Aesthetic Pruner, ISA Certified Arborist
and Permaculture Designer

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Work area: Primarily the East Bay, but open to national and international gardens/landscapes.

Interest area: Ananda balances the practical with the artistic within your landscape. Her Aesthetic Pruning reveals and compliments all of your edible, native and ornamental garden specimens. She also provides consulting and coaching, ecological planting and design services, with an emphasis on connecting people with nature while restoring our relationship with a changing environment. Ananda integrates a scientific background in Conservation Biology and Ecology with applied horticultural and Permaculture Design experience.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
DBA: Bill Castellon Landscapes

(510) 569-8003 | Email

Interest area: Japanese aesthetics in garden design, construction and maintenance. Specializing in stone placement, pruning and bonsai. Aesthetic pruning and stone placement instructor at Merritt College. Lectures and workshops on related topics. Gold Medals, 2000 San Francisco Garden Show and seen on HGTV.

(916) 396-8571 | Email | Website

Work area: Sacramento but will travel to Northern and Central California and the Foothills.

Interest area: Japanese Aesthetic Style Pruning of ornamental trees, plants and shrubs. Creating focal point trees and bringing out the essence of the tree or plant while maintaining its natural look and showing the structure of the tree. Specializing in Japanese Maples, Black Pines and Japanese style gardens.

I also prune other trees and plants such as Crepe Myrtle, Dogwood, Redbud, Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar, Flowering Cherry, Mugo Pine, Camellia, Azalea, Gardenia, Boxwood, Bottlebrush, Rhododendron, along with container trees and plants.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

(510) 428-4964 | Email

Work area: Bay Area, especially the East Bay.

Interest area: Combining art and science in the care of your trees. I work with trees to develop and enhance their natural beauty in a way that suits your individual style and elevates the look of your entire garden. My current focus is on developing the high art of pruning. I can prune a single tree or be the pruner and aesthetic eye for your entire garden. Over ten years experience. Private and public speaking and hands on pruning instruction available. Specialties: Japanese Gardens, Japanese maples, conifers, deciduous trees, focal point pruning, and fruit trees. Bonsai and container trees too. Vice President Aesthetic Pruner’s Association.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
ISA Certified Arborist #WE7743A
DBA: Mr. Prune Tree Service

(415) 786-5725 | Email

Work area: wide range, including San Francisco, Marin, Peninsula, East Bay, as well as Mendocino County (Booneville), Butte County (Chico/Oroville areas), Southern Oregon (Rogue Valley). Open to national and international opportunities.

Interest area: Aesthetic and functional pruning of ornamental, exotic, fruit and native trees and shrubs to fifteen feet. Japanese Maples and Black Pines. Specializing in rehabilitation of damaged/neglected trees. Tree health consultation. Planting, early training and pruning instruction/consultation. Orchard background. Experienced Public Speaker for presentations in Tree biology, Arboricluture, Aesthetic pruning principles and practices and related topics at garden clubs, nurseries, schools, expos, etc. Aesthetic Pruning instructor at Merritt College in Oakland, CA, Spanish fluent.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

(805) 610-8044 | Fax: (805) 434-1763 | Email

Work area: San Luis Obispo County, Monterey County, and Santa Barbara County.

Interest area: Pruning specimen evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, Japanese maples, pines and conifers.

ISA Certified Arborist #WE8655A

(408) 623-0272 | Email

Work area: Ontario County, Upstate New York. Open to travel.

Interest area: Aesthetic pruning of trees and shrubs twelve feet or less. Available to teach pruning classes and coach home owners. Aesthetic Pruning Award recipient.

(415) 665-2155

Work area: San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo counties and willing to travel.

Interest area: Aesthetic pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs. Specializing in Japanese maples, pines and conifers. Working in the field over twenty years.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

(925) 382-3516 | Email

Work area: Primarily east of the Caldecott Tunnel; Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, Walnut Creek, Moraga, Lafayette. Flexible depending on job scope.

Interest area: Aesthetic, natural style pruning for plants/Trees fifteen feet and lower. Training: Certification from Merritt College Landscape, Horticulture and Design programs. Completion of Merritt College Aesthetic Pruning training program including course work and monthly pruning clinics.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
President, Merritt College Pruning Club

(510) 926-5421 | Email | Website

Work Area: SF East Bay, from Oakland to Richmond. Will travel for special projects.

Interest area: Aesthetic pruning of small trees and shrubs up to 15’ tall. I especially love working with conifers, Japanese maples, CA natives/Mediterranean climate plants, and fruit trees of all kinds. Specialties include training young trees for structure, the development of unique forms such as espalier, and fruit tree grafting.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

(619) 286-8602 | Fax: (619) 286-8919 | Email

Work area: San Diego, willing to travel to lead demos and workshops.

Interest area: Bonsai pruning, wiring and design. Specialty: GRAFTING --15 years grafting Kishu Shimpaku to San Jose Junipers or Prostrata Junipers; also Cork Bark Pine, Mikawa, Banshoho & Kotobuki Black Pines onto Japanese Black Pine stock. Willing to travel throughout country to do demos or workshops. Aesthetic pruning landscape Japanese black pines (in San Diego area).

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
ISA Certified Arborist #WE7063A
DBA: Poetree Landscapes and Arboriculture

(415) 335-3603 | Email | Website

Work area: San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and parts of the Peninsula.

Interest area: Fine pruning of smaller trees up to 25’ and shrubs including focal point, crown restoration and bringing out the essence of the plant. Preservation reports, tree assessment and horticulture consulting.

