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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned officer and director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ James Hagedorn    
  James Hagedorn   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Mark R. Baker    
  Mark R. Baker   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Nancy G. Mistretta    
  Nancy G. Mistretta   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Joseph P. Flannery    
  Joseph P. Flannery   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Thomas N. Kelly Jr.    
  Thomas N. Kelly Jr.   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield    
  Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Carl F. Kohrt    
  Carl F. Kohrt, Ph.D.   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Patrick J. Norton    
  Patrick J. Norton   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Stephanie M. Shern    
  Stephanie M. Shern   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 10th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ John S. Shiely    
  John S. Shiely   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned officer of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ David C. Evans    
  David C. Evans   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 24th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Alan H. Barry    
  Alan H. Barry   
     
 

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, hereby constitutes and appoints James Hagedorn, David C. Evans and Vincent C. Brockman, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney-in-fact and agent to sign for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all applications or documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report on Form 10-K, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 12th day of November, 2009.
         
     
  /s/ William G. Jurgensen    
  William G. Jurgensen