All reviews for MAPLE MAN - Japanese Maple Pruning

Maple Man did an awesome job pruning two of our Japanese maples today in Anacortes. The Arakawa was much too big and bushy, blocking our view leaving the driveway so we were blind to cross traffic. He really opened it up to expose the beautiful rough and corky bark and now we can see oncoming cars to avoid.

He was so easy to work with and educated us on how to do future maintenance ourselves if we wanted. We would definitely use him again and recommend him to anyone. Thank you Maple Man (Shyam)!

I first learned about Maple Man's Japanese Maple Pruning from the owner of a house in my neighborhood that is beautifully landscaped, with a stunning specimen Japanese Maple as one of the features. My yard includes a much smaller Japanese maple, and I wanted to have an expert's help in getting my tree to look like that as it grows and matures. Specifically, I wanted to learn some of the guiding principles from him, as well as his help in the pruning itself.
I hired him for a half-day, and I was very pleased with his work. And I learned a lot from him in the process, about other trees and shrubs in my yard.
I have an 18-20 foot tall threadleaf cypress that badly needed thinning in its upper story, which he performed by climbing to its upper branches. That tree is now airy and attractive.
He is a font of knowledge and easy to work with. I recommend him highly, and will be using him again in the future.

Shyam, the Maple Man, was great to work with! He came over for a consultation and answered all of our questions. He also offered suggestions for adding more trees and where different varieties would do well. We scheduled a half day of pruning at the end of the consultation. He was easy to get in touch with & quick to respond.
On the pruning day, Shyam was very good at listening to me & my partner’s different ideas and helping us understand what was best for each tree. He also shared his knowledge & experience to help us understand what he was recommending. Shyam teaches his clients about pruning on their own if they want to give it a try. He absolutely knows his stuff!
Shyam is a true professional that is dedicated to giving your trees the love and attention they deserve. A real, top notch individual.

Professional and personable is how I’d describe our experience with Shyam as he resurrected our Japanese Maples after years of neglect. He was prompt with communication and arrived on time ready to breathe new life into our trees, using much skill and thought with each clip.
It was refreshing to have a professional arborist who’s willing to share their knowledge and educate us how to work with the trees not against them. Doing so created a balance of what the trees natural growth pattern is and the expectations we had. We couldn’t be happier with the Maple Man and will seek him out in the future.

Our Japanese maple now looks incredible! Maple Man Shayne trimmed away the excess to reveal the beauty of our tree! We smile each time we walk by! Shayne was skilled, efficient, kind and friendly with a reasonable price for his expertise and experience! We will definitely hire him again!

We have a large cherry (Mt Fuji) and Japanese maple (Bloodgood) which had become overgrown – though we didn’t realize how much until we took some pictures! The cherry is our absolute favorite tree, and we were loathe to trust it (or the maple – which is directly in front of our porch) to anyone, but after a lot of internet searching, we found Maple Man. Shyam exceeded our expectations on both trees, performing structural and artistic pruning which created balance and just makes them a pleasure to behold. We’ll be adding our street strip Pacific Sunset maples to the list next year!

I have long appreciated maples. Last year, while visiting with friends, I noticed a maple plant in there yard that looked stunning. I asked who had tended it and was told about Shyam. I contacted him about both a large maple tree as well as three maple shrubs that needed attention in our yard. After a discussion about what we were looking to accomplish, Shyam came over and gave them a much needed pruning. He listens to his client and executes the plan with care. His attention to detail is excellent. You can trust Shyam to care for your plants with artistry. Highly recommended!

I found Shyam’s business card at our local spot, Sunnyside Nursery. After a few texts Shyman, he shared his YouTube link which has a great catalog of both pics and video of the many jobs he’s done over the years, great encyclopedia of his work!
That was all the referral I needed, he later came by to view our job and give us a bid. We made a plan to have him come back in a few weeks.
Shyam was prepared, on time and was very detailed in his work and pruned our beloved maples, dogwoods and some evergreens. Our landscape is about 3 years old, and we wanted a pro to get them started off in the right direction. We planned on a 1/2 day, and in about 4 hours he completed our job, about 10 trees in all. He was on time, on budget, hauled all the limbs away and explained his process along the way.
Great work 10/10 ! 🍁