ScottsMiracle-Gro to Discuss Its Strategic Plan and Financial Outlook

MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company , the world's leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products, will hold its annual Analyst & Investor Day on Wednesday, December 14, 2005, at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

Beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST until approximately 1:30 p.m., the Company will discuss its strategies and financial outlook, including a detailed outlook for both sales and earnings for fiscal 2006. Speaking on behalf of ScottsMiracle- Gro will be:

-- Jim Hagedorn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -- Christopher Nagel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -- Robert Bernstock, President and Chief Operating Officer -- Barry Sanders, Senior Vice President, Smith & Hawken -- Claude Lopez, Senior Vice President, International -- Tim Portland, Senior Vice President, Scotts LawnService

A live Webcast of the meeting can be heard on the investor relations section of the Company's Web site at http://investor.scotts.com/. Slides from each presentation will also be available on the Web site.

About ScottsMiracle-Gro

With more than $2.3 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, a leading brand of garden-inspired products that includes pottery, watering equipment, gardening tools, outdoor furniture and live goods. In Europe, Scotts' 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/.