Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that requires a ...

Arborist Specializations Arborists can specialize their knowledge in areas like disease diagnosis and treatment, tree pruning, hazard assessment and tree climbing.

But those known as climbing arborists specialize in using ropes to access tree tops to prune, remove deadwood and examine the health of a tree.

My last articleintroduced the concept of structural pruning for young trees. The first two steps in the process of training a tree to a central leader and removing poorly attached branches were ...

For trees, this is called "pruning," and it's the process of selectively removing or trimming problematic or unhealthy branches to keep a tree healthy and growing.

Prune to allow light to reach the interior of the tree, since this encourages fruit production. Q: When you blast mealy bugs with water, what’s to keep them from climbing back onto the same bush?

Jason Gerrish, a Miami tree trimmer, will face up to 70 of the world's best climbers in the International Tree Climbing Championship this August.