Smith & Hawken® Launches Redesign of Retail Stores; New Store Design to Reflect Outdoor Living at Its Best

Business Wire, Oct 5, 2005

NOVATO, Calif. -- Smith & Hawken, America's premiere outdoor living retailer, announced today it has contracted McCall Design Group and Line Brand Architecture of San Francisco to create a new store design. The project, begun earlier this year, will see the creation of two prototype stores opening in Spring 2006 and additional stores rolled out coast-to-coast beginning Fall 2006.

"We're experiencing a time of unprecedented growth at Smith & Hawken. The creation of a prototype store reflects that growth and enables us to expand our vision of outdoor living at its best," states Barry Sanders, President Smith & Hawken.

"We are extremely pleased and excited to have the opportunity to work with Smith & Hawken on the design and construction of their new prototype store," states Mike McCall, President McCall Design Group. "The brand is unique and highly recognized, and we feel a strong affinity with their vision. We look forward to cultivating a new retail environment which fulfills their vision."

About Smith & Hawken, Ltd.

Smith & Hawken(R) is the leading American marketer of garden-inspired outdoor living products, including Premium Teak(TM) furniture, Heirloom Tools(TM) collection, Eden Park(R) garden structure and Hamilton Landing(TM) containers. Smith & Hawken's reputation of uncompromising quality has been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, which are sold across the country through 58 Smith & Hawken(R) stores, its catalog and Internet site, as well as at select, high-end independent garden centers. Based in Novato, California, Smith & Hawken is a division of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company.

About McCall Design Group

An award-winning architecture firm based in San Francisco, California, McCall Design Group maintains a national and international practice. The forty-person firm, which emphasizes the creative process in a collaborative environment, was founded in 1989 by Michael J. McCall. We view design as an unfolding of visual, technical, and programmatic concerns that evolve over time and through adaptation to place. Collaborating with clients such as Banana Republic, Limited Brands, Inc., Pottery Barn, SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), the San Francisco Symphony, Kate Spade, Williams-Sonoma, and the W Hotels, the firm has created spaces that speak to and enlighten the locations they occupy. The company's work has been published in numerous texts, periodicals and newspapers throughout the United States.