Gardens

The Hiroshima Ginkgo

This illustration has been made to convey the idea of how this tree might look in about 20 years. The seeds were collected from trees that were irradiated by the atomic bomb that was dropped on that city in August 1945. Since then seeds have been gathered and dispatched the many countries throughout the world. Dunedin was fortunate in being the first city in New Zealand to be the recipient of seeds from that source. The seeds are being grown on at the Dunedin Botanic Garden and the plants are now about 500 mm in height five years after sowing(Date today 12-November 32021) Because they are slow growing trees it is expected that they will not be planted in their permanent location until about 2025 – some 80 years after the bombing.

Dunedin Botanic Garden

  January 2020:

Thanks to Mr. Lee Valence we have some updates from Dunedin Botanic Garden in New Zealand: ‘The Manager recently inspected the saplings, photos displayed here. They are seen located outside in their shade house, in two different sized pots. The tallest is approximately 450 mm tall and the smallest is around 200 mm tall. The weather in the shade house in the last two months has not been the most ideal, but the saplings are all still healthy and growing!’

  September 2017:

The seeds have arrived in Dunedin. The local Otago Daily Times ran a story covering their delivery. 

The Hiroshima Ginkgo is from seed grown from the bombed site

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Craigieburn walk through

Anzac Square garden – provided by Amenities Society

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About the trees in the Chinese ?Garden

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Bruce Young’s original concept for the Dunedin Chinese Garden – Lan Yuan

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Review of garden planting

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Wolf Harris Fountain

Mediterranean Garden