Active Interest Media

August Home Publishing Company is headquartered in this colonial-style building in Des Moines, Iowa. The campus setting features a restored 1880 s carriage house, a woodworking shop, a test kitchen, a large perennial garden with fountains and a second office building. Off-site facilities include a photo studio, test garden, retail store and warehouse for the retail products division. August Home Publishing Company publishes five national, award-winning magazines: Woodsmith, ShopNotes, Garden Gate, Cuisine and Workbench. August Home provides home centers and woodworking stores around the country with Woodsmith Tools, plans and hardware kits through its wholesale division, operates The Woodsmith Store in Clive, Iowa.