{"id":60653,"date":"2022-01-28T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=60653"},"modified":"2022-01-28T15:14:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:14:17","slug":"heath-park-given-sakura-cherry-trees-by-japan-to-celebrate-150-year-bond-with-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/01\/28\/heath-park-given-sakura-cherry-trees-by-japan-to-celebrate-150-year-bond-with-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Heath Park given Sakura Cherry Trees by Japan to celebrate 150-year bond with Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cardiff-is-to-receive-120-trees-in-total-across-two-parks\">Cardiff is to receive 120 trees in total across two parks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>HEATH Park has been given 100 cherry blossom trees from Japan by the Sakura Cherry Tree Project &#8211; with another 20 on their way to Bute Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Heath Park trees have already been planted, with children from nearby Birchgrove and Ton-yr-Ywen primary schools helping at the ceremony on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Coun Rod McKerlich, who was at a well-attended ceremony to commemorate the bond between the two countries, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s a real honour for Cardiff to be chosen to host so many of these beautiful cherry trees which I understand will blossom well into the 22nd century as a long-lasting symbol of the mutual understanding between our two nations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blwyddyn 4 pupils have been lucky to help plant trees at Heath Park as part of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project. Over 7000 trees across the UK will be planted to celebrate our relationship with Japan. We can not wait to see these beautiful trees blossom! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JapanUKSakura?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JapanUKSakura<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yK8hn72Leq\">pic.twitter.com\/yK8hn72Leq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Birchgrove Primary (@BirchgrovePrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BirchgrovePrm\/status\/1486304125478481928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wales and Japan have shared a fruitful relationship of late, with 3.7% of Wales\u2019 imports coming from Japan in 2020 and a reported \u00a31 billion worth of exports to Japan in the last five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This scheme comes as part of Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure Coun Peter Bradbury\u2019s pledge to plant 16,000 new trees across Cardiff in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heath and Birchgrove\u2019s ward councillors all attended the ceremony, and Coun Lyn Hudson said: \u201cIt was lovely to attend the tree planting ceremony at Heath Park to celebrate the friendship and cooperation between Japan and Wales. 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