Type Subsidiary Headquarters Marysville Founded 1998 | Industry Lawn Care and Service Number of employees 2,000 | |
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Key people James Gimeson, President of Scotts LawnService Website www.scottslawnservice.com Parent organization The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Subsidiaries B-Green Inc, Action Pest Control, Inc., SLS Franchise Systems LLC Profiles | ||
Scotts LawnService is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.
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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).
Mergers and Acquisitions
2002: Scotts LawnService acquires The Lawn Company, a major lawn care service company in the Boston area.
2002: Scotts LawnService acquires substantially all of the lawn care operations of Centex HomeTeam Services, a division of Centex Corporation.