Tree Pruning

Tree pruning is the most common treatment for trees. It is often done for reasons that benefit people. You may be mowing a lawn and find yourself having to duck under some low hanging branches. The wind may be causing branches of a tree to rub against your window. You may be unable to see past a shrub planted just outside of your living room window. All of these are reasons that people often prune trees and shrubs.

 Professional tree pruning begins with an understanding of tree biology. How much, when, and why should all be considered when pruning a tree.

 

Crown Cleaning

Crown cleaning is the removal of dead, damaged, and diseased branches from the living canopy of a tree. It is the most common tree pruning we perform.

 

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Crown Raising

Crown raising is the removal of the lowest branches of a tree to create more space for people and vehicles, to improve views under a tree, and to enhance light penetration.

 

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Crown Thinning

Crown thinning involves pruning live branches from the canopy of a tree. This type of tree pruning might be done to improve airflow to the interior of a tree, to increase the amount of light penetrating the outer branches, or as part of a restoration project on a malpruned tree.

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Crown Reduction

Crown reduction is the process of reducing the overall dimensions of a tree. It is most often prescribed to reduce risk of trunk failure as part of a long term tree pruning maintenance program. It is frequently performed in a very destructive manner in order to create an unnatural shape to a tree, or to “top” a tree for view issues.

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View Pruning

View pruning is the combination of any or all of the different methods of tree pruning in order to enhance or create a view through a tree, or to incorporate a tree in to a vista in an unobtrusive way.

 

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Restoration Pruning

Restoration pruning is the process, carried out over a prescribed period of time, of restoring a damaged tree to a natural and strong structure. We often are pruning trees that have been previously topped in this manner. This type of tree pruning takes both skill and art to know how much at any one time to prune.

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Structural Pruning

Structural pruning is the training of tree growth to a strong, desirable structure. Undertaken early and judiciously, a young tree can be helped to develop into a mature tree that requires little if no maintenance.

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