tree project

Uta Tachibana planted Persimmon seed on May 30 My friend, Hiroshi Tachibana's son just planted Persimmon seed on Sunday, May 30. Hiroshi's wife, Tina Schneider wrote about the planting below. Please check out his son, Uta's site with his drawings, his favorite bands, movies and great interview session with Uta Tachibana at　 http://utatachibana.blogspot.com "This morning Uta planted a tree seed given to him by our friend Hiroshi Sunairi ('The good Hiroshi', as he has come to be distinguished by Uta). This seed is very special because it is a great grandchild of a Hibaku Tree. Hibaku means something that has experienced a nuclear bomb. These are the trees that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945. Hiroshi Sunairi is fostering many of these seeds, placing them in homes all over the United States and the world. His efforts will culminate in an exhibition, where the seedlings will make their debut, at The Horticultural Society of New York in D...

On May 26, 2009, Yumeno planted Chinese Parasol seeds in a pot in her backyard in East Village with her parents, Kenji and Yayoi Shimoda. Yumeno and Kenji replanted their Tomato seedling into a bigger pot, hoping to grow more Tomatoes. Afterwords, Yumeno played piano and wrote her name in her hand writing. Good Luck with watering!! ２００９年５月２６日、下田夢乃ちゃんがご両親、下田健二、弥生さん達がみまもる中、被曝アオギリの種を鉢に植えました。尚、夢乃ちゃんと健二さんは豊作を願いトマトの苗を大きな鉢に植え替えました。夢乃ちゃんはその後ピアノを披露し、可愛らしい手書きで名前書いてくれました。元気な芽がでますように！！

On a sunny day May 25, Memorial Day, Sabine Vockins planted the seeds with Catherine and Derek, the parents on May 25, Momorial Day. Good Luck with watering!!

" The seeds arrived safely! Will let you know how they grow in Paris and Singapore! Of course memories of the war are also of much importance here. " Lucy Davis (Singapore), a visual artist/art writer and her partner, Philippe Foulfoin (Paris) , a French landscape architect will grow Chinese Parasol Tree seeds in their garden in Singapore and in his garden in Paris . Lucy is working on relationships between humans wood and trees in Southeast Asia.

Alan Berger had workshop of Ginkgo seed planitng at PEACE THROUGH PLAY NURSERY SCHOOL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK more than one year ago. In these recent pictures, these children are replanting grown Ginkgo seedlings into a larger pots. Below are documentations of workshop of Ginkgo Tree Seeds planting AT PEACE THROUGH PLAY NURSERY SCHOOL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK more than one year ago.

At Madrona Elementary School in Edmonds, WA, Gary Baxter Smith had a workshop with 9 students, planting an assortment of seeds including persimmon, chinese date, japanese hackberry, chinese parasol tree, the holly and the persian lilac. "We had a very intense planting of your seeds. This was the children's first exposure to such a big idea as a bomb that could destroy trees and plants and other living things. They understood and were very serious about planting the seeds. Our school character trait of the month is Perseverance. Very apt for this project." --- Gary Baxter Smith

May 12, 2009 Over 30 people came to pick up their Hibaku Persimmon seeds (カキノキ) at Greenwich House Pottery , NYC . This Tree Project event was a part of "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition curated by Michele Quan & Susannah Tisue. Info about Persimmon tree 1 , 2 Here are documentations of all the people who planted their Persimmon seeds. (First name in alphabetical order) Alex Neroulias Allan Bailey Audrey Tran Ben Hayes for Isabel and Beth Chie Kawasaki Del Feldman Francine Harris Gustavo Velasquez & Estela Velazquez Hidenori Ishii