Better Homes and Gardens is a USA magazine covering Womens Lifestyle.

Better Homes & Gardens is an American home and family magazine covering home decorating and remodeling, crafts, entertaining, cooking, and gardening. In addition to providing useful tools and advice, BHG's experts keep readers up to date with information about home and garden. Published 12 times per year, Better Homes and Gardens is one of the most popular magazines in the United States, with a circulation of about 7.6 million. The magazine was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters," a group of women's service magazines catering to married women with children. The other sisters are Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook and Woman's Day. McCall's, the seventh sister, ceased publication in 2002.

This magazine is owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Gayle Butler is the editor in chief of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine.

 Mailing address: 1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023

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Meredith Corporation to Eliminate 80 Positions
-- Staffers at the company, which publishes Better Homes and Gardens magazine, tell Adweek Magazine that the cuts will affect every magazine in Meredith's portfolio. The company didn't make mention of the planned job cuts in...

Better Homes & Gardens appointed Oma Blaise Ford as executive editor and Laurie Buckle as editor of BHG Food Content Core, effective January 2012. Ford previously served as home editor at BHG, while Buckle joins from Fine Cooking, where she held the title of chief editor. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, January 6, 2012

Better Homes & Gardens hired Ellen Miller as beauty and fashion director, effective November 2011. She previously served as the beauty director for Shape magazine. Prior to that, she held positions with Allure magazine and GQ magazine. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, November 18, 2011

Meredith Corp. Releases Survey On Homeowner Attitudes
-- A new survey of 2,500 Americans, conducted by The Futures Company and released by Meredith Corporation on October 31, 2011, reveals an enduring, robust opportunity for growth in the home improvement market. The survey also found...

Record Number of Entries for BH&G New Product Awards
-- Due to an influx of participating brands in the Better Homes & Gardens Best New Product Awards (BNPAs), the program has grown 55% from one year ago and 74% vs. two years ago. The magazine announced the news on October 6,...

Meredith Guarantees Sales Increases to Top Advertisers
-- On July 25, 2011, the company introduced The Meredith Engagement Dividend, a new product that would provide a guaranteed increase in sales for their advertising investment in Meredith Corporation magazines, including Better Homes &...

Amy Palanjian is senior food editor at Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Media, as of July 2011. She was previously deputy editor at ReadyMade Magazine. Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, July 20, 2011

Michelle Obama on the Cover of August 2011 Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
-- If you want to reach women and particularly moms, they are few better places to be than on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. First Lady Michelle Obama is on the cover of the August 2011 issue of BGH, as well as the focus of a feature article...

Better Homes Editor Expands Editorial Role at Meredith
-- Gayle Butler is now EVP & group creative content leader. She remains editor in chief at Better Homes and Gardens. Butler will oversee all National Media Group (NMG) creative activities for parent company Meredith Corporation, in...

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