This man turned an over grown tree into a beautiful work of art. When this tree matures more with its new structure it’s going to be stunningly beautiful.

I planted a Japanese maple in my parent’s back garden after my daughter was born. I looked after it for 25 years, it was breathtakingly beautiful. When they sold that house I cried because I had to leave my tree behind. I hope the new owners love it as much as I do.

I know many people prefer the bushy shape but I love seeing the branches exposed. They just seem so graceful to me. You did a fine job.

Wow! Wow! Wow! I am a bonsai artist and we have two untrimmed Japanese maple of the same specie in front of our house. You, sir, just gave me the motivation to follow your lead. thanks much.

It is hard to believe that such a beautiful tree was hiding underneath all of those branches and leaves! It is stunning now! Like a work of art! ☺️

My uncle had a beautiful Japanese Maple in his yard. It was a treasure. I lived next to him for 21 years. It was always so well cared for.

Such a beautiful tree. So light and airy looking after it has been pruned. Well done!

Knowing nothing about tree shaping, i am amazed at how beautiful this was when you finished. Thank you!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Gorgeous! It was happy, but now it has been pampered with tender knowledge and care. .. this tree is glowing with love! ❤

I love the "negative" space. Beautiful. ❤

I had to refresh my memory…I have 3 of these maples just like yours and 2 lime green ones with the same structure. In the fall they have unbelievable vibrant colors that I really wish lasted longer. They were already here when I purchased my home so I am not sure of the varieties. The previous owners left us a lot of transformation pictures of the property which I thought was pretty neat. The ones in the front yard were put in the early 70’s and they added through the back in the 80’s along with other types of maples, pines rhododendrons, Azaleas, Hydrangeas, roses fruit, nut trees…been here going on 8 years and still trying to figure out the plants and care needs. Extremely beautiful but also high maintenance…never ending. My first 2 years I just weeded, treated and fertilized so I could see what was coming up each season. I had a arborist come out and he was awe struck by the beauty. I had him come 3 different times and he taught me quite a bit. Very knowledgeable.

I loved watching an expert do what he loves. Thankyou for teaching me today.

Love these type of videos where people share useful knowledge

I rather like it how it was. When I was a child that would have been a wonderful “secret” place inside those enclosing branches

That is an incredible transformation. Thanks for sharing!

The beauty of the tree really shies through now. Great work!

I pruned a Japanese maple that was burned a bit from a house burning. We rebuilt the house all winter. In the spring the tree had new growth and was still healthy. I took a sawsall and oscillating tool to it and tried to follow some rules I learned from bonsai. The owner was thrilled with how it looked. I took off the dead stuff, the crossing branches and the ones facing in, and gave it a nice shape. Even my boss was impressed.

Oh my goodness Amazing work you did on the tree, Congratulations 👏👏. Blessings to you and your family stay safe and well 🌳🥰😊

Wow! Thats amazing!😍🌳

That was amazing. Thanks for all the tips and suggestions. I have 5 Japanese maples on my property and now understand what I need to do!

These are exactly the questions I didn’t know to ask! Thank you so much for these videos. Y’all do beautiful work!❤❤❤

Absolutely stunning transformation! Love, love it!

Nice to see this. I have a 25 foot wide, very old Japanese Maple. It looked just like this, completely overgrown. The tree had never been pruned. It looked beautiful when I was finished. An arborist friend came over and scolded me. He said the tree produces the leaves and growth it needs.

Bonsai is my favorite! A large example like this one gives many years of healthy, perfect beauty to look forward to.

I would have never thought to prune my Crimson Queens or Red Dragons this way great video thank you

I also planted a Japanese Maple. 🍁 26 years ago when my daughter was born. It is about the size of the tree you just pruned. I will use your video as a guide for pruning my tree. Wish me luck. !!!

That maple was absolutely HUGE😮, I love the layering

love seeing the care and trunk exposure!... beautiful

My first time seeing your work. The transformation is splendid.

Enjoying watching and learning

I love seeing the inner part of the tree and the beautifully shaped branches

Absolutely beautiful work. ❤️ An artist hands❤️

Thank you very much! I need to learn the basics of this, as I have 2 Japanese Maples, both overgrown. Turned out beautifully!

It is beautiful. It looks like the tree got taller 😊

I live in south Florida, need I say more? Your work is incredible! Thank you for sharing! ❤

Beautiful how you opened up the canopy so the dark branches are visible. Very nice shape

😊 it looks so light and airy. Beautiful job.

A labor of love. I love all angles art. ahhhhhhhh.

This is breathtakingly beautiful. I have just planted one that is a foot tall. Hopefully one day mine will look like this x

Gorgeous, and love how you pull over to fill spaces. I would do that with my arborvitae’s so glad to see that’s a thing.

Amazing transformation. Great work.

It's really wonderful to see a tree like this pruned into a work of art.

The both of you do beautiful work. I loved the video.

Sigh ... I miss maples! So beautiful to see its beautiful bones (branches) !

This was truly a magical transformation! What a beautiful job!! Thanks for sharing!

