Tree trimming and pruning is an important part of keeping your trees healthy and growing. It’s important to follow the appropriate guidelines and techniques for proper pruning and trimming of trees and shrubs. Below are some of the guidelines we follow. 

• Removing branches that interfere with electrical wires, building facades, gutters, chimneys, windows, or ones that block streets or walkways. Eliminating the risk of potential damage to any structure.
• Remove branches that are diseased or decaying. These branches can lead to further decay or insect infestation if not trimmed properly.
•  Dead Wooding is a process that removes limbs and branches that are hazardous, dead and weak in order to increases the vitality and over health of your trees and shrubs. 
• Improve the overall structure and minimize the potential for storm damage by allowing the proper air flow and lessening the effects of strong winds.
• Trimming and thinning unwanted branches to allow more sunlight into your yard and garden.
• Corrective pruning is a process of eliminating unhealthy or unwanted branches and giving the trees a polished and revitalized look.

The Best Time to Prune Trees

The best time for tree pruning is the during late fall and early spring. Dormant pruning in late fall and winter months is ideal when trying to manage disease and promote growth. Pruning is the art of selectively removing branches to promote health and proper growth of trees.  Here are the different pruning techniques used and the potential benefits of each.

• Density Reduction Technique – removes limbs to all the way back to the main branch. This method is used to open the canopy and allow for more sunlight to come through.
• General Maintenance – is a method of maintaining the health of the trees by following the simple guidelines listed above, including the elimination of dead, diseased, and damaged limbs.
• Size management – helps to reduce a tree’s height and/or width. This entails pruning branches to reduce the heigh and wide spread of trees.