Fifteen Years of G&G
EDITOR’S LETTER Fifteen Years of G&G REMEMBERING WHERE WE’VE BEEN—AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHERE WE’RE HEADED Maggie Braucher Cameron Wilder In 2007, a magazine with a bold name and a captivating cover image of Pat Conroy standing in a garden fountain arrived in a smattering of mailboxes around the South. The brainchild of Pierre Manigault, John Wilson, and Rebecca Wesson Darwin, Garden & Gun quickly gained a loyal following thanks to its lush photography, literary bent, sophisticated design, and unique mix of coverage—from style to sporting pursuits. It wasn’t the first magazine to put these qualities into play, but it was the first to bring them all to bear on the South. For a native Savannahian sitting in a New York City office building at the time, the…