Ginkgo rubber stamps

If you are looking for rubber stamps depicting Ginkgo leaves you can found them at Artneko.com .

Video: Ginkgo biloba, a tree that conquers time

A short film made by two Harvard students in history of science (video on YouTube):

Updates of my website The Ginkgo Pages

* Added video in videos section: Sculpture and Ginkgos at Kröller-Müller Museum, the Netherlands.
* Added 2 videos in videos section: "Ginkgo biloba: a tree that conquers time" made by two Harvard students + a poem "Ginkgo leaves in fall" by Ed Hiestand.
* New topic: 4,000 year-old ginkgo tree found in Guizhou, China

4,000 year-old Ginkgo found in Guizhou, China

"On June 28 (2009) ancient Ginkgo biloba trees were discovered in Tiantan village of Changshun County, Guizhou Province in China. There were two “ancestor” Ginkgo trees which were tightly surrounded by numerous “grandchildren” trees that vary greatly in thickness and height.
The locals say that this “living fossil” is full of vitality in the summer and can produce over 4,000 pounds of seeds each year. Home for many species of birds, these trees are regarded as sacred by villagers. Villagers from near and far travel to the trees to make wishes, give worship, and pray for favorable weather conditions.
The ancient Ginkgo is 16.8 meters (55.1 feet) in circumference, requiring the arm spans of 13 adults to encircle it. It is 50 meters (164 feet) tall, and the crown of the tree covers half an acre. According to forestry experts, the tree is over 4,000 years old and is nicknamed “Chinese Ginkgo King.”" Article is here.

Tattoo Ginkgo leaves and seeds with koi

Duane Moody shows his tattoo of Ginkgo leaves and seeds with koi on Flickr:

Video: Ginkgo symbol of peace and longevity

1951Darnell from Portugal shows a nice video on YouTube about the Ginkgo as a symbol of peace and longevity. With Ginkgo song!

Quilled Ginkgo biloba with crimper

Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. The paper is wound around a quill to create a basic coil shape. The paper is then glued at the tip and the coil shaped, these shaped coils are arranged to form flowers, leaves, and various ornamental patterns similar to ironwork.
Cecelia shows her Ginkgo creation on her blog and writes:
"This was the perfect use of my nephew’s crimper. I crimped an entire length of paper first, then straightened out the other parts of the leaf, and left the crimped part on top undisturbed. There are 3 shades of green, going for a variegated effect. I think it adds more depth than just using the same color."
Here's her blog.

Geologists: list of 100 things to see incl. Ginkgo

Geotripper writes on his blog:
"Memes can be fun, and there is one going around dealing with 100 things that you have done. I counted about 54 things on those lists that I've done in my 51 years. The meme immediately reminded me of the single most influential column I can remember from Geotimes (now Earth), written in 1990 by Lisa Rossbacher on the places that all geologists should try and see in their lifetimes. The list went through several updates, and arrived on the internet in 1997 on a page put together by Terry Acomb, currently in Grand Junction, Colorado. By nice coincidence, the entire list totaled just about 100 items, so I have made only small changes in the content. I have mostly kept the originals; all such lists are very subjective, and if I fiddled with anything I would never have finished. I notice for one that the list tends towards being biased to sites in North America. I would love to see someone put together a purely world-wide list."
Many geologists reacted and added their own list to Geotripper's blogpost .
The Ginkgo tree is among the 100 things to see. Read more here.

Ginkgo folklore from Japan - 1274

On Daimoku's blog you can read a nice story from 1274 about a dog, a Ginkgo tree and Jotakuji temple in Japan. Some story lines:
"Jotakuji is famed as a Ginkgo temple. It’s located about 5.5 miles north east from Minobusan. It was originally an ashram for Shingon (esoteric Buddhism)......The stick started having its roots again and the tree has become a big tree as we can see today. "
Read full story here.

