For me, it started with a couple of milkweed plants, specifically aquatic milkweed, which is native to South Carolina. I wanted to teach the kids about monarch butterflies—how th ...

Andrew Kornylak If you recognize that fisherman on this issue’s cover, chances are you’ve seen Woody Platt onstage as the lead singer of Steep Canyon Rangers. Music and fly fis ...

.01 HANDBOOK The Ultimate Guide to Southern Gardens Everything green thumbs need to know about the South’s best flora, seasonal produce and recipes, nurseries, garden tools, an ...

Fannie Flagg WRITER “Someone said to me, ‘Don’t forget where you came from’”—writer Fannie Flagg on moving from Alabama to New York City (p. 160) When she was in her ...

WE ASKED... What’s the best thing about summer nights in the South? On Facebook and Twitter, readers shared their after-sundown delights. Rain on a tin roof. Melissa Wren Nig ...

Styling by Anastasia/The Wall Group; grooming/hair styling by Amber Burgin. Shirt: Vintage on Hollywood; pants: CMMN SWDN;shoes: Bottega Veneta; socks: Uniqlo; rings: Anna Beck and ...

To watch Erin Reitz drape and pin a length of creamy poplin on a dress form until, suddenly, a shirt takes shape is the visual equivalent of listening to a guided meditation. As sh ...

In the crowded hatchery of Conservation Fisheries Inc. (CFI) in Knoxville, green nylon-yarn mop-heads sway underwater in a tub, mimicking the vegetation where Barrens topminnows la ...

Courtesy of Fabarm USA “Side-by-sides are keenly suited for pulling through the South’s iconic landscapes—hellish cutovers, cane thickets, and briar-knotted brambles” I don ...