Better Homes and Gardens Australia

Better Homes and Gardens - full of ideas, inspiration and information for you and your family. Every issue of Better Homes and Gardens is packed with inspiring, affordable and achievable ideas plus step-by-step projects for all areas of your home and garden.

Hello! • The countdown to Christmas can officially start now with our glittering December issue. No need to stress – we’ve got you!

Better Homes and Gardens

Merry Aussie Bakes • Turn on the carols and create delish festive magic!

Festive Makes To Cherish • It’s time to start crafting a little Christmas magic to fill your home with sparkle and joy!

Own Your Style • Mention a reno and people think ‘expensive’, but revamping your spaces doesn’t have to be…

Better Decorating

Scents For Contentment • The visual wonderland of a spring and summer garden is enhanced when you add perfume to the mix. Sweet honey, spicy citrus, or fruity – there are fragrant flowers and foliage suited to each climate zone, from cool to temperate to tropical

Sensational Natives • They’re climate tolerant, low maintenance, support our local fauna – and they look absolutely amazing!

Pave Your Way To Paradise • Step up and transform your backyard into a stunning outdoor space by laying down paving

Wonders Of The world • Submerge yourself in this natural theme park that displays garden ideas from around the globe

Season Stirrings • Go back in time when gardens were large and grand, and had a distinctly English mood

Nurturing Nature • Rose blooms can feed your soul – but only if you give them regular treats!

Urban Oasis • Bring your modern local community together with an old-fashioned garden for all to share!

Reap What You Sow • Nurturing plants from seeds is the cheapest way to garden. Yes, it does take patience, especially if you’re used to an instant garden, but the results are so much more satisfying!

Welcome Home • Transform the front of your house into an enticing entry with pretty plantings, a porch upgrade and paint!

Build it with Stone • Grass won’t grow in shady areas, but there are ways to lift the gloom. Here’s a light-bulb moment!

In your Garden • Enjoy the outdoors now before the high-summer heat gets too hot!

Better Gardening

Moon Guide • Use the phases of the moon to your advantage by following Milton Black’s planting guide

Cooking With Karen • Get creative with a fun spin on sushi, make pork crackle magic and fill up your bickie tin, too!

Fast Ed’s Kitchen • Serve up tasty sambos, fragrant curry and a Christmas classic!

Better Cooking

Sleeping Beauty • Create a stylish bedroom in which you can rest, and get ready to face the world outside

Every Which Way • Showcase your books and curios in any room of your home with this simple DIY display case. With heaps of modular storage, it’s a super easy style up!

Let’s Play House • Build a dream doll’s house in a day – no permit required – and decorate it like a certified designer in time for Santa’s drop off

Lookin’ Good

30 Minutes Is All It Takes

Better Health

Making The Grade • How early intervention helped set the foundation for a wonderful start to schooling

Made With Love And Timber! • Surprise and delight your loved ones with unique, homespun pressies they’ll cherish and use for years to come

Christmas Craft Makes • Festive joy kicks off as soon as you start decorating, but it can feel stale when you reuse ornaments from last year. So take the reins and create your own cheer with these dazzling ideas

Better Finance

Better Books

Books Yule Love • Introducing four outstanding memoirs that will make the perfect...