Garden & Gun

Celebrating the best of Southern culture, music, food, style, travel, art, literature, and the sporting life. Plus, lots of good dogs.

Garden & Gun

Bushwhacking for Brookies • PRACTICING THE ART OF ADVENTURE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS

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Head of the Class • ABC NEWS POWERHOUSE DEBORAH ROBERTS TRACES HER SUCCESS TO HER TEACHERS IN THE HEART OF GEORGIA

Silver Rush • TARPON ARE NO LONGER JUST AN ANOMALY IN WATERS NORTH OF FLORIDA

Rising Son • A SCION OF SONGWRITING ROYALTY, TOMMY PRINE STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

Winning Streak • A NEW DAD REFLECTS ON FATHERS, FOOTBALL, AND THE THINGS WE CARRY WITH US

Florida Rewind • ANNE HULL’S VIVID CHILDHOOD MAKES FOR A CAPTIVATING LOOK BACK

Petal to the Metal • SYDNI GAUSE CAPTURES COSMOS, HIBISCUS, GOLDENROD, AND MORE FLORIDA BOTANICALS ON SILK

Flying Blind • A PILOT AND NOVELIST RECALLS HIS MOST MEMORABLE AIRBORNE MISADVENTURES

Prime Time • NASHVILLE’S CAMERON WEISS CARRIES ON THE AGE-OLD CRAFT OF WATCHMAKING

Paint It Red • SPAIN’S BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE PAN CON TOMATE IS A SOUTHERN TOMATO LOVER’S DREAM

Peach of an Idea • ADD SOUTHERN TEA TO YOUR COCKTAIL FOR A REFRESHER WITH ZING

Otherworldly Squash • VEGETABLE MAESTRO STEVEN SATTERFIELD DISHES ON THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL PATTYPAN

Cask Strength • MASTER DISTILLER MARIANNE EAVES CHARTS A NEW COURSE DOWN WHISKEY RIVER

Stuffed in Little Rock • PATRICIA ALONSO BRINGS A TASTE OF AGUASCALIENTES TO ARKANSAS—AND FOLLOWS HER DREAMS—AT GORDITAS PATY

Almost Paradise • MAKE YOUR GARDEN A HEAVEN ON EARTH WITH THESE BUCOLIC BEAUTIES

Light in the Attic • HOW A BIRMINGHAM LOFT BECAME THE IDEAL LAUNCHPAD FOR A YOUNG ARTIST WITH OLD-WORLD STYLE

Meant to Bee • A KNOXVILLE COUPLE PLANTS A POLLINATOR PARADISE ON LONG-HELD FAMILY LAND

Training for Dummies • A HUMORIST’S BOLD ATTEMPT TO REWRITE A FAMILY LEGACY OF FAILED RETRIEVERS

Butterfly Effect • THE BATTLE OVER AN ATLANTA FOREST HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH

Back in the Ring • WHERE’S A DATING COACH WHEN A SOUTHERN SINGLE NEEDS ONE?

CASTAWAY EXPERIENCE • Welcome to the island of Dominica, where ferny trails zigzag into the jungle and the Caribbean bubbles like champagne

CRUISING THE COASTAL HIGHWAY • The quintessential Southern motorcycle route soars over rivers and skirts barrier islands, leading to delicious pit stops and views that will leave a mark on your memory

RIDING HIGH • I’ve been through the mountains on a horse with my name

ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE • The pleasure (and only a little pain) of cycling the Virginia Creeper Trail

LUCINDA TRANSCENDING • AFTER STRIVING TO OVERCOME A STROKE THAT LEFT HER PARTIALLY PARALYZED, LUCINDA WILLIAMS KNOWS ONE THING FOR SURE: NOTHING WILL STOP HER FROM GOING WHERE THE MUSIC TAKES HER

CHASING THE SWAMP GHOST

Take Me to the River • FOR GROUPS OF FULL-OF-POTENTIAL YOUNGSTERS FOR WHOM HOPE IS HARD TO COME BY, TIME ON IDAHO’S SNAKE RIVER WITH A FLY ROD IN HAND, GUIDES AT THE READY, AND A WHOLE LOT OF LOVE CAN BE A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE

Beer for All • SEVEN SUDSY SPOTS THAT BRIM WITH LOCAL FLAVOR

I Won’t Drive, Don’t Ask Me • ON BUMMING RIDES, SOUTHERN MANNERS, AND TAKING THE SUBWAY

Fortress of the Mind • A QUIET PADDLE AWAY INTO A LOUISIANA MARSH, FORT PROCTOR STRADDLES TIME AND SPACE

The Southern Agenda GOINGS-ON IN THE SOUTH & BEYOND

Rib Tips • The Rendezvous in Memphis Marks 75 Years

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