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 at the Villa Venier Park in Sommacampagna, held in 2004, they wanted to organize the project in the province of Vicenza. 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. Their original plan was to plant the tree at one site in the city, however, the matter was even discussed at the provincial assembly and at the end it became a big project with 10 tree planting sites in the province of Vicenza.
Following the ceremony at Scuola Elementare Sarcedo, the tree planting ceremony took place at 10:15 am at Zugliano Elementary School.
Here, children participated in the ceremony wearing black smocks. It started with the speech by the principal of the school and then the children read their poems. As boys put up their persimmon tree drawing, the representative of the city and the children planted the tree. It was the ceremony that projected sincerity of people under the blue sky.
