Garden & Gun

Garden & Gun Magazine
Editor David DiBenedetto
Categories Regional
Frequency bimonthly
Publisher Christian Bryant
Founder Pierre Manigault, John Wilson, Rebecca Wesson Darwin
Year founded 2007
First issue 2007 (2007)
Company Garden & Gun Magazine LLC
Country United States
Based in Charleston, South Carolina
Language English
Website www.gardenandgun.com
ISSN 1938-4831
OCLC number 141187719

Garden & Gun is a multiplatform media company that celebrates stories of the American South through powerful journalism, bold photography, exquisite design, and finely curated retail and experiential journeys. The brand is anchored by its award-winning national magazine launched in 2007, Garden & Gun, which reports on the South’s sporting culture, food, music, art, literature, and its people and their ideas. The coveted audience of 1.6 million is further engaged through the brand’s Whole Hog podcast, numerous New York Times best-selling books, Mercantile + Co. and Fieldshop retail experiences, the newly opened Garden & Gun Club restaurant, and 75+ events each year.

The magazine was conceived by Pierre Manigault and John Wilson in 2004 and launched with Rebecca Wesson Darwin as its publisher in 2007 by Evening Post Publishing Company.[1][2] The magazine won three ADDY Awards and eight Magazine Association of the Southeast GAMMA awards in its first year, while being named the nation's second-hottest magazine launch in 2007 by MIN Magazine.[3] Since then, the magazine has won numerous national awards, including National Magazine Awards in 2011, 2014, and 2015, and The Society of Publication Designers Brand of the Year award in 2018.

After Evening Post Publishing decided at the end of 2008 to discontinue its funding of the magazine, it was purchased by Darwin and Evening Post board Chairman Pierre Manigault. Rebecca Wesson Darwin is cofounder & CEO of The Allée Group LLC, formed with partners Pierre Manigault and J. Edward Bell III that owns Garden & Gun. [4]

Garden & Gun is based in Charleston, South Carolina and covers "an adventure-bound, art-loving, skeet-shooting lifestyle", as well as gardens, "Southern tradition" and land conservation.[1] The name Garden & Gun is an "inside reference to a popular 1970s Charleston disco called the Garden and Gun Club."[1] “I am often asked about the title of the magazine, particularly from folks who have not read the magazine yet. The simplest explanation that I can offer is that it is a metaphor for the South—its land, the people, their lifestyle, and their heritage.” Rebecca Wesson Darwin, President and CEO, Garden & Gun.[5]

Garden & Gun created the Made in the South Awards in 2010 to celebrate and encourage Southern craftsmanship, and to recognize the best available Southern-made products. The annual contest calls for entries in six categories: Food, Drink, Home, Style, Crafts, and Outdoors. The overall winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize and, along with all category winners and runners-up, will be prominently featured in the magazine's December/January issue.

It had one of cartoonist and novelist Doug Marlette's last written works before he died in a car crash.[6][7] Other writers for the magazine have included Pat Conroy, Roy Blount Jr., Donna Tartt, Julia Reed, Rick Bragg, John T. Edge, Jessica B. Harris, Allison Glock, and Kim Severson.[8] John Wilson was the magazine's founding Editor in Chief while Sid Evans was the magazine's Editor in Chief from 2008 to fall 2011.[8] David DiBenedetto began his role as Editor in Chief starting with the Dec 2011/January 2012 issue.

References

  1. 1 2 3 with John Wilson as Editor in Chief, Rebecca Wesson Darwin as Publisher and Evening Post Publishing’s Pierre Manigault as ChairmanMiller, Lia (April 30, 2007). "Garden & Gun Magazine Has an Awkward Debut". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  2. ↑ Haughney, Christine (September 2, 2012). "Garden & Gun Claws Its Way Back From the Brink (Print Headline: "A 'Love Song to the South' Claws Its Way Back From the Brink")". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Green Olive Media: The Official Release Garden & Gun Transitions to New Ownership". Greenolivemedia.blogspot.com. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  5. ↑ "About Us – Garden & Gun". Gardenandgun.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  6. ↑ Garner, Dwight (August 23, 2007). "'A Well-Turned Phrase in a Percy Novel Could Take Out an Entire Subdivision'". ArtsBeat - The New York Times blog. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
  8. 1 2 Eric Konigsberg (2007-12-27). "New York Heresy: Editor Heads South". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
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