Stephen Orr

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New York, New York


Stephen Orr is a VP, group editorial director at Dotdash Meredith and the editor in chief of Better Homes and Gardens. Previously he was the executive editor at Condé Nast Traveler magazine and garden editor at Martha Stewart Living, House & Garden, and Domino magazines. Orr is the author of two gardening books: The New American Herbal (Clarkson Potter), Tomorrow’s Garden: Design and Inspiration for a New Age of Sustainable Gardening (Rodale). He also edited the monograph Nelson Byrd Woltz: Garden, Park, Community, Farm (Princeton Architectural Press). Board affiliations include ACLU Iowa, Mainframe Studios Artist’s Space, and Wave Hill Friends of Horticulture committee. Orr and his husband Chad Jacobs live in New York City and Cape Cod.