At Menchhofer Tree Care, all tree care services are performed by a certified arborist, a specialist in the care of individual trees. The owner is also on EVERY job site.

Our main purpose in constructing this web site is to inform other tree care services as to the correct pruning techniques involved when properly trimming trees and for consumers to receive proper tree care. Perhaps as this site continues to expand with further information, topping trees will become an outdated practice, as will shaping and heading of our beautiful trees.

Education remains the key ingredient in arboriculture. Menchhofer Tree Care adheres to accepted modern pruning techniques. Hopefully both tree services and consumers will put an end to the needless hacking of one of our most valuable resources.

What do you need to know about tree pruning??

Tree pruning is both an art and a science. Trees are pruned to achieve a certain look or produce and effect in the landscape. Understanding and being able to predict the tree's growth and health response to pruning is the science side.

When done properly, pruning can improve a tree's healthy appearance, as well as increase the life expectancy of the tree.

When trees are pruned improperly, pruning can decrease the tree's life expectancy or even kill it. Trees are living organisms and can be profoundly affected by pruning practices. Menchhofer Tree Care adheres to accepted standard of practices when pruning trees.

The American National Standard for tree pruning, designated as ANSI 300, has been in existence since 1995. This pruning standard should be followed in all pruning situations and all geographical areas.