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

’Tis the Season • SAVORING A DOVE SHOOT, DOGS, GOOD FOOD, AND GOOD FRIENDS

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Country Truth Teller • IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR ASHLEY MC BRYDE, AND WITH THE DEVIL I KNOW, SHE PROVES SHE’S JUST GETTING STARTED

Pappy on a Lanyard? • A NEW CALL THAT WILL TURN HEADS AND DUCKS ALIKE

Bold Pairing • NORTH CAROLINA SISTERS IMBUE INDIAN TRADITION WITH SOUTHERN FLAIR

Can I Mess with My Grandma’s Sacred Dressing Recipe?

Painting Season • A CLASSICALLY TRAINED PORTRAIT ARTIST IN LONDON TURNS TO BIRDS

Family Autopsy • TWO WRITERS HOLD THE PAST—AND THEMSELVES—TO ACCOUNT

Pointing the Way • MEET ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIAFLORIDA SHOOTING DOG HANDLERS CLUB

On Firm Ground • JOHN GRISHAM FOLLOWS UP ON HIS FIRST BLOCKBUSTER

Taste the Rainforest • YO, HO, HO, AND A BOTTLE OF ECO-FRIENDLY RUM

Reimagining Succotash • KENTUCKY CHEF LAWRENCE WEEKS GIVES THE SUMMER SIDE A FETCHING MAKEOVER PERFECT FOR FALL

Fishgiving on the Panhandle • A NEW ORLEANIAN CHARTS A BRINY NEW THANKSGIVING RITUAL

A Slice of the Delta • FIRING UP PIZZA, BAGELS, AND COMMUNITY IN CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI

How Sweet They Are • SAVOR THE FALL FAVORITES WITH INSPIRATION FROM A SWEET POTATO SAVANT

Boathouse Ambitions • AN ALABAMA LAKE GETAWAY TELLS A MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY STORY

Made to Hunt • WHEEL THROUGH TIME IN THESE VINTAGE RED HILLS QUAIL WAGONS

Materials World • WOOD, COPPER, AND CERAMIC ENTERTAINING ESSENTIALS TO SPRUCE UP YOUR CUPBOARD

At the Foot of the Falls • IN A PLACID PATCH OF NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINSCAPE, DESIGN AND NATURE HAPPILY COMMINGLE

Poetic Justice • A SCRAGGLY CHIHUAHUA MIX FOUND ON THE BANKS OF LAKE ERIE NOW RUNS THE SHOW IN A MISSISSIPPI HOUSEHOLD

A Mind in Bloom • THE LATE POET ANNE SPENCER CRAFTED A HOME AND GARDEN THAT NURTURED OTHER ARTISTS—AND STILL DOES

Object Lessons • A DEDICATED MINIMALIST DISCOVERS THE FINE ART OF COLLECTING

CHAMPIONS OF CONSERVATION • Saving wild turkeys, protecting Venus flytraps, cleaning up rivers, cultivating the crops of tomorrow, and more—the heroic efforts of these ten undersung scientists, advocates, and innovators are helping defend the South’s imperiled ecosystems

BAPTISM BY QUAIL The hunting party and a wagon of dogs head out in the morning for the quail woods. • A HUNTER JOURNEYS TO THE FAMED RED HILLS IN PURSUIT OF THE STORIED BOBWHITE, THOSE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BRING IT BACK, AND HIS OWN FAMILY’S LEGACY

FRENCH CONNECTION • A NORTH CAROLINA NOVELIST ON BOOK TOUR OVERSEAS DISCOVERS THAT CATFISH ARE THE TIES THAT BIND

Opulence on the Usk • Big trout, royal quarters, and unforgettable hospitality are on deck at Glanusk Estate

FARTHER AFIELD • Whether you’re after fin or feather, these twelve international sporting lodges offer an experience you won’t get stateside

The Magic of Fairhope • ALABAMA’S LITERARY HIDEAWAY MIXES LAID-BACK PLEASURES, GULF SEAFOOD, AND PLENTY OF STORIES

Ghost Writing • THE GRAVEYARD PERCHED OVER MY FAMILY’S NORTH CAROLINA FARM HAS LONG WHISPERED TO ME. I JUST NEEDED TO LISTEN

Freshwater Start • LIFE AND LOVE ON AN OLD BOSTON WHALER IN TENNESSEE’S CUMBERLAND RIVER

The Southern Agenda • GOINGS-ON IN THE SOUTH & BEYOND

Winging It • IN PRAISE OF A LIFE OF DUALITY