FNGLA - FCHP - Florida Certified Horticulture Professional
Certificate in Horticulture - Merritt College

(727) 710-0845 | Email

Work area: Florida - Tampa/St Pete area and greater Sarasota area.

Interest area: Originally from Australia, trained and mentored in the Bay Area by Master Pruner Dennis Makishima. Passionate about enhancing specimen trees and shrubs for aesthetically pleasing results. Kerry especially loves to do reconstructive work both on trees/shrubs, and entire gardens that are not shining at their full potential. Worked as Curator/ Principal Gardener & Aesthetic Pruner at the Harland Hand Gardens in El Cerrito, Berkeley, and San Francisco. Intern at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Co-taught basic pruning techniques at Lotusland in Santa Barbara, CA. Currently based in St Petersburg, Florida and pursuing a Bachelors in Fine Arts.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
DBA: L Huls Designs

(510) 393-9581 | Email

Work area: San Leandro and/or East Bay.

Interest area: Landscape design, construction and maintenance. Specializing in traditional stonework (patio, walkways, walls) and custom outdoor woodwork (gates, arbors, fences) as well as water-wise irrigation, lighting and aesthetic pruning. Instructor: Using Stone in the Garden at Merritt; Assistant instructor in pruning at Merritt; Bronze medal, San Francisco Flower and Garden show, 2005. CA Lic.# 912740. Quality Water-efficient Landscaper: EPA. Bay Friendly Qualified Designer.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

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Work area: Berkeley

Interest area: Leslie is the author of the New York Times reviewed Japanese garden memoir, Cutting Back - My Apprenticeship in the Gardens of Kyoto, by Timber Press, about a California gardener who studies pruning and more with traditional garden craftsmen of Kyoto in private homes, monasteries and an emperor’s villa. Happy to consider new pruning accounts in BERKELEY ONLY for natural pruning of individual trees or developing atmosphere and beauty in your whole garden. For the rest of the SF Bay Area, she does garden consultation (advice on tree selection or atmosphere development), teaches pruning and lectures about her memoir - see website for details.

(510) 847-2577 | Email | Website

Work area: Bay Area, especially the East Bay

Interest area: Gentle sculptor of trees and shrubs retaining natural form and beauty. Pruning for sustained health, well being and future. Landscape design, installation and cultivation. Garden staging including container plants. Work with contractors and clients on importance of early, ongoing pruning of established trees and shrubs, after installation, to maximize health, form, beauty and longevity of plants. Bay Friendly Landscape Maintenance Certified and a Green Certified Business.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

(630) 346-9523 | Email

Work area: East Bay

Interest area: Pruning trees and shrubs up to 15 feet, specifically, California native trees and shrubs; Mediterranean trees and shrubs; Japanese maples; camellias; fruit trees; and conifers.

DBA: Momiji Nursery

(707) 528-2917 | Website

Interest area: Our ONLY focus is Japanese maples, our lifetime labor of love. We seed, grow, propagate and prune. One, two, five, seven, fifteen, twenty & twenty four inch boxes. Come see us at 2765 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407.

(510) 227-9560 | Email

Work area: Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

Interest area: Professionally trained in Aesthetic Pruning at Merritt College. Recipient of the Aesthetic Pruning Award and a Landscape Horticulture Certificate. Formally educated as a painter with an eye toward balanced form and composition: Master of Fine Arts degree. Will work on all woody plant material under fifteen feet including maples, camellias, CA natives, and fruit trees. Especially drawn to giving new structure to overgrown trees. Continuity preferred. Happy to perform some garden maintenance.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner #30
ISA Certified Arborist #6700A

(510) 843-1901 | Email

Interest area: Aesthetic pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs. Specializing in Japanese maples, black pines and wisteria; Japanese garden pruning; container trees and bonsai. Pruning consultations, instruction and lectures/ demonstrations.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner #007
CA Landscape Contractor License #712862 DBA: Garden Form & Composition

(510) 658-4941 | Email

Work area: San Francisco Bay Area

Interest area: Specializing in the intersection of arboriculture and landscape design by pruning plants and arranging landscape features to work together. Shaping earth, water, stone and plants individually, and in a larger scheme. Collaborative communication by sketch drawings. Inspirations range from natural landscapes to cultural ones. Instructor. Leader of numerous projects in public gardens, including in Japan. Experienced (since 1981), well trained (6 certificates, diverse employment history) and well equipped.

Specialties: The intersection of pruning and garden design. Trees up to 25 ft (three stories tall). Access by tree climbing, tall ladders and 21' pole tools. Arboricultural science. Plant health care. Interdisciplinary knowledge of landscape design, construction and curation.

Other Certifications: Merritt College Certificates in Aesthetic Pruning, Advanced Landscape Design & Construction, Advanced Parks & Gardens Maintenance; University of California Santa Cruz Certificate in Biological Horticulture.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

(916) 541-3222 | Email

Work area: Sacramento, Central Valley, Bay Area, California. Will travel anywhere.

Interest area: Japanese aesthetic pruning of small trees, plants and shrubs. Bonsai style pruning, specializing in Japanese black pine, maples and Japanese gardens. Experienced in bonsai.

APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist #402
ISA Certified Arborist #WE2257A
WC/ISA Certified Tree Worker #623
DBA: Natural Designs

(650) 573-8733 | Fax: (650) 345-7890

Interest area: High definition tree pruning. Will work with aesthetic pruners to accent focal point trees. Consulting arborist for tree diagnosis, appraisal and management. Presentations or opportunities outside of California are welcomed. Also staff arborist at Ralph Osterling Consultants, Inc.