RootMaker founder Wayne Hinton met Dr. Carl E. Whitcomb many years ago while operating a nursery in Tennessee. Dr. Whitcomb is a world-renowned horticulturist and ornamental plant breeder who invented the RootMaker System in 1983.

The two formed a partnership, and in 2000, this led to the creation of the RootMaker company in Huntsville, Alabama, to sell and market the RootMaker® Root Branching System.

Today, the RootMaker product line includes more than 70 products used by growers around the world. Many of these growers are part of the RootMaker® Certified Growers program, which certifies plants grown at commercial nurseries and tree farms using the RootMaker® Root Branching System.