Scotts LawnService
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Lawn Care and Service |
| Founded | Marysville, Ohio (1998) |
| Headquarters | Marysville, Ohio, USA |
Key people | James Gimeson, President of Scotts LawnService |
Number of employees | 2,000 |
| Parent | Scotts Miracle-Gro Company |
| Website |
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Scotts LawnService is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
History & Overview
Scotts LawnService was founded in 1998, with the acquisition of Emerald Green Lawn Care. It is a division of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and provides lawn, tree, and shrub care and pest control.
Miracle Gro Fertilizer
Miracle Gro was created by Rutgers University professor O. Wesley Davidson, a research scientist in plant nutrition and orchid culture, around 1940-1950, at the request of Otto Stern (a mail-order seller of houseplants) and Horace Hagedorn (who worked with an advertiser).[1][2][3]
Mergers and Acquisitions
2002: Scotts LawnService acquires The Lawn Company, a major lawn care service company in the Boston area.[4]
2002: Scotts LawnService acquires substantially all of the lawn care operations of Centex HomeTeam Services, a division of Centex Corporation.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.gardenguides.com/130561-miracle-gro.html
- ↑ Giaimo, Cara How a Concentration Camp Survivor and an American Huckster Created the Magic Crystals of Miracle-Gro Atlas Obscura. September 24, 2015
- ↑ O. Wesley Davidson, Orchid Researcher, 87 New York Times. September 24, 2015
- ↑ "Scotts LawnService Announces Largest Acquisition to Date". The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ↑ "Scotts LawnService(R) Acquires Lawn Care Operations From Centex HomeTeam Services". The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. Retrieved 2007-09-19.