Events

Friday, March 21 • 9:30 am – 12:00 pm  
with Vince Marrocco,  Gayle E. Maloney Director of Horticulture, Morris Arboretum & Gardens  

Members: $35 • Non-members: $40

Learn to skillfully prune shrubs and small trees to achieve a natural shape and abundant flowering with Vince Marrocco, Gayle E. Maloney Director of Horticulture at Morris Arboretum & Gardens. After an indoor lecture, you will have the opportunity to see demonstrations designed to help you master pruning concepts and gain confidence. Formative pruning for young trees and proper pruning techniques for larger, older trees will be covered, as well as naturalistic techniques for creating attractive hedges and methods for reducing the size of overgrown shrubbery. Please bring hand pruners and a small pruning saw to the class.  

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