Uploaded May 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Wish Tree for Pasade­na is an art in­stal­la­tion that con­sists of 21 liv­ing crape myr­tle trees in­stalled amongst the café ta­bles and chairs in the Court­yard of One Col­orado. Vis­i­tors are in­vit­ed to write their wish­es on pieces of pa­per and hang them on the tree branch­es. Yoko Onos Wish Tree for Pasade­na is free and open to the pub­lic.

Wish­es from Wish Tree for Pasade­na will be joined with oth­ers from all over the world and placed in spe­cial­ly con­struct­ed cap­sules to be in­stalled in the area sur­round­ing Yoko Onos Imag­ine Peace Tow­er on Videy Is­land, off the coast of Reyk­javík, Ice­land. The art­work is ded­i­cat­ed to the mem­o­ry of John Lennon. The tow­er, a col­umn of light em­a­nat­ing from a stone base with a ra­dius of about 10 me­ters, is lit for two months each year start­ing on Oc­to­ber 9, John Lennons birth­day, and end­ing on De­cem­ber 9, the an­niver­sary of his death. The art­work is al­so lit at cer­tain oth­er spe­cial times dur­ing the year. For more in­for­ma­tion, vis­it www.imag­ine­peace.com

Facts about Yoko Onos Wish Tree for Pasade­na
• 21 crape myr­tle trees (Lager­stroemia)
• Planters are re­cy­cled wine bar­rels
• Yoko Onos art­work, Wish Tree, has been pre­sent­ed around the world, in­clud­ing the city of De­troit; Hir­sh­horn Mu­se­um and Sculp­ture Gar­den, Wash­ing­ton, D.C.; Mu­se­um of Mod­ern Art, Rio de Janeiro; Mu­se­um of Mod­ern Art, Ox­ford; Lon­ja del Pesca­do, Al­i­cante, Spain; Is­rael Mu­se­um, Jerusalem; Mu­se­um of Con­tem­po­rary Art, Tokyo; Sam­sung Mu­se­um, Seoul; the Venice Bi­en­nale ex­hi­bi­tion; and nu­mer­ous oth­er venues
• Hun­dreds of thou­sands of wish­es have been col­lect­ed from around the world
• Trees will be do­nat­ed to Ar­ling­ton Gar­den, a com­mu­ni­ty gar­den in Pasade­na fol­low­ing the in­stal­la­tion

Pre­sent­ed in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Ar­mory Cen­ter for the Arts and One Col­orado.