Tree pruning is critical to sustaining your tree’s health, stimulating growth, and retaining its natural appearance, but do-it-yourselfers can often end up trimming incorrectly, causing serious damage to your beloved green asset. We refer to pruning as the removal of dead, diseased, or structurally compromised branches. Pruning can also help prevent a major safety risk posed by trees that are overgrown, misshapen, or weighed down by dead branches.