Garden shears keeps you from using your hands or regular scissors cutting your hands they small easy to use they got small shears for small plants and trees and bigger shears for full size plants and trees especially for cutting down huge branches especially when they turn for the fall season it's easy to do yourself because some of the professionals charge thousands just to do one hour of work cutting simple things down just get you a pair of heavy gloves so your hands won't be hurting and cut away if branches high up get you a good ladder you may have to use a Saw or chainsaw depends on the Job .