AeroGrow Confirms Strong Retail Sell-Through This Holiday Season

AeroGrow to Provide Fiscal 3Q Revenue Guidance on January 7, 2008; Increases Retail Storefronts From 750 to More Than 4,300; Retail Expansion Continues


BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - December 26, 2007) - AeroGrow International, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERO) ("AeroGrow" or the "Company"), makers of the AeroGarden® line of indoor gardening products, confirms strong retail sell-through of its products this holiday season.

The holiday season saw extensive rollouts in Sears, Bed Bath & Beyond, JCPenney and Macy's, and initial testing among big box retailers including Target and others.

"We met or exceeded expectations for sell-through in all channels of distribution this holiday season, and all our principal retailers are continuing with new promotions and planning in 2008," said Jeff Brainard, AeroGrow's Vice President of Sales. "We've now demonstrated to retailers that we can generate strong sales, and we'll be aggressively introducing new products into new channels in 2008 and beyond."

AeroGrow pushed retail expansion from 750 storefronts in December 2006 to more than 4,300 storefronts in December 2007.

AeroGrow plans to issue fiscal 3Q revenue guidance, for the quarter ended December 31, 2007, on Monday, January 7, 2008.

About AeroGrow International, Inc.

Founded in 2002 in Boulder, Colorado, AeroGrow International, Inc. is dedicated to the research, development and marketing of the AeroGarden®, the world's first kitchen garden appliance. The AeroGarden features NASA-proven, dirt-free aeroponic technology, allowing anyone to grow farmer's market fresh herbs, salad greens, tomatoes, chili peppers, strawberries and more, indoors, year-round, so simply and easily that no green thumb is required. See www.aerogrow.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements by Michael Bissonnette and/or the Company, statements regarding growth of the AeroGarden product line, optimism related to the business, expanding sales and other statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business. Words such as expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, sees, estimates and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results could vary materially from the description contained herein due to many factors including continued market acceptance of the Company's products or the need to raise additional capital. In addition, actual results could vary materially based on changes or slower growth in the kitchen garden appliance market; the potential inability to realize expected benefits and synergies; domestic and international business and economic conditions; changes in customer demand or ordering patterns; changes in the competitive environment including pricing pressures or technological changes; technological advances; shortages of manufacturing capacity; future production variables impacting excess inventory and other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings under "risk factors" and elsewhere. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

Contact Information: CONTACTS: Corporate John Thompson AeroGrow International, Inc. (303) 444-7755 Investor Budd Zuckerman Genesis Select Corporation (303) 415-0200

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