CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

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


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Nos.
33-82758, 33-89800, 33-94924 and 333-21667 on Form S-3 and Nos. 33-55020,
33-71978, 333-44459 and 333-41332 on Form S-8 of U.S. Home & Garden Inc. of our
report dated September 6, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial
statements and Schedule of U.S. Home & Garden Inc. appearing in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K of U.S. Home & Garden Inc. for the year ended June 30, 2000.


/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO Seidman, LLP
Kalamazoo, Michigan
September 6, 2000