The Ginkgo tree planted at the UN European headquarters in Geneva still standing strong, brandishing its gorgeous fall leaves (photo taken in November 2022).
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The ginkgo sapling planted on the grounds of Ariana Park of the UN Office at Geneva is growing well, now almost two meters tall and has a robust trunk. Hope it will continue growing well despite the cold weather in Geneva.
On 3 October, 2016, the gingko sapling was planted by UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon in the grounds of Ariana Park of the UN Office at Geneva. The planting ceremony was attended by arborist Chikara Horiguchi on behalf of GLH, and Mayor Durnez of Ypres, Belgium, representing Mayors for Peace as a Vice President as well as UNITAR represetatives.
A second generation A-bombed ginkgo sapling, which will be planted by the UN Secretary-General in the fall, was donated by Mayor Kazumi Matsui of Hiroshima City, President of Mayors for Peace, to Mr. Michael Moller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva on 2 May, 2016.
This ginkgo sapling was originally offered by the City of Luzern, a member city of Mayors for Peace, which has nurtured trees from seeds of an A-bomb survivor ginkgo tree in Shukkeien Garden in Hiroshima City as part of a Mayors for Peace initiative.
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