ISA has developed a series of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the purpose of interpreting tree care standards and providing guidelines of practice for arborists, tree workers, and the people who employ their services.
This BMP, updated in 2019, provides reasons why pruning should be undertaken, explains pruning types, provides background on pruning cuts, reviews sample pruning specifications, and comments on the timing and necessity of these operations.
It also serves as a companion publication for the ANSI A300 Tree Care Standards.
Topics in this BMP include:
- Pruning Systems
- Pruning Objectives
- Pruning Cuts
- Pruning Practices
- Poor Pruning Practices
- Pruning Conifers, Palms, and Bamboo
- Pruning Specifications
- Glossary
*Replaces 2nd edition (2008)
Available in Digital format.
Also available in Spanish.
This BMP has a corresponding CEU Opportunity!
Available through ISA’s Quebec chapter in French.
Also sold as part of the BMP Top Seller Bundle and BMP Urban Forestry Bundle.