playing one of his hand-painted melodicas.

“Jon Batiste’s Marvelous Melodicas”

June/July 2021, Photo by Winnie Au

From left, a hand-painted melodica, the Supreme Hohner version Jon Batiste played at a Tiny Desk concert for NPR, and a model he played in the New York City subway.

“Jon Batiste’s Marvelous Melodicas”

June/July 2021, Photo by Winnie Au

Batiste at the piano, topped with awards including his Golden Globe for Soul.

“Jon Batiste’s Marvelous Melodicas”

June/July 2021, Photo by Winnie Au

 

A watermelon and gin cocktail from the Alley Light in Charlottesville, Virginia.

August/September 2021 Cover, Photo by Johnny Autry, Styling by Charlotte Autry

A hollowed-out watermelon makes for an apropos punch bowl for the Bastille Cup cocktail by Jewel of the South in New Orleans.

“Watermelon Cocktails Three Ways”

August/September 2021, Photo by Johnny Autry, Styling by Charlotte Autry

Salty Dog icebox pie by chef Ashley Christensen.

“Salty Dog Icebox Pie”

August/September 2021, Photo by Johnny Autry, Styling by Charlotte Autry

A preserved cabin at Smith Farm, on the campus of the Atlanta History Center.

“Harvesting History”

August/September 2021, Photo by Diwang Valdez 

 

Ian Somerhalder at play on the beach in Malibu, California.

“Ian Somerhalder: From Bayou Kid to Hollywood Heavyweight”

August/September 2021, Photo by Eric Ray Davidson

 

 

A formal garden at Tanglewood Park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

“Winston-Salem’s Green Heart”

August/September 2021, Photo by Joey Seawell

Writer Helen Ellis’s family punch recipe from Yazoo City, Mississippi.

“24-Hour Punch”

August/September 2021, Photo by Tara Donne

Rising football star Quinn Ewers, suited up at Dragon Stadium in Southlake, Texas.

“The Lone Star State’s Latest Football Phenom”

October/November 2021, Photo by Fredrik Broden

 

Quinn Ewers’s signature blond mullet.

“The Lone Star State’s Latest Football Phenom”

October/November 2021, Photo by Fredrik Broden

Admiring the unique beauty of a woodcock in the Uwharrie woods of North Carolina.

“Into the Woodcock Woods”

October/November 2021, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards 

Grits, woodcock, and eggs signify a successful hunt, with the prospect of more to come.

“Into the Woodcock Woods”

October/November 2021, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards 

Calvin, an English cocker spaniel.

From Field to Cover, Calvin Gets His Moment of Fame

October/November 2021 Cover, Photo by Andrew Hyslop

 

Ryan Bethea in the waters of Westmouth Bay off Harkers Island, where he farms oysters.

“A North Carolina Oyster Oracle”

October/November 2021, Photo by Jeyhoun Allebaugh 

Dustin Wichterman and his daughter embrace a ray of light through the forest in West Virginia.

“Return of the Native Brook Trout”

October/November 2021, Photo by William Hereford

A gorgeous brook trout just prior to release in the headwaters of the Potomac River.

“Return of the Native Brook Trout”

October/November 2021, Photo by William Hereford

Jonathan Wilkins of Black Duck Revival in Arkansas takes aim at a snow goose.

“An Arkansas Hunting Lodge That’s Changing the Game”

October/November 2021, Photo by Andrew Hyslop

Waterfowl tattoos on Jonathan Wilkins’s arm.

“An Arkansas Hunting Lodge That’s Changing the Game”

October/November 2021, Photo by Andrew Hyslop

Bat researcher Sam Holst prepares to release a big brown bat back into the night at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina.

“Standing up for Lowcountry Bats”

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Gregg Lambton-Carr

Alabama chef Kristen Hall’s banana pudding.

“Banana Pudding Goes International”

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Johnny Autry, Styling by Charlotte Autry

A Lady Edison ham from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

December 2021/January 2022 Cover, Photo by Fredrik Broden

Brett Martin (left) with novelist John Brandon and friend, dockside during a pit stop in Homosassa, Florida.

“John Brandon’s Florida Odyssey”

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Cavin Brothers

J. Smith-Cameron, photographed at Hudson Yards Loft in New York City.

“J. Smith-Cameron on Success and Succession

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Nigel Parry

J. Smith-Cameron was born in Kentucky and grew up in South Carolina.

“J. Smith-Cameron on Success and Succession

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Nigel Parry

A handful of mangrove seedlings ready to plant in the Bahamas.

“Saving Grand Bahama’s Mangrove Forest”

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards

 

A Bahamas flats boat makes its way along an expanse of dead mangroves.

“Saving Grand Bahama’s Mangrove Forest”

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards

Guide Leroy Glinton and Justin Lewis of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust ferry mangrove seedlings.

“Saving Grand Bahama’s Mangrove Forest”

December 2021/January 2022, Photo by Peter Frank Edwards