In honour of my birth, my grandfather planted a plum tree in the village of Berezivka in the Sumy region. This village was occupied by Russia in 2022 and later de-occupied. Now, due to the danger of the proximity to the Russian border, people in Berezivka have stopped caring for the garden, and my plum tree is only watered by rain. I am relocating the plum tree to a safer area, even though it will have to start life “all over”. I suggest that migrants take care of the relocated tree so that they also remember to take care of each other.
The tree was planted in the city of Przemyśl (Poland), in the garden of a shelter for Ukrainian refugees. In the video, the artist is planting a tree together with the displaced people who volunteered to help in gardening. Serhiy from Nova Kakhovka sincerely promises to take care of the plum tree.