Our Story
Southern Sales & Marketing Group, Inc., has a thirty plus year history in the lawn and garden business. Founded in 1979 by owner and CEO Ken Harbaugh, the company began as a supplier of wooden lawn edging for the fledgling home center industry. As the home center industry grew, so did our company.
Over the past thirty years, SSMG has led the industry in fashion forward design and trends in all areas of the lawn and garden market. An exciting new category is our nICE Cooler/Hydration Products which includes our Pump2Pour, Drink Rider, and Cannon Can Cooler, plus others.
Our company mission is to provide responsibly the greatest values in the world to the consumer through innovative, high quality products.
We concentrate on well designed, high quality products that offer great value to the marketplace.We are headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, have a plant in Wadley, Alabama, and an office in Shenzhen, China.
This is who we are. This is what we do . . . and we are the best in the world.
Meet the Owner
Ken Harbaugh
Founder & CEO
Kenneth started Southern Sales and Marketing Group, Inc. (SSMG) over thirty years ago. He has acquired over 20 patents for his inventions over those years. He is committed to delivering a quality product at a great price!
When he is not busy inventing a new product, he and his wife Kathy are enjoying their children and grandchildren at their home in Destin, FL.