We go to hair stylists to groom our hair with shaping and styling, and the same idea applies to trees and shrubbery that need pruning to enhance their size and shape. Plus, pruning and thinning improves the overall health and appearance of trees and shrubs. It has been our experience that you’ll get the best advice about when and how to prune from a local lawn and garden center, where they can tell you the most advantageous time to prune and thin specific trees and plants native to your area.
If you hire a landscape service to prune and groom a small tree and a couple of bushes, you can expect to pay $103 for the job. If you have a pair of pruning shears and loppers, you can do the job. Even figuring the cost of shears and loppers, which will run about $45, you’ll save 56 percent on the first pruning project. Then you will have the tools and the next job won’t cost you anything.
