As Mrs. Mari Sakaguchi and her husband Mr. Denis Pesavento who live in Villaverla in the province of Vicenza, Italy, participated in the tree plating ceremony held at the Villa Venier Park in Sommacampagna in 2004 and were inspired by it, they wanted to organize the project in the province of Vicenza as well. They consulted with Mr. Rosario Manisera who led the project in Brescia and contacted the person in charge of cultural programs at the Villaverla city hall in order to proceed with the project. Although their original plan was to plant the tree at one site in the city, the plan was even discussed at the provincial assembly and at the end a simple plan had tuned into a big project with 10 tree planting sites in the province.
One of these sites, Scuola Elementare Sarcedo is a private school with an adjacent middle school. The tree planting ceremony was held at 8:45 in the morning of the 21st of April as part of their classes. The sky was clear and we could view the mountains in the distance. The ceremony was attended by the mayor, the principal of the school and about 80 students from the school. After speeches were given by the mayor and Mr. Ebinuma, children put up their drawings of the atomic bomb and persimmon tree and sang a song and read poems. A very beautiful ceremony that was held at a place rich in nature.
