tree project

the persimmon, the ginkgo, and one of the hackberry seeds successfully germinated and are now small seedlings.  Thank you Hiroshi, I love my trees. Briggs Clinco

Hiroshi!  Hello and I wanted to send you a pic of the Persimmon tree changing into fabulous colors for the Fall season.  Location: North Adams, MA  First all green and then ...  Megan Karlen

本日は東日本大震災と福島第一原発事故から５年目のメモリアルデーです。この日に、NYの砂入博史さんによるTree Projectの柿の木の雪囲いを外しました。今年は雪が少なく、数日前に雪は消え、今後の寒波でどっさりと降る事はあり得ないです。保護用の囲いを外しても大丈夫となりました。この柿の木は広島の被爆柿の木の子孫です。平和のメッセージを秘めている柿の木です。ぐんぐん伸びてほしいです。

本日は広島原爆忌です。我が家にあるNYの砂入博史さん のTree Projectの柿の木の今の姿です。５月頃の嵐の後一 部の葉が枯れ落ちてどうなるか心配したのですが、また新 しい葉を出そうとしています。安心しました。写真を良く 見て下い。 世界平和を祈ります！！安保法案反対！！

昨年鉢植えから地面に下ろした柿の木です。赤く紅葉しな い間に散り始めました。一年かけて根が張ったはずなので 、来年は大きく伸びてくれるのではと念じています。

She’s so beautiful!  This is the beauty in the Berkshires!! She went from lower Manhattan (on a windowsill over looking Ground Zero) to North Adams, MA in the Berkshires and she seems to be thriving! Megan Karlen “Fighting art assumptions one cracked sidewalk at a time."

Hiroshi, Here's the persimmon tree in the Berkshires...changing colors last fall! 

堀川紀夫です。お久しぶりです。 Tree Projectの柿の木をこの11月3日に自宅庭に移植 しました。樹高９０cmになりました。ご報告迄。 Hi, long time no see! I replanted Tree Project Persimmon seedling in my yard on 11/13/2013. It's almost 2 feet.  Michio Horikawa

  2012  2013 Hiroshi,  As promised, photos of the Persimmon Tree that started as a seedling on the 51st floor overlooking Ground Zero and a few years later transplanted in the ground in North Adams, MA.  Pictures from 2012 and 2013! She looks pretty happy! ---Megan Karlen

" This tree was the one that we had in a high rise on a window sill overlooking Ground Zero. Well, it's now in the Berkshires :) We planted it last fall, we wrapped it with hay and burlap to brace itself against the snow, we unwrapped it this spring and before we knew it it was filling out with amazing leaves from the ground up. You can see the top of the persimmon as a stick with no leaves. This is how tall it grew before we planted it. Now the leaves are sprouting from the soil level up and it's filling out beautifully!" --- Megan Karlen

    「砂 入さん お元気ですか。砂入さんが手配してくださって、ＮＰＯ法人セトラひろしまにおいていた青桐が、室内にあったためか、すでに大きな葉をつけています。このた び、この青桐を再度、前事故があったところに植樹しました。専門家の本山さんが中心になって、琴演奏者の榊さん、セトラひろしまの副理事長の石丸さんとで 植えてくださいました。今度は、事故がないようにしっかりとした木枠で木を守ることとしました。世間の荒波で今度こそ、無事に育ち、夏には多くの人の憩い の場を提供してくれればと思います。 もうひとつの写真群は、私の家のベ ランダにおいていた青桐です。昨年、平和公園にある被爆青桐の種を入手、それを発芽させたものです。寒い冬を越して、今、小さな葉がでようとしています。 青桐の鉢の後ろにあるのは、被爆した夾竹桃から枝をとり、それが芽をだし、葉を出したものです。昨年の、広島アート・プロジェクトで出品されたもので す。」 

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2011年5月3日 "Hi, Hiroshi, how are you?  The Chinese Parasol tree you arranged for us to have at NPO Cetra Hiroshima has grown large leaves.  Thus, we replanted the seedling on the ground of the park we tried last time someone pulled our tree out.  This time around, Mr. Yamamoto, a specialist, Ms. Sekaki who is a Koto player as well as Mr. Ishimaru of Cetra Hiroshima replanted together.  This time we protect the plant by having fence around the seedling and we hope that this seedling will grow strong in spite of the difficult time we face and ...

