13 issues per year Purchase a subscription to Better homes & gardens now! Better Homes & Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. The editor in Chief is Gayle Butler. Better Homes & Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes cooking gardening crafts healthy living decorating & entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.