ScottsMiracle-Gro to Participate in Lehman Brothers Back-To-School Consumer Conference

MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company , the world's leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products, will participate in the Lehman Brothers Back-To-School Consumer Conference on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts. Dave Evans, chief financial officer, will discuss current strategies at approximately 4:30 p.m. eastern time.

The presentation will be available via webcast, which can be accessed through the Company's investor relations web site at http://investor.scotts.com/.

About ScottsMiracle-Gro

With more than $2.7 billion in worldwide sales and more than 6,000 associates, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Scotts Company LLC, is the world's largest marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care, with products for professional horticulture as well. The Company's brands are the most recognized in the industry. In the U.S., the Company's Scotts(R), Miracle-Gro(R) and Ortho(R) brands are market-leading in their categories, as is the consumer Roundup(R) brand, which is marketed in North America and most of Europe exclusively by Scotts and owned by Monsanto. The Company also owns Smith & Hawken(R), a leading brand of garden-inspired products that includes pottery, watering equipment, gardening tools, outdoor furniture and live goods, and Morning Song(R), a leading brand in the wild bird food market. In Europe, the Company's brands include Weedol(R), Pathclear(R), Evergreen(R), Levington(R), Miracle-Gro(R), KB(R), Fertiligene(R) and Substral(R). For additional information, visit us at http://www.scotts.com/.