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Michael Alliger
Fine Pruning

Sebastopol
(707)829-3404

When I learned about Michael Alliger it was from a man with a Japanese Maple who described Michael’s first visit, how he contemplated the (small) tree from the yard, then went inside and studied it through the picture window, then came back outside and said, “Yes, I will trim your tree.”

Michael blends the detail of Bonsai with landscape pruning, bringing out the essence of the tree while containing it, allowing the plant to express itself while fitting it into the space provided.

He works with shrubs and small trees—ornamentals, crabapples, and of course Japanese Maples.  Twenty years ago he founded a school of pruning at Merritt College to pursue—and eventually cannonize—his specialty.

© Alex Mountjoy 2007