Stephen Orr

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Stephen Orr serves as Editor-in-Chief of Better Homes & Gardens and VP/Group Editorial Director. He oversees the editorial direction of the company's food, home, and travel magazines, which include Better Homes & Gardens, FOOD & WINE, Travel + Leisure, Southern Living, Allrecipes, Rachael Ray In Season, EatingWell, Traditional Home, Midwest Living, and more than 300 special issues published annually under Meredith Premium Publishing. He has worked at Condé Nast Traveler three times, most recently as Executive Editor. Stephen is the author of The New American Herbal and Tomorrow's Garden as well as the editor of the monograph Nelson Byrd Woltz: Garden, Park, Community, Farm. He is featured regularly as a garden expert on The Today Show and CBS Mornings as well as many podcasts and radio shows. He is a frequent lecturer to horticultural groups and garden clubs across the country.

About Better Homes & Gardens

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