The invention relates to the technical field of garden maintenance equipment, and discloses a hand-held branch pruning machine for garden maintenance. The pruning machine comprises an installing box I, a handle fixedly sleeves one side of an inner cavity of the installing box I, and one side of the handle extends to the outer portion of one side of the installing box I; the outer wall of the handle is fixedly sleeved with a sleeve pipe located on one side of the installing box I, one end of the handle is fixedly connected with an installing plate located in the installing box I, and the top ofone side of the installing plate is fixedly connected with one end of a telescopic upper rod. According to the hand-held branch pruning machine for garden maintenance, by arranging the installing boxI, the handle, the sleeve pipe, the installing plate, the telescopic upper rod, a fixed box, a movable plate, a spring I and a partition plate, noises generated in the working process of a motor canbe isolated, by arranging the sleeve pipe, a user can conveniently hold the pruning machine by hand, and the user can be protected to avoid that the noises make the ears of the user uncomfortable.