Garden & Gun

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Social Chatter • GARDENANDGUN.COM AND BEYOND

Houston Hothouse • RISING FASHION STAR CHRISTY LYNN LEE ROOTS HER FANCIFUL DESIGNS IN FAMILY

Sherlock Bones • SNIFFING OUT RARE ORCHIDS FOR THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN

Doubling Up for Gobblers • WHY OVER-AND-UNDERS ARE CATCHING ON WITH THE TURKEY CROWD

Gone Country • TWO SONGWRITERS JOIN FORCES FOR THREE CHORDS AND THEIR TRUTH

The Mysterious Mr. Twain • A NEW BIOGRAPHY PLUMBS THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE LITERARY LION

When Not to Smock • HOW OLD IS TOO OLD FOR PRECIOUS EMBROIDERED ROMPERS AND DRESSES?

Chasing Rainbows • GREEN GARLIC AND FRESH HERBS STAR IN A SPRING-INFUSED TAKE ON TROUT

Pastry Evangelist • A RISING BAKER BRINGS COMMUNITY AND FLAWLESS CROISSANTS TO A FUNKY BIRMINGHAM STRIP

Best Buds • FRIED IN A CRISPY BATTER, DELICATE ZUCCHINI BLOSSOMS ARE A SPRINGTIME TREASURE

French Toast • A COGNAC-FUELED COCKTAIL HONORS A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ICON

Game Night • BRIGHT IDEAS FOR ENDLESS ENTERTAINMENT

Farm of Fancy • A CHIC COUNTRY ESTATE TAKES THE RAINBOW FOR A RIDE

Charleston Sparkle • WENTWORTH GLIMMERS WITH HOME AND ENTERTAINING WARES

Big (Furry) Brother • AN UNENDING PARADE OF FOSTER PUPPIES ENTERTAIN (AND EXASPERATE) A PATIENT BORDER COLLIE MIX

Origin Story • A HUNTSVILLE ODYSSEY HELPS FILL IN THE BLANK SPACES

Mailbox Blues • HOW A QUIRKY FOIBLE EVOLVED INTO A FEDERAL OFFENSE

THE SOUTHERNER’S GUIDE TO THROWING A GREAT PARTY • A rollicking rundown of everything you need to know to pull off the season’s best shindig

CALL of DESTINY • Fifty years after receiving a handmade wingbone call, an outdoorsman remembers the legendary biologist WAYNE BAILEY, who gave voice to eastern wild turkeys

RED WOLF RISING • On a swampy peninsula in Eastern North Carolina rove the planet’s last wild red wolves, their presence and survival here historically fraught. Now, for the first time in a long while, the impassioned team of scientists and advocates defending them against extinction see cause for hope

the Water GARDENERS • FOR GENERATIONS, A NORTH CAROLINA FAMILY HAS PROPAGATED LONG LINES OF LILIES AND LOTUSES ON THE EDGE OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS

Sapelo Sojourn • ON A WILD GEORGIA SEA ISLAND, A CULINARY HISTORIAN TAPS INTO AN INSPIRING LANDSCAPE

My Miami Vice • PUERTO SAGUA SERVES CUBAN SANDWICHES, PERFECT CAFÉ CON LECHE, AND THE BEST PEOPLE WATCHING IN SOUTH BEACH

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

Hot Tickets • Three buzzy music fests to book now

Wild Card • AT THE POKER TABLE, ALL BETS ARE DEFINITELY ON