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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Tree Pruning II (Bess Bronstein)

Online

This 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 well as mature tree pruning techniques (crown cleaning, crown thinning, crown raising, crown reduction). More formal systems including pollarding, espalier, and pleaching are also covered.…

Get Tickets $25.00 – $30.00

Japanese Garden Pruning

Zoom WA, United States

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 tamamono shearing. Please note that registration for online classes will end one hour prior to class start time. Recordings of online classes…

Get Tickets $25.00 – $30.00

Shrubs I: The Friendly, Fearless, and Forgiving (Christina Pfeiffer)

Zoom WA, United States

This 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, evergreen azalea, lilac, camellia, and yew. Please note that registration for online classes will end one hour prior to class start time. Recordings of online…

Get Tickets $25.00 – $30.00

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