August 2025:

A wonderful update and message from Dr. Yuri Naumtsev at the Botanical Garden of Tver State University:

"On August 6, 2014, at the first "Open Heart Day" in our Garden, a symbolic memorial planting of the first tree grown from seeds obtained from Hiroshima took place [...] It is even more symbolic that another Japanese girl, Hitomi, who came to Tver with her mother and father and whose life is just beginning, planted a small tree from Hiroshima with her own hands [...] Our dear friends, we are with you on this day and always! Unique trees from Hiroshima continue to live in our Garden and bring the idea of peace to all people who come to it."