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Click here to read a message from GLH Coordinator Nassrine Azimi
グリーン・レガシー・ヒロシマは広島の被爆樹木を守り、その種や苗木を世界中に送り届けるために設立されました。多くのパートナーがこのイニシアチブに参加し、自分たちの国における広島と平和のメッセージ、「緑の遺産」の大使となってくれることを期待しています。
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His Excellency, Mr. Mukai Kenichiro, Ambassador of Japan to the State of Kuwait, learned about the hibakujumoku on a recent visit to Hiroshima. We hope that one day, Kuwait will have its very own hibakujumoku sapling.
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Executive Director of UNITAR, Ms. Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, met the hibakujumoku during her trip to Japan.
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We wish to thank the Dunedin Botanic Garden and the unwavering support of Lee Vallance in New Zealand, for the wonderful work they are doing. We are happy to present some of the planting initiatives from seeds donated to New Zealand in 2017. Click here to read about it.
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An extensive piece on the history and mission of GLH, by Patrick Parr for The Japan Times.
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Organized by Dr. Gerardo Avalos, main campus planting ceremony at the University of Costa Rica. Click here to see more.
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Dr. Susan Ott and the other wonderful volunteers at the Seattle Japanese Garden with GLH coordinator Nassrine Azimi by Garden's Ginko tree offered in 2020. Click here for more.
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Moving gathering around the GLH sapling at St Mary’s Church, Godmanchester. Attached is a photo of poster and coverage by a local media, including two local radio interviews with Roger Leivers. Click here for more.
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Lecture by GLH coordinator NA for San Diego Botanical Garden docents and volunteers. Media coverage on the ceremony hosted by GLH regional hub at the San Diego Botanic Garden marking August 6. Click here to see more.
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Testimony from Nagasaki Survivor, Hiroko Miyahara. Read in original Japanese and in English (translated by her granddaughter, Yukino Perona). Also covered by the Nagasaki Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Kanagawa Shimbun. Photo below includes planting of GLH sapling in August 2013 at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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Short essay in Hiroshima's Chugoku Shimbun, written by GLH coordinator Dr. Nassrine Azimi.
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We are honored to announce that the University of Melbourne is now the GLH Regional Hub for Oceania. We would like to thank the devoted Virginia McNally for her unwavering support. Click here to read more.
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It is with great pleasure that we welcome the University of Costa Rica as the GLH Regional Hub for Latin America. We are especially thankful to Dr. Gerardo Avalos, without whose passion and commitment to the hibakujumoku this milestone would not be possible. Click here to read more.
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We are delighted to announce that the University for Peace (UPEACE) in Costa Rica has joined the GLH family as our 150th partner! Click here to read more.
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A gingko seed was planted on the site of the Battle of Waterloo! Click here to read more.
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Our wonderful partners at the Hiroshima Botanical Garden will be hosting a special exhibit on the hibakujumoku from July 19 to October 13, 2025. Click here to see more and here for the flyer.
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GLH team had the pleasure to spend some time with the philosopher Markus Gabriel and his colleagues... click here to read more.
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Beautiful article (Japanese) in The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, by Toru Shikoda. Read translated text (English) here.
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The Elders visit the hibaku-Aogiri trees. On the sidelines of The Elders' meeting forum in Hiroshima... click here to read more.
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Saplings of hibakujumoku donated by GLH to United Nations Headquarters were planted on May 5, 2025. Click here to read more. Thanks to our partners at San Diego Botanical Garden for sending the saplings to NYC. Photos of the persimmon journey here!
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A big thank you to Hiroshima Botanical Garden (HBG) for sending the 2025 batch of seeds to our regional hubs, San Diego Botanical Garden (SDBG) and College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). Click here for more.
GLH Regional Seed Hubs
San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG) in San Diego, California
College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in Northern Ireland
We are delighted that the SDBG and CAFRE have agreed to become GLH regional seed hubs. We hope their help will facilitate sharing A-bombed tree seeds with more partners in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Latin America.
The Green Greetings Project was launched at the Chugoku Shikoku Hakuhodo market design department as a joint project supported by Chugoku Shimbun and other companies in Hiroshima on August 6, 2005. Click here to view the website.
See here for 2024-2025 Hibaku second-generation seeds availability for dispatch.
Latest Updates
School of Biology, University of Costa Rica - Regional Hub - September 2025
On a private visit to Japan, Dr. Warner from the University of Costa Rica visited GLH in Hiroshima.
Dunedin Botanic Garden - August 2025
We wish to thank the Dunedin Botanic Garden and the unwavering support of Lee Vallance in New Zealand, for the wonderful work they are doing. We are happy to present some of the planting initiatives from seeds that were donated in 2017 by GLH to Dunedin Botanic Garden.
- The saplings have been successfully nurtured and planted in the Otago and Canterbury regions, attended by the Mayor of Christchurch at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. The Dunedin Botanic Garden has been a pivotal partner in this effort, with numerous saplings now thriving in their care and in local community spaces.
- Community plantings have taken place in and around Dunedin, which have been a point of pride for the local Rotary club, as well as for Dunedin City Council.
- An update from Dunedin City Council.
- Official planting was on World Peace Day, September 21, 2024, attended by the Mayor of Dunedin.
Pictured left, some scenes from the past weeks
San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG) - Regional Hub - August 2025
Media coverage on the ceremony hosted by GLH regional hub at the San Diego Botanic Garden marking August 6
Pictured right, Deana Fisher (from The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 7, 2025)
Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) - August 2025
In commemoration of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Kew's Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst published an article detailing the journey of the seeds descending from survivor trees to Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in Sussex.
Patterson Arboretum, University of Saskatchewan - July 2025
We are excited to welcome our new partners in Canada, the University of Saskatchewan. Thanks to Jackie Bantle, Greenhouse and Horticulture Facility Manager, who coordinated this, and to Joe DeWolf at the San Diego Botanic Garden, who is working on the seed dispatch. The seeds will be planted in the Patterson Arboretum.
Activities in Hiroshima - July 2025
GLH Seasonal Photo (July 2025): Chinese Parasol Tree (Firmiana simplex), Hiroshima.
The Conservatory and Botanical Garden of Geneva - May 2025
Our partners at the Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques (CJB) in Geneva have sent an update of three of the Ginko biloba, which have germinated and are now growing in their experimental greenhouses. Pictured right are the saplings, as well as Head Gardener, Nicolas Freyre receiving the most recent delivery of seeds. Thank you to Diane Bacher for sharing this update with us.
Kutaisi Botanical Garden - May 2025
We have received a wonderful update from our partners at the Kutaisi Botanical Garden! Linked here is their detailed account and latest updates on the second-generation hibakujumoku since their arrival to Kutaisi, Georgia in 2017.
Leiden Botanical Garden - February 2025
Lovely illustrations, courtesy of Dr. Rinny Kooi, titled, Illustrations E, F and G.
"E: Leaf of a young twig with incised leaf and a leaf of an older twig without incised leaf, F and G: twigs with leaves"
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - February 2025
2024 marks the first time that the only Eucalyptus hibakujumoku—located on the grounds of Hiroshima Castle—gave fruit, which were collected and sent to our partners in Australia. While no seeds were found, we will all persevere and try again next year.
(Pictured from left to right in group photo: Dermot Molloy, Senior Curator Horticulture at Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne; Virginia McNally, System Garden Curator and Arborist at The University of Melbourne; and Jo Brennan, Horticulturalist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne)
Our stately Eucalyptus hibakujumoku, sketched and kindly gifted by Mr. Peter Sparber of Philadelphia.