Michael is a native of the Pacific Northwest and has always been passionate about healthy turf and soil. He grew up playing golf alongside his father and grandfather and scored his first golf course job at 14 years old! He attended Oregon State University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture with an option in Turf & Landscape Management, as well as took additional classes in Soil Science and Environmental Health and Safety. With over 30 years of experience in golf course management, commercial landscape management, property management, launching new garden products, and garden/turf distribution of synthetic and organics.  He spent his early years managing over 2000 acres of landscape at a military training camp where he got to watch soldiers parachute from airplanes while he worked!   With all this experience in the green industy he learned we have been maintaining landscapes wrong for decades.   Forgetting about our soil and manipulating plants and turf leads to problems and chemical applications!!!  The healthiest turf he has ever grown has been with Hendrikus Organics products with proper culture practices!!