This is an award issued through the Landscape Horticulture Department.  (This is not a formal certificate given by Merritt College or the Peralta Community College District.)  However, anyone achieving the Aesthetic Pruning Award has achieved a high level of knowledge and proficiency in pruning and related subjects. 

Your completed classes must be reviewed by the Landscape Horticulture staff or by the Pruning Club  Educational Committee, showing proof (e.g. your class notes for the fee classes, receipts for payment of these classes) and a transcript of the Peralta classes taken, with a grade of C or better.  You must also be able to document your experience.  Please call (510) 436-2418 for further information.

AND THE FOLLOWING AESTHETIC PRUNING FEE CLASSES:

LH 800          Introduction to Aesthetic Pruning     
LH 801          The Art of Pruning Deciduous Trees & Shrubs
LH 803          Finding the Essence of a Tree        
LH 804          Pruning Flowering Trees & Shrubs
LH 810          Pruning Maples        
LH 811A        Pruning Pines _
LH 812          The Art of the Focal Point Tree       
LH 815          Pruning for the Big Picture   
LH 816          Pruning Container Trees & Shrubs
LH 817          Pruning Japanese Gardens
LH 818          Pruning Conifers       
LH 819          Tree and Shrub Reduction and Correction
LH 823          Aesthetic Pruning As A Career      
LH 839A        Introduction to Bonsai          

AND 100 HOURS OF DOCUMENTED PRUNING EXPERIENCE SUBJECT
            TO REVIEW BY A DESIGNATED PRUNING INSTRUCTOR