A company run by a supporter of President Donald Trump has pledged $1 million in cash and product support to help repair damage to the White House South Lawn after the June 14 UFC event.

"ScottsMiracle-Gro and the National Park Service will work to restore the South Lawn grass after UFC Freedom 250, making it stronger than ever before," the White House announced on June 16.

ScottsMiracle-Gro, based in Marysville, Ohio, said in a news release that the effort includes a custom turfgrass blend "developed specifically to support the long-term health, resilience and appearance of the South Lawn."

The company also said it is offering technical support from its research and development team.

"The White House South Lawn is more than just a landscape. It is a living piece of U.S. history, a stage for global diplomacy and, truly, the backyard of the American people," Jim Hagedorn, the company's chairman and CEO, said in the release. "As the market leader in consumer lawn and garden, there is no better company than ScottsMiracle-Gro to play a role in the restoration effort."

The company said it will work with the National Park Service, which typically handles White House lawn maintenance. White House representatives told The Washington Post that ScottsMiracle-Gro offered a private donation to the National Park Service for lawn care. They said no taxpayer dollars would be used.

Lawn restoration will include the installation of sod followed by overseeding with a custom formula designed to enhance density, durability, color, and overall turf health, according to the company.

Trump selected the blend from eight options, the company said. The mix includes tall fescues, known for durability and heat tolerance, and Kentucky bluegrasses, valued for disease resistance and thickening characteristics.

But Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit government watchdog group that has frequently challenged Trump administration policies, criticized the proposal.

"Major corporations generally don't do things out of the goodness of their heart," CREW Vice President Jordan Libowitz told the Post. "It's generally — they do things for the government because they want something from the government."

Libowitz noted that ScottsMiracle-Gro markets and distributes Roundup, whose glyphosate-based formulations have been the subject of lawsuits alleging they cause cancer.

Tom Matthews, a ScottsMiracle-Gro spokesman, told the Post the company markets only the consumer brand of Roundup, which does not contain glyphosate, and rejected suggestions of a conflict of interest.

"The special blend we've created for the White House is for the White House lawn regardless of who's president," he said, adding that it would also not be available to consumers. "We're not commercializing it. We don't have commercial business with the federal government and we don't plan to."

Organizers anticipated significant damage to the grass while planning the event, according to the Post. Last year, UFC CEO Dana White told the Sports Business Journal that they were allocating $700,000 to replace the grass "because we're going to [expletive] up the South Lawn."