Join Garden & Gun Club for the debut of the Garden & Gun Magazine Club, a new series designed to bring the magazine’s stories off the page and into lively, in-person conversations.

Launching alongside the upcoming April/May Botanical Issue, this intimate gathering invites guests to enjoy cocktails and passed appetizers while engaging in a moderated Q&A with Alex Smith, Atlanta-based landscape designer and Shutze Award winner from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, and Elizabeth Florio, G&G‘s senior digital editor, who profiled one of Smith’s stunning gardens in the issue. Your ticket includes refreshments during the speaker program, followed by a prix fixe lunch at the Garden & Gun Club.

The discussion will explore the magazine’s feature on Thistlewaite, a private property in Highlands, North Carolina, where Smith designed a classic English-style garden within a lush rhododendron forest, creating a “paradise of moss, leaf, and stone.” Smith will also share the gardening trends inspiring him now and the timeless mantras (and beloved plants) he carries into his award-winning landscapes. Designed for connection, the Magazine Club offers a relaxed setting where attendees can mingle and exchange ideas with fellow avid readers of G&G while celebrating the stories that brought them together.

Lunch menu includes choice of:

• Tomato Goat Cheese Quiche + Mixed Green Salad
• Classic Benedict + Breakfast Potatoes
• Friend Chicken Salad
• Brunch Burger + Fries

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