tree project

1/28/2010 A couple of weeks ago, there had been some sprouts, but the stems were too weak looking and couldn't get the seed-shell off and dried up. This week, this one came out and seem very healthy without shell. In the soil, there are other sprout arches ready to come out. This Platanus (Plane tree) sprout is kind of hairy and cute!!

http://valleygirlv.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/dsc4358/ "Hey Hiroshi! Yay, my Chinaberrys have sprouted. I'm so pleased it's working out. I was always going to plant them, was just a little time poor is all. Considering the previous summer disappeared and this summer came on so quickly, I think I've done pretty well. In fact, my timing was so good that they sprouted within a fortnight, while I was on holidays. Suppose subtropical has this effect. Have uploaded some preliminary images to blog http://valleygirlv.wordpress.com/. As of yet there's no sign of the Parasols. Recalled that cut suggestion and scrolled Tree Project for Kathy Thomas' advice. Will let you know how that goes, as well as further documentation. Otherwise, they're growing really well. A Happy new year!" ---LOUISE ROLLMAN Congrats!! Louise!

「お陰様で3Ｘ歳の誕生日を迎えました。 気持ちはまだ推定32歳です。 あと？年で大台を超えるけれどもどのように過ごしているだろう、といろいろイメージをふくらませながらアイデアを書き留めています。 心身共に健康にいるのが一番いいというのが最近のモットーで、食べるものに気をつけてよく歩くようにしています。 せっかくニューヨークにいるので、いろいろ写真でも撮ってレポート出来るようになりたいと思っています。 今回はニューヨーク大学の先生でもある 砂入博史 さんというアーティストの方のプロジェクトで、広島に投下された原爆で被爆した柿の木の種やその他の樹木の種をもらい、自宅に植えています。これはセンダンという木が種から生えてきたところです。 柿の種は残念ながらまだ発芽しておりません。もし生えてきた場合は数十年後に植えられる土地があるのか、どこに植えるのかを考えるだけでも楽しいです。」 −−−中井里美 Click here to check out Satomi's blog http://yaplog.jp/nakais/archive/87

「ＮＹ在住の砂入さんのツリー・プロジェクトで種が送られてきたには6月。7月に柿の芽が出た。その後丁寧に世話しつつ育ててきた。 紅葉 は室内で育ててきためか遅く、最近ようやく黄色から橙という感じである。また四枚の葉のうち、小さな一枚は飛んでいってしまって今は三枚しか付いていない。 今、砂入りさんのＴｒｅｅＰｒｏｊｅｃｔの個展（グループ展）がＮＹで開かれている。私のところの柿の芽が出た頃の緑鮮やかな写真も関連して展示されているようである。今日は、この橙色の柿の写真を掲載してその個展へのメッセージとしたい。センダンと青桐はまだ芽が出てきません。もうだめのようですが春まで水をくれ続けてみます。」 −−−堀川道夫 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/niigata-art226/20091212/1260594326

Dear Hiroshi and Horticultural Society, "I am sorry I cannnot make the opening tonight, but I wanted to send a picture of my own hibaku ginkho tree, planted two years ago. It seems to be about to go into its winter bare-stick mode. We have cared for it on the window sill, and it means more to me all the time. I will be with you in spirit." ---Lorne Swarthout, Berkeley Carroll School Link to the past Tree Project workshop Tree Project workshop with Lorne Swarthout, U.S. History Chair and The Berkeley Carroll School

yours Viviana

This is a park right in the center of Hiroshima City in which Mr. Yuso Takesawa planted his Chinese Parasol Tree. It is growing healthy!!

"Just to follow up on my message, here is a picture of a red maple that I grow in the back yard, in its autumn colorful glory. I have great respect for people who have pruned the survivor trees in Hiroshima and saved the seeds for planting." ---Steve McLachlin "Hi again Hiroshi, I actually have two Red Maples in the back yard of our modest suburban bungalow in Saskatoon. I call them the “Two Sisters”. The Big Sister is bigger, taller and more robust but her color is more varied, (more yellows, oranges, as well as red). In contrast “Little Sister” is absolutely crimson red, -- in the extreme !! Here are a few snapshots. I hope you get the picture of why we like to grow trees. These red maples are not really hardy in this climate but they have “toughened up” and they give us a lot of joy in the fall when they turn color." ---Steve McLachlin (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) Zone 2 - 3

Here is my correspondence with Bill about his Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) trees. He had sent me a bunch of these seeds and I am wondering if Tree Project participants would like some of these tree seeds. Bill Newton Hiroshi I live in western Washington and my home is in the middle of a forest mostly Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) trees. At the moment I have some Douglas Fir seeds collected over the last few weeks. I don't sell them but send them to anyone interested in starting them. I start many species from seed mostly conifers. Let me know if you are interested. I would need an address to send them to. Have a great day! Bill Newton Hiroshi Sunairi Bill, Once I used to live in Bellingham WA for 6 months about 18 years ago. I would love Cedar seeds. Please send me these seeds. I would send you back some stamps for the shipping. It sounds like you live in a very peaceful environment. Best Re

Hiroshi, here are some latest snaps of the Chinaberry growing in Hackney in London!!

"Our Hibaku seedling (Persimmon Tree) lives on the 51st floor of a Tribeca highrise. She lives with myself and my partner Jackie and she resides on one of the many window sills in the living room. The poetry here is that here grows this little tree, who's genetics survived the man-made calamity of Hiroshima, thriving on a sunny windowsill in full view of Ground Zero. Emerson said: Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. That's something to learn from. She is a joy to have."

Lauren Yakiwchuk: Me standing outside with the Sendan plant Six plants along the window sill - where the plants live at my house One of the plants that I gave to my sister, Robyn The plant up on the shelf is the  Sendan  that lives at Robyn's house now in Mississauga, Ontario Her cats (the gray one is Tony and the black one is Kiki) examining the new plant in her home