tree project

Reiko Hamano & Eric Vong Rie Nakano Saiki Katsuhiro Sadie Flateman Sakiko Fujita Shisano Takeuchi Tomoko Akiyoshi Tsukasa Yokozawa Umi Akiyoshi

MY FIRST Japanese Hackberry I had a semi-rotten and broken Japanese Hackberry seed, left over from Tree project 2006. So I planted the seed about two month ago, just to see. Then the other day after two month of no sign, my Japanese Hackberry sprouted! Now more leaves! Newly replanted in a bigger pot. Once again, I re-planted it in a bigger pot and the sprout is growing bigger. 7/1/09 MY SECOND Japanese Hackberry I planted all of Round Leaf Holly, Persimmon, Chinaberry, Firmiana simplex, Japanese Hackberry, Jujube seeds on May 14th and on May 28th, Japanese Hackberry seed sprouted. This Hackberry seed took just about two weeks to sprout when there is no sign of sprouting from other seeds. I planted the Hackberry sprouts into a bigger pot (just dumping biodegradable pot into the soil). I can not wait for more of my seeds' sprouts as well as all the participants' sprouts!!! Please keep up watering, be patient, and give lots of love. ---Hiroshi Sunairi Then, PERSIMMON A long stor

The trees that still live from the time of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima are called Hibaku trees (A-bombed trees). Since 2006, from Dr. Riki Horiguchi, a tree doctor in Hiroshima, I have been receiving seedlings and seeds of Ginkgo, Cycas revolute, Round Leaf Holly, Persimmon, Chinaberry, Firmiana simplex, Japanese Hackberry, Jujube trees that are the second or third generation of the Hibaku trees. I am interested in giving Hibaku Persimmon seeds to the ones that are interested in planting and growing them. Thus, I am calling for ceramic artists to make his or her own ceramic pots to plant. Since persimmon plants will grow fruits, your pot with my seeds will be our collaboration piece for "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition curated by Michele Quan & Susannah Tisue in May at Greenwich House Pottery 16 Jones St. New York, NY 10014 Procedure: At the opening of "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition on Tue, May 12, I will be giving the Hibaku Persimmon seeds. After the exhib

March 2006 The Sendan seeds were given from The Tree Dr. Riki Horiguchi in Hiroshima, Japan. 広島で、樹木医の堀口力氏からセンダンの種を貰い受けました。 sprouted on April 12, 2008 Now, more sprouted! May 4, 2008 May 20, 2008 August 6, 2008 Four Sendan seedlings sprouted in one pot. I have decided to separate them into four pots. Then, the smallest Sendan seedling donated for "The Yuko Sueta Benefit" at Participant Inc went to AVENA GALLAGHER & BABAK RADBOY - Sendan April 10 Hiroshi Sunairi "A Life of Melia azedarach ( Sendan ) from Hiroshima" A seedling of Melia azedarach (Sendan) 10x6x6 2009 About Tree Project: The trees that still live from the time of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima are called, Hibaku trees (A-bombed trees). In 2006, I was given second or third generation seeds and seedlings of the tree that survived the atomic bombing by Tree Dr. Riki Horigichi in Hiroshima. I brought these seeds and seedlings to the US to give them to people who are interested in planting them and