Common Name: Ginkgo
Latin Name: Ginkgo bilboa
Address: 1000 East High Street
GPS Coordinates: 38.0314837,-78.4707987
This tree is a beacon on busy High Street during fall. It fits perfectly into the playground as a shade tree that turns to gold. Ready Kids is a non profit serving at risk children in the Charlottesville area.
When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, six Gingko trees were among the few living things to survive within a short radius of the blast site—and they’re still standing today. Thus, the Japanese regard the gingko as “the bearer of hope.”
In 2011, the Green Legacy Hiroshima Foundation began distributing seeds from these surviving trees around the world as symbols of peace and hope.
