I saw a group of trees that have been topped at the Garden, but I thought that topping trees was bad for them. — Angela Groskopf, Park Ridge You may be referring to the group of sycamore trees planted ...

Pollarding is a type of severe pruning that results in a dense growth of branches at the pruning site instead of its naturally shaped crown. Last fall, I decided to pollard a catalpa tree to re-create ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pollarded willow tree - Thierry Hebbelinck/Getty Images Trees undoubtedly go through a number of changes, some of which are ...