PlantAmnesty

PlantAmnesty’s mission is to end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs due to mal-pruning.

PlantAmnesty, established in 1987, is a 1000-member mock-militant nonprofit organization whose mission is to end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs caused by mal-pruning. 

To accomplish our mission we:

• Promote awareness and respect for plants.
• Encourage proper pruning techniques.
• Alert and educate the public.
• Improve landscape management practices.
• Volunteer in our communities.
• Provide a free referral/reference service.

We specialize in using the media to alert the public to crimes against nature being committed in their own back yards, specifically tree topping and the nuisance shearing of shrubs. Once we have the public’s attention, we supply all the solutions: a referral service of skilled gardeners and arborists, classes and workshops, and YouTube videos and how-to literature on selective pruning in English and in Spanish. And we host volunteer pruning events for needy and deserving trees and gardens, including the Arbor Day Tree Prune and Volunteer Yard Renovations.For our work on pruning reform we have won several awards including three Gold Leaf Awards from the International Society of Arboriculture, the Arbor Day Foundation’s Education Award, and Washington State’s Urban Forest Stewardship Award.