Pruning Principles and Practices


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Through classwork and hands-on practice, develop pruning tools and techniques to help shrubs, conifers, broadleaves, evergreens, and deciduous plants thrive. Explore how woody plant structure and physiology influence pruning. Learn how to create and maintain hedges and explore authentic pollarding techniques. Come dressed for fieldwork, and bring bypass pruners if you have them.
This course is also required for the Gardening Certificate.


Required Text
Gilman, Edward F.,
An Illustrated Guide to Pruning
Publisher: Albany, NY: Delmar
2012


Schedule: Every week on Sunday, starting on 10/19/25 and ending on 11/23/25
Times: 11:00am-02:00pm EDT
Instructor: Emma Turner Emma Turner
Location: NYBG, Watson Room 320
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number: 262HRT321B
Price Non-Member : $483.00
Member : $431.00
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Plant Science
By signing up for this course, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the necessary prerequisite(s).


Additional Sessions Available