Media Reviews
[This] has to be the definitive guide and a must-have book for all enthusiastic gardeners and professional horticulturists.
David Burns Kew Magazine 25/04/2004
Quite simply, the book on pruning.
John E. Bryan Gardening Newsletter 24/04/2004
This thoughtful and timely revision ensures that a new generation of tree and shrub enthusiasts will trust and respect "George's book" as the essential pruning guide.
Andi Clevely RHS The Garden 12/10/2009
For the definitive answer on how, when and what to prune.
Daily Mirror 13/03/2004
First published in 1972 and now thoroughly revised and substantially expanded, this classic work continues to be trusted and respected as an essential guide to pruning, incorporating major advances in the science of arboriculture.
Best of British 09/03/2004
Good pruning is known both as an art and a science, and this book helps the gardener accomplish both.
Joanne S. Carpender National Gardener 05/03/2004
This new edition has been spruced up with color photographs, and it contains a good bit of current advice on the science of aboriculture. [It is] a fascinating and informative survey of the symbiotic relationship between the plants nature has but on the earth and the methods humans have developed to enhance and maintain many of these plants.
Jean S. Wexler Vineyard Gazette 26/03/2004
George E. Brown's classic 1972 work has been extensively revised and updated by Kew expert Tony Kirkham, who describes fundamental changes in approach, such as "target" pruning, withholding wound sealant and pruning in ways that combat pests and diseases.
Peter Surridge Journal (Newcastle) 09/06/2004
The authors explain the basic principles of pruning and offer insights into why we cut trees and how to care for them, and handle specific situations such as lightning strikes, wind, cavitites and wounds, crown reduction, training and other general pruning topics.
Joel M. Lerner Washington Post 24/04/2004
Like any good textbook, Kirkham’s revision of Brown’s 1972 text on pruning is one the student will keep and refer to repeatedly as an easy to use reference.
Linda J. Brewer College of Agricultural Science 16/12/2004
Thanks to the meticulous work and effort made by the author originally and in the last revision, useful information, particularly regarding each species, can be found in this book.
Francesco Ferrini Advances in Horticultural Science 03/03/2004
Kirkham's revision is one the student will keep and refer to repeatedly as an easy to use reference. Well organized and lavishly illustrated.
Linda J. Brewer National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal 06/03/2005
