Pruning
For safety, clearance, structure or light, when it is time to take major limbs off a tree, it should be done by people who know what the tree can recover from.
Pruning is the removal of whole limbs — to clear a roof or a drive, to take out dead or damaged wood, to open a crown that has grown too dense, or to correct the structure of a young tree so it never needs rescue work later. Done well it is almost invisible; done badly it shows for the rest of the tree’s life.
We make every cut at the branch collar so the tree can close the wound, we never top a tree, and we do not take more than the tree can afford in one season. Deciduous trees are best pruned when they are dormant; fruit trees in late winter; spring-flowering trees right after they bloom.
If you are not sure whether a tree needs pruning or trimming, book an inspection and an arborist will walk it with you.