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 tree plantings at Scuola Elementare Sarcedo and Zugliano Elementary School on 21st of April, and at the Montecchio Precalcino Library at 9am on the 22nd, the tree planting ceremony at Dueville Elementary School was carried out at 10:30am on the same day.
The students at Dueville Elementary School spend 3 weeks prior to the ceremony to create various works of art and drawings, and those were displayed in the auditorium. These works on display were very large and one of them was a persimmon tree almost 2 meters high. The ceremony held in the auditorium was attended by 100 students and the representatives of the students did some performances with a theme of peace and read their poems. Tree planting was carried out outside as the children surrounded the tree in a circle. Following the principal of the school, each student held a big shovel and took turns covering the tree with soil. A very cheerful ceremony as the teachers and students were united and joined together.
