Miracle-Gro

Miracle-Gro usually refers to a garden products brand licensed by OMS Investments Inc. made by Scotts Miracle-Gro Company in the USA and Ever Green Garden Care Ltd in the UK.

Miracle-Gro
Product typeGarden supplies
OwnerOMS Investments Inc.
CountryUSA
Previous ownersScotts Miracle Gro Inc.
Registered as a trademark inUK 2001
Websitewww.miracle-gro.com

History

The original Miracle-Gro company, Miracle-Gro Products, Inc, was founded by marketing executive Horace Hagedorn and nurseryman Otto Stern[1] in 1950[2]

Hagedorn's first wife Peggy is credited with coming up with the Miracle-Gro product brand name and Hagedorn its distinctive package design.[3][4]

Hagedorn bought out Stern in the 1980s.

In 1995 Miracle Gro merged with Scotts;[5] his son Jim is CEO and Chairman of the merged company.[6]

Hagedorn retired from the business in 1997.

Horace Hagedorn died in 2005 at his Sands Point home, just short of his 90th birthday.[7]

Otto Stern, the co-founder, was the uncle of noted historian Fritz Stern.

In The Five Germanys I Have Known Fritz Stern mentions his very rich cousin Otto who had invented Miracle-Gro.[8]

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See also

References
  1. "Horace Hagedorn". 2005-02-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. Perrone, Stephanie (2018-05-16). "The Sands Point Man Who Planted Miracle-Gro". LI Press. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  3. Perrone, Stephanie (2018-05-16). "The Sands Point Man Who Planted Miracle-Gro". LI Press. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  4. "Horace Hagedorn". 2005-02-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  5. "Horace Hagedorn". 2005-02-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  6. "Jim Hagedorn". ScottsMiracle-Gro. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  7. Perrone, Stephanie (2018-05-16). "The Sands Point Man Who Planted Miracle-Gro". LI Press. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  8. Reiss, Tom (2006-10-08). "Can It Happen Here?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-08.


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