Whether you are green thumbed, filled with green lawn envy, environmentally green, drought-stricken, or dreaming of more green in your wallet, Pennington’s Smart Seed™ with MYCO Advantage™ puts you on the right side of the fence where the grass just got greener.

Today, Pennington Seed is proud to unveil Smart Seed, the first environmentally-friendly grass seed containing exclusive varieties that require far less watering, maximize fertilizer performance, and grow denser and deeper root systems for a thick, healthy, more drought resistant lawn.

Smart Seed features MYCO Advantage, an exclusive blend of beneficial, all-natural root organisms that contribute to plant growth, enabling a smart lawn to flourish with much less water and work. Smart Seed is available in Tall Fescue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Perennial Rye, and Bermudagrass seed blends, as well as Sun and Shade, Fescue/Bluegrass, and Dense Shade seed mixtures.

The average lawn requires 10,000 gallons of water in addition to what is provided by rainfall each year. By planting a new lawn or over seeding an existing lawn with Pennington Smart Seed, homeowners can conserve up to 3,000 gallons of water per year, save money, and feel good about a healthy, thick lawn that has the smarts to thrive even during extended periods of dry weather.

“Pennington Smart Seed offers homeowners and turf professionals the ability to graduate to a beautiful and healthy lawn that’s smart enough to find its own water and nutrients – even in drought conditions,” explained Ronnie Stapp, executive vice president for Pennington Seed. “Pennington Smart Seed combines the finest seed in the world with our exclusive MYCO Advantage seed coating technology that replenishes soils with the drought-resistant growing power they need to keep a lawn thick and healthy with far less watering.”

“Construction practices, including the grading of home and building sites, often eliminate the beneficial soil organisms found in natural settings,” said Dr. Mike Amaranthus, a leading soil scientist and the founder of Mycorrhizal Applications, which has worked exclusively with Pennington on the development of Smart Seed. “The MYCO Advantage in Pennington Smart Seed reestablishes those beneficial organisms back into homeowners’ lawns, enabling them to find water much more effectively than traditional turf varieties.”

Pennington Smart Seed is available at major lawn and garden and home improvement retailers nationwide. For more information about Pennington Smart Seed, access to the Smart Seed press kit complete with high resolution photographs, or to calculate how smart your lawn is, visit www.smartseed.com.

About Pennington
Founded in 1945, Pennington Seed is the largest packager of grass seed in the world. The company is also a leading marketer, manufacturer and distributor of lawn, residential and professional turf grass, garden, turf care, forage grasses, wildlife, and birdseed products. For more information, visit www.penningtonseed.com.

About Central Garden & Pet
Central Garden & Pet Company is a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded products for the pet and lawn and garden supplies markets. Our lawn and garden products include grass seed, wild bird food, weed and insect control products, decorative outdoor patio products and ant control products. These products are sold under a number of brand names, including Pennington, Norcal Pottery, New England Pottery, GKI/Bethlehem Lighting, Lilly Miller, Matthews Four Seasons, AMDRO and Grant’s. For additional information on Central Garden & Pet, visit www.central.com.