culture

The acclaimed garden designer Jon Carloftis on his mother’s lasting legacy

Gotta hand it to Ohio, this sand trick is tons of fun

Despite the popular depiction of Texas as a flat, arid landscape, its residents have a deep—and complicated—connection to water

G&G caught up with the Braided Heritage author to discuss the fluidity of cooking traditions, the power of the number three, and her summertime happy place

From bike tours to museum days, these experiences dig deep into history, healing, and celebration

Helen Ellis relishes the summery nostalgia of well-worn, escapist novels

The sacred music of one writer’s ancestors—and the enduring power of the Charleston church—holds space for solace and survival

Atlanta’s Victorian-era Martha Stewart, the surprising vegetable on display at every Gilded Age party, an old-school recipe for orange candy, and more tasty tidbits from Georgia’s Historical Recipes

With nostalgia, humor, and scrutiny, a new book celebrates and critiques the iconic doll brand

The Virginia tradition connects generations of Saltwater Cowboys, the descendants of Misty herself, and two islands where wildness reigns

Using his Tidewater Virginia roots as inspiration, the crime novelist has skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists with his genre-bending take on crime fiction

Handpicked highlights from Charleston’s beloved performing arts fest, which kicks off this weekend

How a letter from a grieving World War II widow in Demopolis, Alabama, helped inspire an eighty-year tradition of Dutch “adoption” and commemoration

Mary Berry, the farmer, writer, and executive director of the Berry Center, talks about her love of place and what she has learned from her father, Wendell Berry

Diving deep on the mysterious author

How @landontalks, a Mississippi art teacher turned internet star, became a noted keeper of Southernisms

Or does it choose you?

Four decades later, Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain wonderland still sparkles

An Alabama odyssey helps fill in the blank spaces

How Renfrow Hardware in Matthews, North Carolina, shaped one novelist’s stories