All Classes & Events
Everyone Welcome | All Skill Levels | Bring Your Tools
In addition to formal classes, at least once a month the pruning club meets for a volunteer opportunity. At these events you will get the chance to work on material in the landscape and receive pointers and tips on pruning techniques from experienced pruners. Please be sure to contact the appropriate contact person for the event you plan to attend.
NOTE: All events are subject to change due to conditions having to do with the Coronavirus pandemic. Call the listed contact person prior to the event to sign up and find out the details and potential attendance limitations at that particular event. All activities will be subject to all the precautions required, such as masks and social distancing.

Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day)
Contact: Bill Castellon, 510-910-5935; billcastellon@aol.com



Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!

Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (Pruning Day)
Contact: Bill Castellon, 510-910-5935; billcastellon@aol.com
Japanese American Religious and Cultural Center, Concord – Pines
Contact: Lara Miranda, LMPruning@gmail.com

Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day)
Contact: Bill Castellon, 510-910-5935; billcastellon@aol.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!
Berkeley Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple Garden
Contact: Dina Blackwell, 510-469-6958, dinablackwell@gmail.com

Hakone Gardens, Saratoga
Contact: Jen Schuessler, 510-693-9627, dryadsdreaming@gmail.com
Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Alameda
Contact: Dina Blackwell: 510-469-6958, dinablackwell@gmail.com

Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day) (Copy)
Contact: Bill Castellon, 510-910-5935; billcastellon@aol.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!

Northbrae Community Church
Contact: Evelyn Borchert, 510-926-5421, artisticpruning@gmail.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!

Northern California Golden State Bonsai Collection Garden
Contact: Bill Castellon, 510-910-5935; billcastellon@aol.com

Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day)
Contact: Bill Castellon, 510-910-5935; billcastellon@aol.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!


Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day)
Contact: Dick Austin, 510-418-0968

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
Contact: Malcolm Scotchler, 510-289 5127, hortnick1@gmail.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!

Hakone Gardens, Saratoga
Contact: Jen Schuessler, 510-693-9627, dryadsdreaming@gmail.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!


Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day)
Contact: Dick Austin, 510-418-0968
Japanese American Religious and Cultural Center, Concord – Pines
Contact: Lara Miranda, LMPruning@gmail.com


Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!

Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Alameda
Contact: Dina Blackwell: 510-469-6958, dinablackwell@gmail.com


Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day)
Contact: Dick Austin, 510-418-0968
Berkeley Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple Garden
Contact: Dina Blackwell, 510-469-6958, dinablackwell@gmail.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Leslie Buck, 510-295-7006
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!

Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (Maintenance Day, rescheduled from previous Friday)
Contact: Dick Austin, 510-418-0968


Northern California Golden State Bonsai Collection Garden
Contact: Bill Castellon, 510-910-5935; billcastellon@aol.com

Breakfast Club (3rd Fridays)
Contact: Evelyn Borchert, artisticpruning@gmail.com | 510-926-5421
Connect with fellow pruners to talk shop and get to know each other!


Lake Merritt Japanese Garden (First Friday Maintenance Day)
Contact: Dick Austin, 510-418-0968

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
Contact: Malcolm Scotchler, 510-289 5127, hortnick1@gmail.com
Peralta TV
An overview of aesthetic pruning with some of our mentors at a Pruning Club event at the Japanese Garden at Lake Merritt. Filmed in 2009.
All Classes & Events
Here is a complete calendar of all upcoming aesthetic pruning classes and volunteer community events.