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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Thompson John K   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AeroGrow International, Inc. [AERO.OB] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP-Marketing (Last) (First) (Middle) 6075 LONGBOW DR., SUITE 200 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/11/2012 (Street) BOULDER, CO 80301 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 04/11/2012   M   66,667 A $ 0.09 93,351 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Series A Preferred Stock

$ 0.09

04/11/2012

M

6

06/30/2009

(2)

Common Stock

66,667

(1)

0

D

Series A Preferred Warrant

$ 1,250

04/11/2012

D

3

06/30/2009

06/30/2014

Series A. Preferred

0

(3)

0

D

Common Stock Warrants

$ 0.07

04/11/2012

A

50,000

04/11/2012

04/11/2017

Common Stock

50,000

(3)

50,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Thompson John K 6075 LONGBOW DR. SUITE 200 BOULDER, CO 80301			SVP-Marketing

Signatures

Kimberly Westmoreland, Attorney in Fact		04/13/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	As part of a restructuring of the Issuers capital accounts, Mr. Thompson converted Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock of the Issuer. As part of the restructuring, the conversion price was reduced from $0.18 per share of Common Stock to $0.09 per share of Common Stock for all holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, including the Reporting Person. Pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d), the restructuring and the conversion were approved by the Issuers Board of Directors.
(2)	The Series A Preferred Stock had no expiration date.
(3)	As part of a restructuring of the Issuers capital accounts, the Issuer issued Common Stock Warrants in exchange for all outstanding Series A Preferred Warrants, including those held by the Reporting Person. Pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d), the restructuring and the warrant exchange were approved by the Issuers Board of Directors.

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