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.

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Garden & Gun

Remembering Charles Gaines • Saying goodbye to a one-of-a-kind author and angler

CONTRIBUTORS

LETTERS • Finduson Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok @gaxdenandgun

Farmer Zahn • Hollywood darling Steve Zahn has made himself at home in small-town Kentucky

Earth Angel • Red clay, soil, and swirling paint infuse an Atlanta artist’s entrancing works

Geronimo’s Playhouse • Wrap your mind around the fall’s most stupefying novel

Boots with Roots • At Lucchese in El Paso, a village’s worth of artisans carry on a long tradition of making cowboy boots by hand

Pigskin in the Pulpit • Should a pastor rib his flock about football?

Everything’s Going Her Way • Musical theater chops plus tireless charisma equals country’s unstoppable Kaitlin Butts

Bayou and Beyond • Vestal fires up a gumbo of Cajun tradition and global sophistication

Smoke, Figs, and Fall • Warming flavors combine in a seductive sipper for sweater weather

Orange Crush • An easy and elegant side that’s a little French and all flavor

Falling for Delicata • Sweet with an edible skin, this cool-weather squash is a slice-and-bake beauty

Dumpling Glory • Chef Oscar Diaz’s remixed birria belongs to no map but his own

Mrs. Whaley’s Daughter’s Garden • In North Carolina, a famed Charleston gardening family trades formal design for a floral utopia

The Art of the Sideboard • Spice up Thanksgiving with a memorable tablescape

Montana Vanishing Act • A Texas couple’s cabin on Whitefish Lake proves bigger isn’t necessarily better

Retrieving History • Road-tripping to American landmarks with a spunky research assistant

Out of the Woodwork • An old-time craft helps Wilmington youths build a future

Quitting Cold Turkey • How one Mississippian ditched expectations and made room for new Thanksgiving rituals

FROM THE ARTIST • “Everything I paint is something I witness….When I saw a prickly pear cactus with these flowers, I wanted to edit the landscape away and focus on the shapes that the cactus paddles create and the glowing yellow of the blooms”

GOING WILD OUT WEST • 15 Good Reasons to Head Toward the Setting Sun for Outdoor Adventures Like You’ve Never Experienced

SETTING THE WEST AFRICAN TABLE • OPE AMOSU NEVER INTENDED TO BE A CHEF. BUT WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL GRIT AND A LONGING FOR A TASTE OF HOME, HE’S TURNED A PIE-IN-THE-SKY IDEA INTO A BARRIER-BREAKING RESTAURANT

MEET ME IN... L.A. • A Southerner’s guide to living the lush life in the City of Angels

GETTING DEEP IN LA-LA LAND • Immerse yourself in these three neighborhoods—one suburban, one city-centric, and one beachside—to discover why the real L.A. is anything but shallow

CHAMPIONS of CONSERVATION • FROM MOUNTAIN STREAMS TO THE OPEN OCEAN, THIS YEAR’S HONOREES ARE FIGHTING IN BOTH THE FIELD AND THE LAB FOR THE SPECIES THAT RELY ON THE SOUTH’S FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER HABITATS—INCLUDING US

Expert Council • Meet the esteemed eco-advocates who helped select this year’s Champions

The High Road • While navigating the Blue Ridge Parkway, make room in your plans for the unplanned

Jackson Hole, Wyoming • Where to fish, dine, and kick back like a Westerner

THE SOUTHERN AGENDA

Go Long! • This fall football-savvy airlines are adding dozens of new nonstop flights serving...