Queen plants Ginkgo at Kew, UK

Britain's royal couple celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew on Tuesday, May 5th, planting trees much as they did a half-century ago. Dressed in a pink coat and matching hat, the 82-year-old queen wielded a shovel, heaving dirt at the base of a newly planted Ginkgo tree, while Tony Kirkham, the head of the Arboretum, looked on.
Read more here.

Updates of my homepage The Ginkgo Pages

* New topic: Queen plants Ginkgo tree at Kew, London, UK.

Video: Ginkgo ovules / seeds

Spring 2009: Ovules (seeds) on male Ginkgo tree with female branch. This tree was planted in 1785 from seed taken from Deshima by Carl-Peter Thunberg. I made this video in Hortus Botanicus Leiden - the Netherlands. April 25th, 2009.
More info on my website The Ginkgo Pages: http://www.xs4all.nl/~kwanten/
Click on HQ for better quality.

Updates of my homepage The Ginkgo Pages

* Added 2 new videos on my YouTube channel: Ginkgo ovules (seeds) + Ginkgo ovules and pollen on 224-year-old tree.
* New photo photospecial page: Ginkgo biloba ovules (seeds) with pollination droplets, spring 2009.

California: Schwarzenegger plants Ginkgo tree

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger along with Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai, and Shaklee CEO Roger Barnett planted a Ginkgo tree on the grounds of Shaklee's Pleasanton, Calif., headquarters on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 in honor of Earth Day and Shaklee's Million Trees, Million Dreams program.
Maathai is the "global ambassador" for the company's "A Million Trees, A Million Dreams" campaign. Her group, based in Kenya, started in 1977 with tree plantings and is a way to empower women by getting them involved with the environment. "We owe a lot to trees," she said. "We ought to have a lot of respect for the trees."
Read more here.

Ginkgoholic in Vancouver, WA

Daniel reports on his blog about his care of Ginkgo trees growing in his garden:
"Also collected some Ginkgo seeds and cleaned them up. I'll use the "squirrel method" this time - plant them around the yard and forget about them. Some might surprize me with little trees next summer.......I am somewhat of a ginkgoholic. There are 3 seed-grown young trees planted in the yard, with intent to grow into full sized trees, and multiple seedlings in flower pots......"
Read full report here.

Lichen on bark

We have inherited in our new garden a Ginkgo Biloba Tree. It has apparently been growing there for at least 15 years. It sits at the bottom of the garden in Northern France facing South. The tree is not a very good looking specimen and has a lot of lichen on the bark.We would like to improve the quality of this unusual tree. Should we attempt to wash off the lichen and can we feed the area in which it grows?

Question by David and June Smith.

Origami Ginkgo leaf

Watch this video about the making of a Ginkgo leaf (origami).
Click on this link to see an enlargement and option to print the page.

Tokyo: design mistake Ginkgo badge

The original badge produced by the Tokyo Bureau of Sewerage, top, and the redesigned version.

Tokyo metropolitan government's Sewage Bureau spent about 34 million yen having a new set of badges made for staff uniforms after a problem was found with the logo on an original batch of 20,000. The new uniforms were ordered during the spring, after the design got a go-ahead from managers. However, it was noticed later that the uniforms' silicone badges, which bear the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Ginkgo leaf crest and office name, also contained a small wavy blue line, designed to represent cleaning water. This was deemed a violation of the bureau's basic design manual, and new badges were subsequently ordered at a total cost of 34 million yen.
Read more here.

Updates of my homepage The Ginkgo Pages

* New topic: Ginkgo bicycle-rack in Memphis, Tennessee.

Koi and Ginkgo

Lisamarina writes:
"This is a watercolor (ed.Cor) of a Koi, in a pool with my favorite leaf, design-wise, the ginkgo. All I know right now is that this koi is going to be bright orange, with spots of some kind, which I think will contrast nicely with the blue of the water, and the green & gold of the ginkgo leaves. "
You can read about the process here, also click on this watercolor there to see an enlargement.