On December 9th, 2024, Oslo Botanical Garden held a "Seeds for Peace" ceremony as part of Oslo Peace Days, in tandem with the award ceremonies around the Nobel Peace Prize 2024 to Nihon Hindankyo. Click here to read more on the Oslo Peace Days website.
GLH co-founder Tomoko Watanabe and master gardener, Chikara Horiguchi, attended a series of events organized by partners in Norway. They had a chance to visit the Ginkgo sapling sent by GLH to Oslo University Botanic Garden and to give talks on Hiroshima and the Hibaku-jumoku in Oslo and Stavanger, thanks to partners Andreas Løvold and Ekuko Naka. They also attended a special exhibit organized through the Ullandhaug Botanical Garden in Stavanger. To read the transcript of Tomoko’s speeches, click here. They also attended a special exhibit organized through the Ullandhaug Botanical Garden in Stavanger. To read the transcript of Tomoko’s speeches, click here. Click here to view the announcement for the event at Natural History Museum, Oslo University.
Our partners at the Oslo Botanical Garden sent us pictures of the Hackberry and Japanese Summer Orange hibakujumoku seeds they received in August 2023. They have potted seeds from other species as well (10 in all), totaling 33 seeds in the soil so far; these are the first to sprout.Our partners at the Oslo Botanical Garden sent us pictures of the Hackberry and Japanese Summer Orange hibakujumoku seeds they received in August 2023. They have potted seeds from other species as well (10 in all), totaling 33 seeds in the soil so far; these are the first to sprout.
Andreas Løvold of the Oslo University Botanical Garden holds a tray of hibakujumoku seeds waiting to be germinated. The seeds arrived thanks to our dedicated partners at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in Northern Ireland. Some will be grown in Oslo, while others will be shared with new GLH partners in Finland and Denmark.
A beautiful article about the visit of GLH partners to The Botanical Garden in Oslo in May, on the website of Natural History Museum and their newsletter.
Små trær gir stort håp i usikker tid - Naturhistorisk museum (uio.no) (This is written in Norwegian.)
The Google translated version is as follows.
(Please note if Google translation, please note the following words:
1) From "Stortinget" to "The Norwegian Parliament" in the "Fredsfuglen trane" paragragh of original version.
2) From "Fjellhagen" to "Mountain garden" in the "Tre ulike treslag" paragragh of original version.)
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