Better Homes & Gardens (1-year auto-renewal)

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Better Homes and Gardens magazine is an everyday guide to caring for your home and fostering a healthy lifestyle. For ninety years, this publication has provided timeless advice and inspiration on topics that help you cultivate a robust home life, solid family bonds, and improved personal health. Whether you're a parent in search of educational toys or need ideas for installing a backyard pond, you'll find appealing articles about family matters, gardening, interior design, health and nutrition, crafts, beauty, shopping, travel and culture, entertainment, and cooking.

A gracious, down-to-earth tone and bright, cheerful photos draw you into the articles, which offer useful tips on everything from remodeling your bathroom to shopping for Father's Day gifts. The opening Fresh section presents thoughtful recommendations for activities, home and community projects, entertainment, and consumer products for your family to try each season. Delve deeper into Better Homes and Gardens magazine to find up-to-date reporting on health and safety issues that affect the whole family, including risky nutrition habits and trusted family vehicles.

For your inner chef, Better Homes and Gardens magazine incorporates enticing recipes in every issue, often choosing themed food for holiday planning, convenient quick-fix meals, and seasonal cooking. Parents will regularly find family-oriented activities in the kids' projects section to keep the little ones entertained and promote quality time. At its heart, the magazine is dedicated to home management topics ranging from do-it-yourself building projects and organizational storage to growing a garden in limited space.

Better Homes and Gardens magazine is about helping you build a life that's both simplified and productive, inspiring you to never stop improving your home, parenting, and personal wellness. With a subscription, you gain unlimited tips for designing impressive spaces, nurturing your creative side, and indulging in simple pleasures.

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Better Homes and Gardens is the vibrant, down-to-earth guide for the woman who is passionate about her home and garden and all that they encompass.

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Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Meredith
• ASIN: B0029XHGRQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
This magazine subscription is provided by Meredith Corporation

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

135 of 139 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Tired of trying to find the articles through the advertising September 7, 2002

By A Customer

Subscription Term Name:1 year

I have been a fan and subscriber of bhg for years, but the advertising has increased to the point of excess. I took the time to actually count the ads in the last two issues. They totaled more that 62% of the magazine, and that didn't include the postcard inserts or bhg's advertising of exclusive products. I'm tired of wading through all of the ads trying to find the magazine. I'm cancelling my subscription in favor of magazines with less advertising and better layout.

134 of 139 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars The subscription people are like a bad rash . . . April 7, 2010

By busy mom

Subscription Term Name:1 year

I purchased a one year subscription to BHG in December 2008, because they offered me a great deal while I was looking for a recipe online. After receiving about two months of my subscription, they started billing me for the next full year. Four months away from my renewal date, they informed me they had renewed me "for my convenience" and would be charging my debit card. I promptly canceled my subscription online in November 2009 (would run out in March 2010). From that point on, I received continual bills with threatening implications, like "account overdue" and "pay immediately." All my account information online stated my subscription was canceled and I owed nothing. The bills continued to escalate until in Feb. 2010, I searched high and low online to find a phone number to call. I was informed that the subscription department did not receive information online, and they did not know my subscription was canceled (likely story). I was informed that NOW they would cancel my subscription. OK, I'm finally done with these people. WRONG!!! Today, I get a threatening e-mail saying my account is past due, and pay my bill immediately. When I go online, my subscription is canceled, I owe nothing, I have no subscription activity. What a racket! I will NEVER, as long as I live, subscribe to this magazine again. I'm tired of the bait and switch, shady accounting, and threatening tactics toward a customer who paid their bill on time, and would have renewed if treated with some basic courtesy and respect. BHG, I am SO done with you!

56 of 62 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars This Company is like a leech September 22, 2010

By theresa zacharenko

Subscription Term Name:1 year auto-renewal

I purchased a 1 yr. subscription to this magazine. After a year i decided not to renew my subscription because not usable content and over advertisements. After returning a bill marked "Do Not Renew",I am being hounded with past due notices!!! Today ,i sent a letter restating my request by certified mail.Maybe this will get someone's attention!!! I also told them i was writing this review on Amazon & sending a copy of the letter to my local BBB. AVOID BHG like a plague. t. Zacharenko

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy living for women and their families October 26, 2001

By Rhonda Langdon

Subscription Term Name:1 year

Better Homes and Gardens is really about easy living. Each issue includes articles about friends and family, gardening, interior design, building, family matters, food, health, and shopping. This is the magazine I reach for between work and errands because the articles are easy to read and brief yet interesting and inspiring. A few feature examples: window box herbs, dieting myths, cooking scones, what's new in family cars, and more. Better Homes also emphasizes family by incorporating activities for children or for the whole family from season to season. Better Homes is a good magazine for holiday ideas, too, with recipes and crafts to decorate your home and enjoy with your children. Although there are more sophisticated home magazines out there, I'm glad I have Better Homes lying around when I have a minute to relax.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but ads, Better to read a gardening blog August 8, 2011

By Cyclone

Subscription Term Name:1 year auto-renewal

We got these magazines because of the big name attached to it. I thumbed through the magazine and never found any articles. The only thing in it were ads.
I get better information through gardening/decorating blogs and definitely better service as people help each other on these sites. A huge waste.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars cluttered but nice October 17, 2003

By Alejandra Vernon HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Subscription Term Name:1 year

This magazine has a lower cover price than some of its competitors, and makes up for it with a massive amount of ads. A few ads contain coupons, for those that like to cut those little things out (unfortunately they are hardly ever for anything I want !). The paper is also a lot thinner than the higher priced home/garden publications, and the photographs do not reproduce that well on it.
On the bright side, there are many nice décor ideas, and simply terrific recipes.

Taking the October 2003 edition as an example, Fall colors and produce are the theme. It has some ideas on how to display gourds, and an article on a community pumpkin patch, from the June planting by 140 neighbors and friends in a 6000 square ft. area, to harvest time.
There are numerous articles on remodeling, "Foolproof Potted Plants", on the joys of having hardy succulents in your home, and a lovely piece with lots of photographs on actor Peter Strauss' gorgeous Ojai, California garden.
The best article of all, is "The Magic of Soup", and some of these recipes are so good they might end up in your family for generations. They are simple to prepare, with easy to find ingredients, and will make a healthy, hearty meal for those frosty days ahead. Also included with the recipes is the preparation and cooking time, and nutritional statistics.
As someone who writes a lot of notes and cards, I appreciate the final page which is about letter writing, and how this vanishing form of communicating is good for the soul.
All things considered, this magazine gives good value, and is meant for those of us who do not live in a mansion or have hours to devote to a single recipe.