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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2
                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                       AND
                             COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE

                  THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND COVENANT NOT
TO COMPETE (the "Employment Agreement"), by and between THE SCOTTS COMPANY (the
"Company") and ROBERT F. BERNSTOCK (the "Executive"), effective as of October 1,
2004.

                                   WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company entered into an
Employment Agreement and Covenant Not to Compete, effective as of October 1,
2004, which was executed on September __, 2004 (the "Employment Agreement"); and

                  WHEREAS, it has been discovered that, due to a transcription
error, a provision of the Employment Agreement was inadvertently deleted in the
document delivered to the Company and the Executive for execution; and

                  WHEREAS, the Company desires to correct such accidental
deletion and the Executive agrees to such correction through execution of this
First Amendment to the Employment Agreement, effective as though included in the
text of the original Employment Agreement itself;

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements
of the parties contained in this First Amendment, and intending to be legally
bound, the Executive and the Company agree that the Employment Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:

                  1. Paragraph 7 is hereby amended by the addition of the
following Paragraph 7(i), to appear between Paragraphs 7(h) and 7(j) in the text
thereof.

                           "(i) D & O Insurance. The Company shall maintain
         during the Term of this Employment Agreement and for a period of sixty
         months thereafter Directors and Officers Liability Insurance covering
         the Executive (or the Executive's estate, if the Executive is deceased
         or incompetent), which provides coverage at least as favorable to the
         Executive (or the Executive's estate, if the Executive is deceased or
         incompetent), as coverage under the Company's policy in effect on the
         date of execution of this Employment Agreement, and which coverage
         shall be increased from time to time in such amounts as the Board may
         determine to be appropriate in light of the Company's operations."

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                  2. Except as hereby amended, the Executive and the Company
hereby ratify the terms and provisions of the Employment Agreement, as executed
on September __, 2004.

                                                   The Scotts Company

                                                   By:  /s/ Denise Stump
                                                        ------------------------
                                                   Its: Executive Vice President
                                                        Global Human Resources

AGREED AND ACCEPTED this ___
day of October, 2004 and
effective as of October 1,
2004.

     /s/ Robert F. Bernstock
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Robert F. Bernstock<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 10.3
                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                       AND
                             COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE

                  THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AND COVENANT NOT
TO COMPETE (the "Employment Agreement"), by and between THE SCOTTS COMPANY (the
"Company") and ROBERT F. BERNSTOCK (the "Executive"), effective as of October 1,
2004.
                                   WITNESSETH:

                  WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company entered into an
Employment Agreement and Covenant Not to Compete, effective as of October 1,
2004, which was executed on September __, 2004 (the "Employment Agreement"); and

                  WHEREAS, the Company entered into a First Amendment to such
Employment Agreement and Covenant Not to Compete, on October __, 2004; and

                  WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to clarify the
provisions of the Employment Agreement relating to personal use of Company
aircraft, through execution of this Second Amendment;

                  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements
of the parties contained in this Second Amendment, and intending to be legally
bound, the Executive and the Company agree that the Employment Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:

                  1.       Paragraph 3(d) is hereby amended in its entirety:

                           (d) Benefit Plan Participation. The Executive shall
         be entitled to participate in all of the Company's benefit programs for
         senior management executives. The Executive shall participate in, and
         be eligible to receive benefits under, any "employee welfare benefit
         plans" and "employee pension benefit plans" (as such terms are defined
         in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
         ("ERISA")) and business travel insurance plans and programs as shall
         apply to general and/or executive employees of the Company; and shall
         be provided benefits under such plans and agreements substantially
         equivalent (in the aggregate) to the benefits provided to other senior
         executive officers of the Company and on substantially similar terms
         and conditions as such benefits are provided to other senior executive
         officers of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive
         is not eligible for participation in the Company's pension plan. The
         Executive will participate, or be eligible to participate where
         participation is voluntary, in any non-qualified pension, supplemental
         executive retirement programs, deferred compensation, and excess
         benefit plans sponsored by the Company and available to any of the
         Company's senior management executives. During the Term, the Company
         shall provide to the Executive all of the fringe benefits and
         perquisites that are provided to other senior executive officers of the
         Company, and the Executive shall be entitled to receive any other
         fringe benefits or perquisites that become available to other senior
         executive officers of the Company subsequent to the

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         date of execution of this Employment Agreement. Without limiting the
         generality of the foregoing, the Company shall provide the Executive
         with the following benefits during the Term: (i) paid vacation, paid
         holidays and sick leave in accordance with the Company's standard
         policies for its senior executive officers, which policies shall
         provide the Executive with benefits no less favorable (in the
         aggregate) than those provided to any other senior executive officers
         of the Company; (ii) an automobile allowance of at least $12,000
         annually and no less than any such allowance provided to any other
         senior executive officer of the Company; (iii) the Executive and, in
         some circumstances, members of his immediate family shall receive use
         of one or more Company-owned or leased and Company operated aircraft in
         accordance with the Company's standard executive flight and travel
         policies, in any event not to exceed more than twenty hours of personal
         use per year. The Executive acknowledges that part of any such travel
         may constitute additional taxable compensation of the Executive, but
         the Company makes no tax representation relating thereto. For purposes
         of this Paragraph 3(d), if members of the Executive's family accompany
         the Executive on any business trip of the Executive, such family member
         travel will not constitute personal use of the aircraft, and an hour of
         personal use of Company aircraft shall be measured only during each
         hour in which the aircraft is actually flying. The determination of
         personal use shall be consistent with Treasury Regulations 1.162-6,
         1.132-2 and 1.132-5 and related guidance. In the event that the
         Executive shall attain the age of fifty-five years while in the active
         employment of the Company, and completes at least six years of
         full-time continuous employment with the Company, the Company will
         extend active employee health care benefits required to be available to
         the Executive for a limited period ("COBRA Coverage") under Part Six of
         Title One of ERISA, until the Executive attains the age of sixty-five
         years (or, in the event of the Executive's death, would have attained
         the age of sixty-five years) or becomes entitled to benefits under the
         Federal "Medicare Part A" program, whichever shall first occur. The
         Executive will pay a premium for such extended health care coverage.
         During the period in which COBRA Coverage is statutorily required under
         ERISA, the Executive (or his spouse or dependents in the event of his
         death) shall pay the COBRA premium then in effect for those who elect
         COBRA Coverage under the Company's health plan or plans. Thereafter,
         during the extended coverage period described in this Paragraph 3(d),
         the Executive shall pay one hundred fifty percent of such COBRA premium
         in effect from time to time for such coverage.

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                  2. Except as hereby amended, the Executive and the Company
hereby ratify the terms and provisions of the Employment Agreement, as executed
on September __, 2004, as amended by the First Amendment thereto.

                                                   The Scotts Company

                                                   By:  /s/ Denise Stump
                                                        ------------------------
                                                   Its: Executive Vice President
                                                        Global Human Resources

AGREED AND ACCEPTED this ___
day of October, 2004 and
effective as of October 1,
2004.

         /s/ Robert F. Bernstock
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           Robert F. Bernstock

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