Hiroshima-based Mayors for Peace has presented the Shetland Islands Council with seeds from trees that survived the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to a press release issued 5 August.
The global organisation, working towards the total abolition of nuclear weapons, made the move as part of commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings.
Schoolchildren on the islands have been asked to consider the most appropriate sites for the 25 gingko seedlings, which have been germinated in greenhouses and are growing well.