Exhibit 23


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


U.S. Home & Garden Inc.
San Francisco, California


As independent certified public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation of our report included in this Form 8-K/A, into U.S. Home & Garden
Inc.'s previously filed Registration Statements Nos. 33-82758, 33-89800,
33-94924 and 333-21667 on Form S-3 and Nos. 33-55020, 33-71978 and 333-44459 on
Form S-8.


                                        /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

                                        BDO SEIDMAN, LLP


San Francisco, California
May 11, 1998