WOW! What an informative, wonderful lesson on how to prune a tree this large. I have done ok in the past pruning the 4 Maple trees we have, and thinning them out a bit was always something I did. I wasn't sure if it was right or wrong really, but seeing that you have done the same with this large of a GORGEOUS tree, made my heart happy. I love the overall effect you have achieved! So beautifully done. Thank you so much for sharing this video with 💛🖤💛us. Blessings to you and yours from the great Pacific Northwest, Lakewood Washington!

The expert who planted the tree and lovingly balanced the branches into this perfect symmetry certainly gave us all a treat. Now that you’ve exposed her beauty, there will be many haiku’s summoned in the future to come. Thanks for the eye candy!

This is so helpful! We have lived in our home for 16 years and have watched our Japanese maple exceed the size of my car! It’s planted too close to the driveway, so I’ve carefully trimmed the thicker branches that hang over so they don’t scratch our vehicles, but it’s still so big that we named it Cousin It! Your video gives me hope that we can improve the shape and density and show off the gorgeous structure while still keeping it manageable!

Tree turned out beautiful

I have two trees just this one, and I was clueless when it came to trimming. Your advice has given me a very good idea of what to do!

I have a little tree like this and it's really overgrown with all the branches constantly growing down all the way to the ground. I'm so happy to see your video! I've tried to prune it before but I was worried that I would damage it. I really love what you did with the tree and I can't wait to try it on mine. ☺

Lovely job. Would love to see it in a couple of years.

Beautiful work and tree. Thanks!

I've been doing the same thing for my cousins japanese maple. Only pruned it twice so far but it's looking much better than it was all over grown with some dead branches. In a year or 2 it should be in tip top shape. Very nice pruning in this video

How I wish I had that tree, so beautiful.

Inspiring. I have a maple that has never been pruned in 15 years and it is a lovely umbrella. But I plan on peeking inside at the trunk. I believe I'm going to follow your lead to open it up---just for fun. It'll be a great experiment for me. Thank you. Love Japanese maples.

I didn't know how beautiful the structure could be. I see big bushy maples and I didn't care for that look, but now I know. Thank you for the video teaching us. New subscriber and I look forward to more video. I have 3 maples and i hope to learn how to maintain them.

Thanks! I have a gardening business and I learned a great deal watching this. Fantastic! 😊

Beautiful results - thank you for showing us how to do it!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you for your talent and work. I have a young tree also so, I will use your technique.

Beautiful. The saying "less is more" certainly applies here.

What a beautiful job! Congratulations

watching you work is cathartic thank you

There is a maple in my garden. Planted by previous owners. I need to shape it. Thank you for showing this process.

As always… beautiful work on the tree! I run into a lot of heavily overgrown JM’s hiding beautiful structures underneath the canopy. I always wish the owners would give me a few hours to bring out the trees hidden beauty.

I love to see the branches it looks like art

I’m so glad I found you. I have one in my front yard. I’ve tried to do a bit of grooming. But it was so neglected before I moved in.

Fascinating!

amazing niwaki bonsai, splendid

Canapy style is the best. Just beautiful.

Great pruning job sir!!

Fantastic work! Thank you for sharing your experience 🙏

Great job! Looks wonderful! ❤

I have 2 trees this size and I have pushed off working on them because they are so large and I wasn’t sure how they should look when done. This is a big step up from working on a tree 12” tall. Thanks for showing me what I need to do!

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING - you are a true artist! 🥰

I loved watching you improve an already beautiful tree! When you showed what to cut, it opened up the negative space wonderfully? Thank you!

Thank you for sharing all that good information 🌷

That is a beautiful tree❣️

💜💜💜 WOW! This is amazing!

I have one about 3/4 the size and it SO needs trimming. I'll be watching this with great interest.

The red Lace Leaf Maple is my favorite, so graceful with crimson leaves. In the Pacific NW the tree you have trimmed would cost about $50K to $60K to buy. I love what you did to that tree and it will be remarkable when the new foliage grows showing off its beauty even more.

Simply GORGEOUS!❤❤❤❤

Love your video! Beautiful tree💚

I love what you did. The tree looks gorgeous! Great job!

I watched the first 5 seconds of you popping out of the tree and instantly subscribed lol

Awesome video, very well explained.

Beautiful tree, both before and After. pruning. I have seven Japanese maples, but none of them are that big as they are in pots, I have no room to plant them all out.

WOW! I have learned so much!

Like with my Asthma - before trimming is like attack , I can’t breathe & after trimming, I can breathe. FREEDOM.

Outstanding work

That Queen looks amazing!

Thanks for sharing that. I learn learned alot,going to practice on my backward 🎉

Beautiful transformation

That is stunning!

Wow! Huge change!

Masterful work

There were three shrubs in a hedge at front door. The yew still there, nearest to porch but now a tall screen and much shallower. The center winterberry is gone, 'though still trying with suckers. The messy corner red cedar was evergreen on top, but years of sides being vertically pruned left a gray-brown solid tangle of shedding bark. Just kept removing what I could with loppers, thinking to take it all down. But stopped when it became a (now five ft.) giant bonsai with windblown 'cypress' umbrella of healthy branches over two curving trunks, each about 4 in. diameter. So glad I did not just saw it off at ground level🤗

Incredibly beautiful, nice work!

priceless tree, so beautiful

Lovely! I wish maples would grow in South Texas, too bad it just gets too hot down here.