Scotts Miracle-Gro | Environment Improvement

Earth's beauty and resources should be appreciated now and preserved for generations to come. Discover the stewardship initiatives underway to protect our shared natural resources, particularly water and natural habitats. We are helping waterways remain safe from harmful algal blooms, creating resiliency to drought, and stemming the loss of key pollinator species. Together, these all contribute to making our backyards and communities more beautiful, bountiful, and in tune with nature.  

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Cultivating Student Scientists to Improve Water Quality of Indian River Lagoon
These students have helped raise over 2,000 native shoreline plants in schoolyard nurseries and filled hundreds of fossilized shell bags, all of which have been utilized in living shoreline restoration projects in the Indian River Lagoon.

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Stop and Thank Your Local Hard-Working Wetlands
Coastal wetlands work hard. They have many roles and functions that we hold valuable but don’t necessarily stop to think about.

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Securing Clean Water for the Future
For several decades, threats to America’s water bodies have been on the rise. From harmful algal blooms choking water intake pipes in Toledo, Ohio, to the erosion and degradation of shoreline in coastal areas, the safety of our water is at stake.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro’s Work to Repurpose 5 Billion Pounds of Green Waste Annually
Every year, we work with communities to recycle 5 billion pounds of green waste into beneficial soil products for gardeners. This keeps it out of local waste streams and returns valuable, often local, nutrients back into the soil. It also makes ScottsMiracle-Gro one of the largest green waste recyclers in the world.

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BLOG | Tomorrow’s Water Stewards
Water is by far our world’s most precious natural resource. It’s critical to all living things, and while many people treat water like it is an endless supply, it’s not. Today, the world’s fresh water bodies are under pressure like never before, and pollution caused by nutrient runoff is an environmental crisis crippling our world’s most important waterways.

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How Soil Can Create Sustainable Environments
Cheddar visits Scotts Miracle-Gro headquarters in Ohio to learn about the science behind different types of soil...

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PHOTO GALLERY | Barley Water Prize Finalists Visit Fourth and Final Test Site
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation is proud to be the presenting sponsor of The Everglades Foundation’s George Barley Water Prize, the largest prize of its kind dedicated to finding a solution to water pollution caused by algal blooms.

On February 19, the four finalist teams––who are committed to delivering cost-effective technologies to clean polluted fresh water and reverse this environmental catastrophe––took their first step toward the Grand Challenge.

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Video | The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: Securing Clean Water for the Future
Water, the Earth’s most precious natural resource, is critical to all living things, including lawns and gardens. That's why The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and its Foundation are committed to water quality issues throughout the United States.

ScottsMiracle-Gro has made changes to its product formulations, improved its application devices and formed alliances with important environmental partners––all with the goal of creating products and programs that help people protect the planet.

Research, Reports & Publications

Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation-Supported Research Examines Residential Outdoor Water Use
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation was one of several funders to support a two-year long Landscape Transformation study conducted by the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE). AWE’s study was the most expansive and diverse assessment to date of outdoor water efficiency programs implemented by water providers throughout North America.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

BLOG | ScottsMiracle-Gro Foundation Supports Coastal Restoration and Hurricane Resilience in Texas and Florida
ScottsMiracle-Gro Foundation environmental partners in Texas and Florida recently reported on their accomplishments in the past year. In addition to the normal challenges of engaging youth in coastal restoration, both program sites had to cope and adapt after experiencing severe hurricanes.
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