Planting a Hibaku Tree in Argentina: Tree Project text piece - a special mention on the Poetry Foundation's blog

A crucial new issue of Evening Will Come is out, compiled and edited by Brandon Shimoda in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

Tree Project text piece - a special mention on the Poetry Foundation's blog

"Also captivating is this epistolary exchange (with a genuinely touching ending) between an Argentinian man requesting Hibaku tree seeds from Japan’s Tree Project, so he may “nurture and plant in the new site of our company, at Tigre County, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.” The delivery of the seeds through customs and without governmental assistance proves so tricky that the once-simple project turns into somewhat of a saga, with the repetition of the Japanese proverb “Everything arrives for those who wait,” pictures of their children, architectural plans, and discussions about film."

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/08/special-issue-of-evening-will-come-focuses-on-70th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-nagasaki-bombings/

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Cassandra Fralix's Hibaku Persimmon tree seedling planted in a public park in the Greenway in Columbia, SC - The Columbia Peace Pole Initiative committee

This is the Persimmon seedling that Cassandra grew for a couple of years. languages being engraved on the peace pole by The Columbia Peace Pole Initiative committee Cassandra's seed came from the Former place of Kokutaiji Temple and Atago Pond in Hiroshima, Japan 旧国泰寺愛宕池 https://goo.gl/maps/7BrPm1BduuDCpCyRA https://www.green-greetings.com/2021/index.php

New York: Chie Kawasaki and Satoru Eguchi's Persimmon seeds sprouted

Chie Kawasaki with newly planted pots on May 12th at "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition curated by Susannah Tisue and Michele Quan in May at Greenwich House Pottery. "I was about to give up then it sprouted! " ---Chie Kawasaki 「もうダメかと思っていたら、芽が出ました!」 ---ちえ Congrats, Chie and Satoru! A recent update of Persimmon. The end of July.

THE HAPPY, HAPPY END 27 - Alberto and new Hibaku seeds in Argentina

They are ok Now Will plan persimmon Because it is already sprout Tomorrow gingko and japanese camellia Persimmon to plant now Planted and over the seeds, the same plástic envelope to protect them from the night cold All seeds planted With Totoro gardener watching All seeds planted close up Persimmon planted

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