The Ambassador of Japan to Australia, His Excellency Mr. Kazuhiro Suzuki received a ginkgo sapling, carefully prepared by Virginia McNally. The seedling was sent to the Japanese Embassy in Canberra. 

The Ginkgo biloba seeds sent to The University of Melbourne have successfully germinated! Each pot (pictured right) contains five seeds (three seeds per pot have germinated so far). Our partner, curator and arborist Virginia McNally, writes:

You can just see the cotyledon poking out in the centre of the marked red circle. The ones in the other pot are looking like real ginkgos with their beautiful distinctive leaves. There is a real buzz about the nursery with people checking their progress very regularly and reporting growth and new emerging seedlings.

Ginkgo and Eucalyptus seeds safely arrived in Australia, thanks to Hiroshima Botanic Garden! GLH partners Virginia McNally, Athanasios Tsakonas and Anoma Pieris (pictured left) received the seeds and Virginia will now begin the germination process. This has been a first for GLH, to dispatch seeds of the Eucalyptus tree on Hiroshima Castle grounds.