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In 1995, the company merged with Scotts for $200 million in stock, creating the world's largest maker of lawn and garden products, and making Hagedorn the majority investor with 42% of the company and 3 of 11 board seats. [1] [5] Hagedorn's son Jim became CEO and chairman of the merged company. [6] His father retired from Miracle-Gro in 1997. [7]
Scotts LawnService was founded in 1998, with the acquisition of Emerald Green Lawn Care. It was a division of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and provided lawn, tree, and shrub care and pest control. In April 2016 TruGreen announced that it had merged with Scotts LawnService.
Miracle-Gro, a water-soluble fertilizer, was developed after Hagedorn met nurseryman Otto Stern and learned of Stern's troubles shipping plants in 1944. [1] [2] [3] The pair hired O. Wesley Davidson, a Rutgers University professor to develop the fertilizer. [1] Hagedorn used royalties from producing a crime-drama "The Big Story" to fund the ...
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The Miracle Gro Farm can be. As we told you earlier this week, a new sponsored farm has started rolling out to FarmVille players this weekend, as Zynga has partnered with Miracle Gro to advertise ...
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