Each year PlantAmnesty expert instructors teach pruning techniques in our twelve-part Master Pruner Series. Topics include: artistic pruning, fruit trees, landscape renovation, Japanese garden pruning, ornamental vines, pruning roses, and species-specific tutorials. This series provides students with a solid base in the science and practice of selective pruning. Students are given access to a broad range of pruning information at each two-hour presentation.
Classes are open to master gardeners, landscapers, gardeners, horticulture students as well as the general public. Students may complete Master Pruner classes individually or work toward a Master Pruner certification by completing the entire series. Classes are currently being offered online only.
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Art or Atrocity?
Zoom WA, United StatesThis class covers the three main forms of mal-pruning: tree topping, inappropriate shearing of trees and shrubs, and over thinning. We compare and contrast mal-pruning with bona fide examples of…
Fruit Tree Pruning (Ingela Wanerstrand)
Zoom WA, United StatesLearn the basics of fruit tree pruning and why your pruning strategies might be different when you prune for production. This class will cover apple, cherry, plum and pear trees. …
Rose Pruning (Keith Dekker)
Zoom WA, United StatesLearn the basics of rose care and pruning and how to approach the different types of roses, including hybrid tea, shrub, and climbing roses. Please note that registration for classes…
Tree Pruning II (Bess Bronstein)
OnlineThis class will show you how, what and when to apply a specific pruning system. This class will cover the natural pruning system, including structural pruning of young trees, as…
Tree Pruning I (Bess Bronstein)
OnlinePruning trees makes sense when you understand the science behind it. You will be introduced to the basics of tree biology and structure, tree responses to the basic types of…
Japanese Garden Pruning
Zoom WA, United StatesCreating 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…
Shrubs I: The Friendly, Fearless, and Forgiving (Christina Pfeiffer)
Zoom WA, United StatesThis class covers basic cuts, basic plant habits and what Cass Turnbull called the “pruning budget." We will provide examples of five plants that are relatively easy to prune: nandina,…
