DENNIS MAKISHIMA

* Created Merritt College's aesthetic pruning program
* Merritt College Adjunct Faculty
* Earned a Merritt College Horticulture Certificate
For more info on Dennis Makishima, go here:  http://www.wayofmaple.com/dennis_makashima.html

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PETE CHURGEL​

* APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
* ISA Certified Arborist​
* Merritt College Adjunct Faculty
* Earned a Merritt College Aesthetic Pruning Award​

Instructor for: 
* LH803 Finding the Essence of a Tree (Spring)
* LH810 Pruning Maples (Spring)
* LH881 Art of the Wisteria (Spring)
* LH812 The Art of the Focal Point Tree (Fall)
​* LH815 Pruning for the Big Picture  (Fall)

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CHRIS INGRAM

​​* APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
* ISA Certified Arborist

Instructor for: 
​* LH800 Introduction to Aesthetic Pruning (Spring)
* LH801 Pruning Deciduous Trees & Shrubs (Spring)
* LH819 The Art of Tree & Shrub Reduction  (Fall)
* LH823 Aesthetic Pruning as a Career  (Fall)

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YUKI NARA

​*​ APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

Instructor for:
* LH891A Art of the Laceleaf Maple (Spring)

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BILL CASTELLON

​* APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
* Landscape contractor ​ 

Instructor for:
* LH811A Pruning Pines (Spring)
* LH839 Introduction to Bonsai (Spring)
​* LH817 Pruning Japanese Gardens (Fall)
* LH816 Pruning Container Trees & Shrubs (Fall)
* LH805 Rock Placement (Fall)

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JOCELYN COHEN

* APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner
* Certified Arborist​
* Merritt College Adjunct Faculty

Instructor for:
​​* LH804 Pruning Flowering Trees
& Shrubs (Spring)
* LH831 Pruning CA Native Trees & Shrubs (Spring)

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GRANT FOERSTER

* APA Certified Aesthetic Pruner

Instructor for:
* ​LH818 Pruning Conifers (Fall)

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NANCY BROWN

* M.A. in Fine Arts
​* Earned a Merritt College Aesthetic Pruning Award

Instructor for:
* LH848 Pruning Deciduous Fruit Trees (Spring)

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