Better Homes and Gardens is, as of September 1st, 2025, the sixth most widely circulated magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardenin
Cover of August 1924 issue, the first under the Better Homes and Gardens name
Edwin T. Meredith
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Edwin Thomas Meredith was an American entrepreneur, founder of the Meredith Corporation and also served as the U.S. secretary of agriculture in President Woodrow Wilson's administration.
Better Homes and Gardens (magazine)
…entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by People Inc. (formerly Meredith Corporation). Better Homes and Gardens was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had served as the United States secretary of agriculture under Woodrow Wilson and had previously founded the magazine Successful Farming. The…
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Edwin T. Meredith and his family
Secretary Meredith speaking at an Arbor Day event, c. 1920
Meredith's grave at Masonic Cemetery