PRUNING

An arborist can determine the type of pruning necessary to maintain or improve the health, appearance, and safety of trees. These techniques include:

• Eliminating branches that rub each other
• Removing limbs that interfere with wires, building facades, gutters, roofs, chimneys, windows, or anything that obstructs streets or sidewalks
• Removing diseased or insect-infested limbs
• Creating better structure to lessen wind resistance and reduce the potential for storm damage
• Training young trees
• Removing limbs damaged by adverse weather conditions removing branches, or thinning, to increase light penetration
• Improving the shape or silhouette of the tree