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David S. MacKenzie

David MacKenzie owns and operates Hortech in Spring Lake, Michigan – one of the United States’s largest and most progressive wholesale ground cover nurseries. By 1993, the business had 34 greenhouses on 15 acres. Hortech specializes in perennial ground covers, grasses and vines, distributing them throughout Michigan and other states.

When he was just out of university, David discovered and registered the new Ottawa weeping white pine in a homeowner’s back garden. He has since reproduced the tree using the grafting method. He has been hybridizing, photographing, researching, lecturing on ground covers and generally creating plant magic since 1983.

David has written several articles for American Nurseryman. He also speaks about landscape photography, native plants, plant research, ecology and his love of ground covers. His audiences include master gardeners, serious amateur gardeners, landscape professionals, designers, architects and horticulture educators.

He also has many athletic hobbies including fishing, hunting, tennis, volleyball, water-skiing, skiing and basketball.