5 students of IT.IS.”G. Galilei” expressed their interest in joining the project after seeing the Kaki Tree Project exhibit at Venice Biennial held in 1999. They participated in the project as part of their graduation project. They also plan to make CD-ROM with the themes of peace, culture, history and atomic bomb.
The tree planting ceremony was held at Scuola Materna “M. Montessori”. The entire event was held indoors due to rain.With students from IT.IS.”G. Galilei” taking the lead, children from Scuola Materna “M. Montessori” as well as from neighboring elementary schools and junior high schools (lower secondary schools) were invited. The mayor of Crema, Chairperson of Crema Cultural Association and Crema town councilor also attended the ceremony. 4 animators cooperated in the workshop, in which children drew pictures and made persimmon trees from paper and polyethylene. There was a child who made Kimono for a Samurai, too. At the ceremony, people took turns in burying the tree while a number of balloons with peace messages were released into the sky. After the band played music, people made a work of art together by hanging all the messages and pictures on the wooden persimmon tree created during the workshop.