A small group of dignitaries and garden supporters gathered outside the garden to officially present and plant the Ginkgo biloba seedling, a gift from Green Legacy Hiroshima with a message of Peace and Hope. Mayor Jenny Durkin, Consul General Hisao Inagaki and his wife, Parks Superintendent Jesús Aguirre and the Arboretum's Jane Stonecipher presented remarks and placed a shovel of dirt onto the tree roots. Our own Susan Ott Ralph told the story of the tree, grown from a seed of a tree that survived the 1945 atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Cara Izumi read a message from Green Legacy Hiroshima. After the ceremonies, Jeanne Peterson led the Consul General and his party on a tour of the garden. Marcia Takamura provided koto music.
To see photos and read more about the ceremony, go to the "Special Events" page of this blog. NOTE from 10/10/2020 - More Photos have been added to this page - enjoy!
To watch a video of the ceremony, click on this link from the Seattle Japanese Garden website:
www.seattlejapanesegarden.org/blog/2020/10/8/planting-a-hiroshima-peace-tree
Plan to go to the garden soon to see the new tree and also watch the colors of the garden turn to fall.
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