Exhibit I SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2011)

WHEREAS, The Scotts Company LLC (the “Company”) sponsors The Scotts Company LLC Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”); and

WHEREAS, Plan Section XI provides that the Plan may be amended by the Compensation and Organization Committee of the Board of Directors, or its delegate; and

WHEREAS, the Company wants to amend the Plan to permit Participants to defer Base Salary attributable to Compensation not in excess of the Pay Cap into the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended effective January 1, 2012, as follows:

(1)    Annual Base Salary Deferral Elections

To exercise such elections for any Plan Year, on or before the date prescribed by the Benefits Administrative Committee (which shall be no later than December 31 of the calendar year preceding the Plan Year in which the services relating to such Base Salary are performed), the Eligible Employee must advise the Employer of his or her elections in writing or by filing such

elections electronically using procedures prescribed by the Benefits Administrative Committee. Such Base Salary Deferral Elections shall apply only to Base Salary earned by and payable to the Participant after the date on which the Base Salary Deferral Election is received by the recordkeeper.

(2)    New Hire Base Salary Deferral Elections

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, for the Plan Year in which an employee first becomes an Eligible Employee, such Eligible Employee may complete a Base Salary Deferral Election at any time within 30 days following the date on which he or she becomes an Eligible Employee. Such Base Salary Deferral Elections shall apply only to Compensation earned by and payable to the Eligible Employee after the date on which the Base Salary Deferral Elections are received by the recordkeeper.

(b)    Effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, the Employers shall make a matching contribution with respect to each Participant who, under the Plan, has made or caused to be made Base Salary and Performance Award deferrals of the Participant’s Compensation for such Plan Year. Such matching contributions shall equal 150% of the first 4% of a Participant’s Compensation deferred to the Plan

in excess of the Pay Cap plus 50% of the next 2% of a Participant’s Compensation deferred to the Plan in excess of the Pay Cap. Matching contributions shall not exceed 7% of a Participant’s Compensation in excess of the Pay Cap. Further, a Participant whose RSP Compensation does not exceed the Pay Cap for the applicable Plan Year shall receive a matching contribution on any Base Salary and/or Performance Award deferred to the Plan equal to 7% of such deferrals. Matching contributions shall be determined and credited to a Participant’s Matching Account between January 1 and March 31 of the Plan Year following the Plan Year to which they apply.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2012, with respect any matching contribution allocated to a Participant’s Matching Account under Section IV.D.(2)(b) after a distribution event described in this Section V.A., such matching contribution shall be paid on the later of (i) the applicable payment date under the Plan or (ii) the April 1 of the Plan Year in which the matching contribution is allocated to the Participant’s Matching Account.