Pollard tree pruning is a method of trimming trees to control their size and shape. The technique is generally used on trees planted in an area where they cannot be allowed to grow to their full size.

Newly-planted trees dedicated at Chesterfield Township’s Pollard Park Project funded by $25,000 grant Officials dedicated 20 newly planted trees at Pollard Park in Chesterfield Township on Aug. 7.

Deciduous, fast-growing trees that do not mind being cut, repeatedly are ideal candidates for pollarding. You can start creating a pollarded tree right now.

Pollarding is useful for lending a formal appearance to a tree, and for controlling the size of an otherwise large-growing tree.

On a recent trip to southern France I was fascinated by what some people might term "tree abuse." The French love to turn certain trees into sculpted forms by removing all new growth each year -- or ...