Welcome to Pruning & Plant Health Care

This course will teach you how to prune with purpose—protecting plant health, shaping growth, and elevating the look and safety of every property. You’ll build confident, repeatable techniques that deliver clean cuts, faster healing, and professional results season after season.

You’ll learn how to:

• Understand plant growth and choose the right cut for the right response
• Time pruning by species and bloom cycle to protect next year’s flowers
• Use PPE and jobsite best practices to work safely and efficiently
• Operate hedge trimmers, extension trimmers, pole saws, and hand tools the right way
• Hand-prune for natural form and shear-prune for uniform hedges without stressing plants
• Rejuvenate overgrown shrubs with renewal pruning over multiple seasons
• Prune trees with the three-cut method, shape canopies, and maintain safe clearances
• Identify when utility hazards require stopping work and calling professionals
• Perform specialty and seasonal pruning (hydrangeas, crape myrtles, perennials, ornamental grasses) with species-specific timing and technique

By the end of this course, you’ll prune decisively and safely—guiding plant health, improving structure, and delivering the crisp, intentional finishes clients notice immediately.

Let’s get started. Your precision begins here.