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

Painting the Pages • SOUTHERN CREATIVITY TAKES CENTER STAGE IN OUR FIRST-EVER ARTS ISSUE

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“And that is what I sang, before my mother hauled me out of the church to whup my butt”

Voice from the Mountain • WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE SIERRA FERRELL IS AMERICANA’S NEXT BIG STAR

Red-Hot Talent • A PENLAND ALUM’S BLOWN GLASS AND PAINTINGS BURST WITH ENERGY

Giving Gobblers a Wing Up • WITH WILD TURKEY NUMBERS IN STEEP DECLINE, STATES AND HUNTERS ARE RETHINKING THEIR STRATEGIES

Can One Text a Thank-You Note for a Wedding Gift?

Thirty Years Past Midnight • JOHN BERENDT REFLECTS ON HIS SAVANNAH MASTERWORK

The Circle Holds • A BELOVED SOUTHERN FOLK SONG UPLIFTS ACROSS GENERATIONS

The Texas Heart of Terry Allen • LUBBOCK INSPIRES A MELDING OF ART AND MUSIC LIKE NO OTHER

The Tao of “Woo!” • BLUSH AND NOT-SO-BASHFUL BACHELORETTE COCKTAILS THRIVE IN NASHVILLE

Raising the Bars • TONYA COUNCIL DOES LEMON SQUARES ONE BETTER BY ADDING SWEET STRAWBERRIES

Choo Choo Charmer • A PAIR OF BLOSSOMING RESTAURATEURS BRING A TASTE OF REFINEMENT TO A DOWNTOWN CHATTANOOGA LANDMARK

Petal Pushers • EVERYONE SCREAMS FOR BIG SPOON CREAMERY’S HONEYSUCKLE ICE CREAM

A Wide Net • HOW A FLORIDA FISHING BUFF AMASSED THE SOUTH’S FINEST ARRAY OF ANTIQUE LURES

Outdoor Voice • IN HER TINY NINETEENTH-CENTURY COTTAGE, AN ARCHITECT DEFERS TO THE RHYTHMS OF COASTAL LIFE

Character Builders • DECORATIVE ARTISTS BRING TIMELESS TOUCHES TO THE SOUTH’S HOMES AND GARDENS

Show Me Love • FOLLOWING WESTMINSTER’S PUREBREDS FILLS A MUTT-SIZED HOLE

Roadside Renaissance • FLORIDA’S HIGHWAYMEN PAINTED A LANDSCAPE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACK ARTISTS

Will the Real Me Please Stand Up? • REDISCOVERING A LOST PASSION FOR RESTAURANT COOKING

Art’s Rising Vanguard • THE CREATIVE SPIRIT of the SOUTH FUELS a NEW SLATE of ARTISTS, CURATORS, PRESERVATIONISTS, MOVERS, and MAKERS

Andrew Lathar Haplins • A PAINTER KNOWN FOR HIS VIBRANT CREOLE PORTRAITS BRINGS HIS EYE FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY TO THE LOWCOUNTRY

Patricia García-Vélez Hanna • An art director for a Miami real estate heavyweight advocates for creativity on a huge scale

Chase Quinn • In Charleston, South Carolina, a big dreamer shakes up the status quo

THE LEGACY KEEPER Raven Halfmoon • AN ARTIST FROM THE CADDO NATION SHAPES A STORYLINE BOTH ANCIENT AND NEW

THE LIFE PRESERVER Erica Heller • FROM HER VIRGINIA STUDIO, A TAXIDERMIST RESURRECTS THE BEAUTY OF THE FIELD

José Ibarra Rizo • A Georgia photographer sharpens his focus on the American story

THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE Benjamin Deaton and Anna Scott K. Masten • A PAIR OF YOUNG GALLERISTS BRINGS THE GLOBAL ART SCENE TO THE HEART OF ATLANTA

THE ALCHEMIST Shan Kuang • WITH EACH SCAN AND BRUSHSTROKE, A DETAIL-ORIENTED CONSERVATOR PROVES THAT THE PAST STILL MATTERS

Ryan N. Dennis • A curator connects gallery walls to Southern neighborhoods

Aaron Sanders Head • AN ALABAMA TEXTILE ARTIST PIECES TOGETHER HIS VISION OF HOME

CHESAPEAKE CHOPS • WITH A HATCHET, A KNIFE, PAINTBRUSHES, AND A DEEP REVERENCE FOR NATURE AND AMERICAN FOLK ART, MARK MC NAIR TURNS OUT SOME OF THE FINEST DECOYS EVER TO FLOAT THE ATLANTIC COAST

Canvas of Grass • THE NATIVE PRAIRIES OF TEXAS—BOTH REMNANT AND RESTORED—SHIFT AN ARTIST’S PERSPECTIVE AND INSPIRE

MASTERS OF THE GREEN • FOR ALMOST FIFTY YEARS, THE BLACK CADDIES o f AUGUSTA NATIONAL NOT ONLY CARRIED the...