All Photos: Anna Purves             "Hey Hiroshi, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to give you an update on the status of our Hibaku Persimon tree (Lou Lou) I'm happy to report that this spring Lou Lou grew taller and sprouted new leaves. I decided that this would be a good time to transplant her into a bigger pot. The photos I included were taken by Anna Purves during the transplanting process. Already in the past few days since changing her pot she has sprouted even more leaves. Even though it has been 2 great years, she is still very young and fragile. Right now she requires the support of a little crutch, at least until her trunk grows a bit more. She lives up here in the Bronx with me but has really become a member of the whole family. Recently I have found myself traveling around the world quite often, not knowing when and for how long I would be home for. During this time my parents and little brothers have stepped up and shared the respon...

        "Hi Hiroshi, I'm sorry to say but my persimmon tree has passed. I'm a little late in getting the news to you as the last leaf fell at the end of August. Here are some pictures of what it looked like at the very end." ---Maggie

"Hello Hiroshi, I wanted to send you pictures of our Persimmon tree because she's been doing so well this summer! She was in the show at the Horticultural Society. They took very good care of her. They said she was very healthy. She did have a little bit of a white bug type thing under her leaves and they explained that that often times comes from the soil that we buy in the store. They sprayed her leaves with dish soap and water and the little white bugs left. We brought her home and I got concerned that the underside of her leaves were going to get the bugs again so I started misting under her leaves. I have no idea if I'm right about this but I feel like it made her feel tickled and good because now she's been growing like crazy! I've sent 3 pictures. One of them shows a leaf that is not the typical shape. It is kind of heart-shaped. Is this normal for persimmons? There were two and then one grew out into the typical oval leaf shape. The other one is continui...

Here is Tree Project's submission, the actual Hibaku Persimmon tree that the organizer of Blue Sky Project is growing. "The 5th Blue Sky Project: An International Exhibition--Love, Blue Sky, and Peace Our Theme Is World Peace, Our Motif is the Blue Sky That Envelopes Earth On September 11, 2001, the New York-based art historian Reiko Tomii photographed the tragedy of World Trade Center from her home, and uploaded three photographs for her Japanese friends. After a few years, I looked at her photographs and other documentary photographs, I realized one thing: there was a beautiful blue sky over New York. There was also a beautiful blue sky over Hiroshima on August 6, and over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, when atomic bombs were dropped on these Japanese cities. The blue sky was the backdrop of historic human follies, again and again. Above the clouds, there is the blue sky that envelopes the Earth. We will never make the beautiful blue sky a backdrop of war, nuclear bombing, ter...

「 昨年の私が推進して来ている「Blue Sky Project」への参加作品として、砂入さんより三種類の種が送られて来ました。私なりのそれを鉢に入れて根を出そうと努めたら柿だけが芽を出してくれました。そして無事冬を越して間もなく発芽1年目を迎えることになります。現在の木の高さは20cmです。」 To read the whole article at http://d.hatena.ne.jp/niigata-art226/20100522/1274489947 Persimmon growing strong!! And, His annual curated group show about peace, "Blue Sky Project" is happening again this summer. If you are interested, contact at michio226@blue.plala.or.jp

Their persimmon has gotten so big and very beautiful! Their Parasol coming back to life. Parasol trees are tropical plants, so during the winter they sheds their leaves during the winter. 砂入さん、Hi, Sunairi-san, ご無沙汰です。Long time no see 近況というか、冬の間に落ちた葉っぱが出てこなくて，During the winter, leaves fell, so I was worried, 心配してたけど、２，３日前にやっと出てきました。 but then a couple of days ago, finally it came back もう一つは着々と大きくなってます！ Now it is growing strong ever えぐち Eguchi

George Pisegna - HSNY Director of Horticulture wrote about the day Jimmy Mirikitani came to Tree Project exhibition at HSNY at http://hsny.blogspot.com/2010/02/jimmy-mirikitani-at-hort.html

"It got so big that my family and I were amazed! We are looking forward to growing the new seeds (Platanus) we got today. They are currently in the fridge!" ---Sora Akiyoshi