Better Home and Garden is the fourth-largest magazine in the United States. The editor-in-chief is Stephen Orr. Better Houses and Gardens focuses on interest in homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by Meredith Corporation. Founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, formerly United States Agriculture Secretary under Woodrow Wilson. His real name is Fruit, Garden, and House from 1922 to 1924. His name was changed in 1925 into a Better House and Garden.
Better Home and Garden is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.
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Brand extension
The Meredith Corporation publishes a number of books on home economics and gardening under the brands of BH & amp; the most famous is the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, the colloquially known as the "Red Plaid " book. Now in its 15th edition (published in August 2010), Red Plaid was originally published in 1930. Meredith also publishes New Junior Cookbook for children learning to cook.
The magazine's title was used by Meredith's real estate arm, which was sold and then called GMAC Real Estate. In October 2007, Meredith signed a 50-year license agreement with Realogy Corporation to license the Better Homes and Gardens name to Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate. The company is based in Parsippany, New Jersey, and has offices around the country.
Meredith's broadcasting division began producing Better television programs in the fall of 2007, a lifestyle show featuring a mix of content from Meredith magazine titles (including BH & G), consumer advice and celebrity interviews. The program now airs on stations owned by the group Meredith, Scripps, Fisher and LIN TV. Some of Meredith's stations produce their own local edition Better .
This brand offers a line of home decorating products through partnerships with Home Interiors and Gifts, a company based on direct sales.
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Overseas edition
The Australian edition is also published, under license, by Pacific Magazine and there are also television programs airing on Seven Network. The Australian edition is the 6th best-selling consumer magazine in Australia. The Australian edition has been published since July 1978.
References in popular culture
Mad Magazine published a satire in 1958 (edition # 53) entitled "Bitter House and Gardens," including an article entitled "They Build Their Houses at 22 Width Width" (A house built between two office building ); the "How-The..." department that suggests placing grass on a roller so that people can drag it "to the nearest place where it rains"; and an article on how to transform a second bathroom into a basement (with a photo of the writer's wife, who just came out of the bathroom and covered herself with a towel). The magazine was also falsified in the 1970s as the "Bitter House and Trash", in a set of "Crazy Magazine Cover" produced by Fleer.
In an episode of I Love Lucy , Lucy jokes about the magazine as, "Better House and Trash" when she and Ethel redecorate Lucy's apartment.
An episode of The Simpsons shows a brief shoot of a magazine entitled Better Homes Than Yours.
At Little Shop of Horrors Audrey sings in "Somewhere That Green" about how her dream home is "a photo of the Better Homes and Gardens magazine."
In the country singer solo song Miranda Lambert in 2010 entitled "The House That Built Me", there is a verse that says, "Mama cuts home drawings for years from the Better House and Gardens magazine .
The music video of Sliver's song by American grunge band Nirvana shows a short time from the magazine at 00:42.
Brandon Flowers mentioned the magazine in "The Clock Was Tickin" from his 2010 Flamingo album.
Editor
- Chesla Sherlock (1922-1927)
- Elmer T. Peterson (1927-1937)
- Frank W. McDonough (1938-1950)
- J. E. Ratner (1950-1952)
- Hugh Curtis (1952-1960)
- Bert Dieter (1960-1967)
- James A. Riggs (1967-1970)
- James Autry (1970-1979)
- Gordon Greer (1979-1983)
- David Jordan (1984-1993)
- Jean LemMon (1993-2001)
- Karol DeWulf Nickell (2001-2006)
- Gayle Butler (2006-2015)
- Stephen Orr (2015-Now)
See also
- Best New Product Award
- Better Real Estate Homes and Gardens
References
External links
- Official site
- Official site (Australia)
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