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Lowe's recently presented ScottsMiracle-Gro with its 2018 Innovation Partner-of-the-Year Award. We're proud of this achievement by the entire organization, which continues a recent streak of awards for our new products and solutions. Go Team SMG!
We recently shipped eight truckloads of fans, dehumidifiers and space heaters to help the Carolinas and Florida in their recovery. Learn how Hawthorne Gardening made this donation happen! #hawthornegardening http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQqh2
We're excited to announce ScottsMiracle-Gro has received Partner of the Year from The Home Depot. A big shout-out goes to our associates who partnered with The Home Depot to help consumers have a successful lawn and garden season. Way to go!
We're excited to announce The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation is partnering with the National Head Start Association and seeks to connect one million Head Start children to fresh food. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQxcg
Ortho® and the Pollinator Stewardship Council are launching a consumer education campaign that is the first of its kind. The campaign is called "Bee Responsible." The Bee Responsible campaign will share tips with home gardeners about responsible use of pesticides. This information will include ways to apply garden control products that will protect honey bees and other native pollinators. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQpWE
The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business has announced the establishment of the ScottsMiracle-Gro Hagedorn Legacy Endowment, a $1 million fund to help students pursue their dreams of attending college. “Education is a powerful catalyst for change and a leading pathway to success,” said Jim Hagedorn, Chairman and CEO, ScottsMiracle-Gro. “Young people facing financial obstacles to attending college can now realize their dreams of an education through this endowment. We are proud to make this donation to create the new fund.” http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQ8dc
Our company was founded in 1868 by Civil War Veteran Orlando McLean Scott. He returned home to Ohio after the war and started a buggy repair and dry good store in Marysville, Ohio. O.M. would pursue a variety of businesses related to agricultural goods and services. These businesses helped him plant the seed for the company that would become ScottsMiracle-Gro. We've been growing for 150 years, and our headquarters have never moved from the Ohio town where we got our start. Even today, Scotts customers can still walk into the original store that was opened by O.M. Scott.
Water scarcity is becoming a concern in many communities, and outdoor irrigation is often the largest use of water at home. According to the EPA, the average U.S. household uses more water outdoors than for showering and washing clothes combined. Achieving a healthy, attractive garden or lawn doesn’t have to mean contributing to the problem of water scarcity. Many communities are helping their residents and homeowners use less water outdoors through education and product rebates. Here are a few tips on how you can do your part to use water wisely at home and help keep your local water resources healthy and abundant. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQWJ7
Our team for Pelotonia has officially kicked off their recruiting and fundraising efforts for the grassroots organization’s 10-year anniversary event. Pelotonia President and CEO Doug Ulman visited our campus in Marysville, Ohio, in April. He shared with our associates his personal story about his fight with cancer. He also talked about how Pelotonia is more than a bike ride – it’s about building a community. We have been a proud supporter of Pelotonia and part of this community for 9 of the past 10 years. And our team has helped raise over $1.7 million. 100% of the funds raised by our associates have gone directly toward funding life-saving cancer research.
We set a goal eight years ago to help create 1,000 community gardens and greenspaces, and we'll be realizing that goal next week when we dedicate the 1,000th GRO1000 garden in Columbus, Ohio. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Children’s Garden at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a garden like no other. This innovative, 2-acre garden provides hands-on, interactive experiences intended to introduce and to connect young children and their families to nature. Franklin Park Conservatory President and CEO Bruce Harkey says, "Our hope is that the new Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Children's Garden will inspire today's children to care about nature and create a desire in them to protect it for generations to come."
