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.
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GLH partner Dr. Elinor Breman, who leads the Millennium Seed Bank project at Kew Gardens in the UK, presented to his majesty the Emperor of Japan two of the Hiroshima saplings received from GLH — the Apananthe aspera (Muku tree), seeds of which were collected and sent in 2021 and planted in 2022, and the Cinnamon camphora (Camphor tree), seeds of which were collected in 2019 and planted in 2022
Elinor wrote:
‘...we displayed two of the saplings grown from GLH seeds during the Emperor of Japan's State Visit in the UK, which took place in Kew Gardens. I talked to His Majesty about the work of the Millennium Seed Bank, and about our collaboration with GLH’.
https://youtu.be/BAXKvtYBidQ?si=eCThHVxw8pdK5y4H&t=689.
“Official YouTube channel operated by Nippon Television Network Corporation's News Department".
The Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) at Kew Gardens has recently a new batch of seeds from CAFRE, our HUB in Northern Ireland. Pictured is Lucy Taylor processing the seeds; she will be looking after the collections as they make their way to the seed vault. GLH hopes these hibakujumoku seeds will be a valuable piece to MSB’s important mission.
Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) has successfully grown two species of survivor trees at the Wakehurst Botanical Garden in West Sussex, England. The picture on the left shows the Cinnamomum camphora (camphor tree), while on the right is the Aphananthe (known as Mukunoki). GLH hopes these are the first of many Hiroshima tree descendants growing successfully under the MSB team’s watch.
The Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has issued its December newsletter. It includes an article announcing the arrival of Hiroshima Hibaku-jumoku seeds sent by GLH (pdf only). Titled “Seeds of hope from Hiroshima,” it also announces our plans for a long-term MSB-GLH relationship.
https://www.kew.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/Samara%20newsletter%20issue%2037_WC.pdf
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