Creating and maintaining a Japanese Garden requires a high level of pruning skill and dedicated annual maintenance. This class covers the pruning of Japanese maples (upright and weeping), bamboo, cloud pruning pines, and shearing masses of lower story plants. Taught by Bess Bronstein.

This is part of the Pro-Hort lecture series, offered twice annually in partnership with the University of Washington Botanic Gardens, and is geared toward those who work in landscape maintenance. Each lecture provides information on tools and techniques for quality pruning with better long-term results and customer satisfaction. This series will run in-person in the summer of 2026 and virtually via Zoom in the winter of 2027.

Professional continuing education credits pending: APLD-2, CPH-2, ecoPRO-2, ISA-2, NALP/WALP-2, LACES-2 for each 2-hour lecture.