The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A300 Tree Care standards provide standard practices and specification writing guidelines for arborists, urban foresters, horticulturalists, landscape architects, and contractors.*
New! Starting January 1, 2024, the standards are available as one consolidated document to make it easier and more efficient for tree care professionals to keep up with.
Both print and digital copies are available for purchase. The new digital format also features videos, animation, interactive assessments, and the online A300 Pruning Standards course.
After an extensive review and public comment period, some revisions and updates were made, including:
*These standards are written and revised by the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) whose mission is to develop consensus performance standards based on current research and sound practice for writing specifications to manage trees, shrubs, and other woody plants.
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