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

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Schedule:	Every week on Saturday, starting on 01/25/25 and ending on 03/08/25 (excluding 02/15/25)
Times:	01:00pm-04:00pm EST
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Saturday, January 25, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, February 1, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, February 8, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, February 22, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, March 1, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, March 8, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Saturday, January 25, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, February 1, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, February 8, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, February 22, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, March 1, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm Saturday, March 8, 2025 01:00pm 04:00pm
Instructor:	Emma Turner Emma Turner Emma Turner Emma B. Turner is a certified arborist, botanist, and horticulturist as well as an artist and writer from New Jersey. She received a BA in English from Tufts University, a Horticulture Diploma from the New York Botanical Garden's School of Professional Horticulture, and is currently working on her Master's in Natural Resources from University of Idaho. Previous to NYBG, Emma worked in all aspects of organic agriculture for six years, growing vegetables, cut flowers, and fruits. Her passion for land stewardship and ecological restoration has led her to working on projects with native plants, ecotypic seed collection and propagation, and forest regeneration. Currently, Emma is working as a consulting arborist in New York City.
Location:	NYBG, Watson Room 320 2900 Southern Blvd Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number:	253HRT321D
Price:	Price Non-Member : $450.00 Member : $405.00
Prerequisite(s):	Introduction to Plant Science

By signing up for this course, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the necessary prerequisite(s).

January 13, 2025 to March 3, 2025 | 10:00am-01:00pm | NYBG | Logan
February 18, 2025 to March 25, 2025 | 10:00am-01:00pm | NYBG | Logan