Garden & Gun

Garden & Gun is a southern lifestyle magazine written for both men and women who have passion for all things southern; including the food, the arts and culture, the sporting lifestyle, the land, the travel destinations, and the overall ideals and values that make the south unique.

Garden & Gun

G&G’s New Home • Settling in and getting to work at a historic Charleston building

CONTRIBUTORS

LETTERS

Houston Punch • Hunter Bell’s exuberant designs spark joy (and make Swifties swoon)

Southern Rockets • On Grateful, the Red Clay Strays cement their hard-earned standing as one of music’s hottest—and most heartfelt—bands

The Legend of Mossy Oak • A Mississippi camouflage empire says goodbye to a family hero

The Hot List • Take your pick of the season’s Southern-tinged arts and culture

Windows to the Soul • The colorful world of Lisha Bai reflects Alabama and Korean roots

Cajun Spice • Bayou culture bewitches in a Louisiana literary triumph

Scene Makers • Southern settings, front and center

Sour Fruit • Should you punish a kid for picking a neighbor’s apples?

Shoot to Chill • Offer a gulp of instant refreshment with these mini mixed drinks

Ice Pops for Grown-Ups • Fresh, smooth, and frosty, these flavorful paletas are a summer savior

Summer’s Zest • Tame sultry temps with the Sunshine State’s coolest dessert

Joyful Scoops • Lokelani Alabanza channels childhood nostalgia and her forebears in Ice Cream Queen

Hot Days, Cold Noodles • Sauce, spice, and slurps beat the heat at a Dallas Chinese food landmark

Bowl-Hopping • More great noodles in the Dallas suburbs

Kentucky Silver Mine • A dazzling peek inside a Louisville couple’s archive of heirlooms and curiosities

Ranch of Ages • A young family guards one of Texas’s most storied estates by enjoying every inch of it

Stripe Right • Bright, bold strokes pep up sun-and-sand season

A Small Dog’s Big Work • Following in the footsteps of giants, little Kleos leaves her own mark on the heart

Legacy to Savor • Remembering Joe Randall, the mighty dean of Southern cuisine

My Father’s Knife • An unearthed blade sharpens a son’s connection to his late parent

The Gallery

TEN OF THE Very FINEST SOUTHERN MUSIC TOWNS • FROM THE APPALACHIAN PEAKS AND VALLEYS WHERE COUNTRY FOUND ITS WINGS, TO THE DEEP SOUTH’S HOLY LAND OF BLUES, THESE DESTINATIONS FOR LIVE TUNES DON’T JUST ATTRACT FANS, THEY DRAW IN LEGENDS. AND DON’T FORGET TO SHOW SOME LOVE FOR THE BIG THREE— NASHVILLE, NEW ORLEANS, AND ATLANTA— STILL KEEPING THEIR MAJOR SCENES IN THE RIGHT KEY

BLUEGILL DAYS • YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD TO REVEL IN THE ELEMENTAL PLEASURES OF BREAM FISHING

THE QUEST FOR THE SOUTH’S MOST ANCIENT ART • Like Indiana Jones with a camera, the photographer and adventurer Stephen Alvarez descends into otherworldly caves to discover, illuminate, and preserve millennia-old drawings

ATHENS (R) EVOLUTION • NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AGO, THE ATHENS MUSIC SCENE KICKED OFF AS A COSMIC BEACON FOR THE CREATIVE, THE WEIRD, THE IDIOSYNCRATIC. HOW DID A COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOWN SPAWN THE B-52S, R.E.M., AND WIDESPREAD PANIC, TO NAME JUST A FEW? THE MAESTROS AND MISFITS WHO LED ITS RISE TO ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND IMPROBABLE MUSIC TOWNS IN THE WORLD TELL ALL

Coastal Glow-Ups • Life on the edge can feel positively tranquil at these revamped waterside getaways

A New Harbor View • The Cooper makes waves in Charleston, South Carolina

The Bat Tornado • A swirling, awe-inspiring spectacle in the Texas Hill Country

THE SOUTHERN AGENDA

(Not) Hot Girl Summer • Putting my...