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Bruns 植物出口公司（Bruns Pflanzen-Export GmbH & Co. KG）位于德国下萨克森州阿默兰地区的巴特茨维舍纳恩（Bad Zwischenahn），1876 年由年仅 23 岁的园艺师 Diedrich-Gerhard Bruns 创立，最初以小规模植物种植起家。第二代 Johann Bruns 与长子 Erich、次子 Wilhelm 携手将苗圃从战后的废墟中重建，1937 年 Wilhelm 加入公司后提出上门推销苗木的思路，苗圃高峰期雇佣工人与员工近百名；二战结束后 Erich 与 Wilhelm 在 1946 年带领 70 名员工重启业务，并把目光投向德国本土以外的市场，使 Bruns 在二十世纪六七十年代成为欧洲知名的德国出口苗圃。
家族传承
公司由 Bruns 家族延续经营：第二代 Johann（1876-1957）、第三代 Erich 与 Wilhelm Bruns、第四代 Jan-Dieter Bruns（生于 1952 年，1977 年加入公司）以及第五代 Jan-Gerd Bruns（生于 1990 年，2018 年 9 月入职）相继负责日常经营。Erich Bruns 1989 年去世后，其女儿 Gisela Conrad（1930-2016）成为公司合伙人；2007 年公司员工增至约 350 人，在 500 余公顷的生产面积上培育 4000 余种植物种类与品种。
杜鹃与格里斯泰德植物园
从 1950 年起 Wilhelm Bruns 致力于杜鹃花育种，培育出后来获得专利的 Gristeder Neuheiten® 系列，并和兄长一同在格里斯泰德（Gristede）的森林中栽下珍贵的杜鹃花，逐步建成占地 25 公顷、收集逾 1000 个杜鹃花物种与品种以及露天杜鹃的格里斯泰德杜鹃花植物园。园中所有新品种均可供游客观赏，自 1985 年起德国联邦总统伉俪按惯例为新育杜鹃命名，公园全年免费向公众开放，由 Bruns 苗圃私人持有并由其员工负责日常养护。
业务范围
如今 Bruns 拥有约 350 名员工，在巴特茨维舍纳恩的总面积超过 600 公顷生产用地上培育落叶与针叶灌木、行道树、树龄可达 50 年的独立造型大树、精选造型苗木以及丰富的杜鹃花品种；容器苗圃占地逾 30 公顷，提供 SpringRing® 与 XXL 规格的盆栽木本植物和 Masterpiece Collection by Johann Bruns® 系列精选常绿与针叶树种。公司还在 Living Art® 名下下推出以独立造型著称的特色大树，并提供 INKARHO® 杜鹃与 Bloombux® 等耐碱性土壤品种以适应不同的园林使用场景。
国际合作与咨询服务
依托逾 140 年的苗木生产经验，Bruns 苗木既供应欧洲城市的广场、园林、公园与房地产绿化项目，也涉足中东、哈萨克斯坦、中国与格鲁吉亚等地区的苗圃建设咨询。公司在沙特阿拉伯利雅得培训过当地员工现代苗圃生产技术，在哈萨克斯坦协助规划小型苗圃并提供现场培训，并通过设在格鲁吉亚的销售点向当地市场分销苗木。
History
Bruns Pflanzen-Export GmbH & Co. KG is based in Bad Zwischenahn in the Ammerland region of Lower Saxony, Germany. The nursery was founded in 1876 by the gardener Diedrich-Gerhard Bruns at the age of only 23, starting from a small assortment of plants. His son Johann (1876-1957) and grandsons Erich and Wilhelm rebuilt the business from the post-war ruins, with up to 100 seasonal workers employed at the nursery during Wilhelm’s time. After the Second World War, Erich and Wilhelm restarted operations in 1946 with 70 employees and shifted their focus beyond Germany, so that Bruns became a byword for German export nursery stock across Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.
Family Continuity
The company has remained in the Bruns family across five generations: second-generation Johann, third-generation Erich and Wilhelm Bruns, fourth-generation Jan-Dieter Bruns (born 1952, joined in 1977) and fifth-generation Jan-Gerd Bruns (born 1990, joined in September 2018). After Erich Bruns died in 1989 his daughter Gisela Conrad (1930-2016) became a partner; by 2007 the workforce had grown to around 350 staff cultivating more than 4,000 plant species and varieties on an area of over 500 hectares.
Rhododendrons and the Gristede Park
From 1950 Wilhelm Bruns devoted himself to rhododendron breeding and developed the later patented Gristeder Neuheiten® brand, while he and his brother planted valuable rhododendrons in the Gristede forest. The collection grew into the 25-hectare Gristede Rhododendron Park with more than 1,000 rhododendron species and varieties as well as outdoor azaleas, all freely accessible to the public year-round and maintained by Bruns staff. Since 1985 the Federal Presidents and their wives have traditionally named a new rhododendron cultivar after them, and every new Bruns variety can be admired in the park.
Product Range
Bruns runs a workforce of around 350 on more than 600 hectares of production land in Bad Zwischenahn, cultivating deciduous and coniferous shrubs, avenue trees, mature specimen trees up to 50 years old, shaped topiary and a wide rhododendron assortment. The container area covers more than 30 hectares, offering SpringRing® and XXL container woody plants together with the Masterpiece Collection by Johann Bruns®. The Living Art® line showcases specimen woody plants grown for individual character, while INKARHO® rhododendrons and Bloombux® are marketed as lime-tolerant cultivars for gardens and public landscapes.
International Projects and Consulting
Drawing on more than 140 years of nursery experience, Bruns supplies trees, shrubs and rhododendrons for city squares, parks, residential and commercial greening projects across Europe, and also offers consultancy for nursery development in the Middle East, Kazakhstan, China and Georgia. Local staff have been trained in modern nursery techniques at Bad Zwischenahn and at project sites, including a collaboration with ADA in Riyadh and a small nursery plan in Kazakhstan, with plants marketed from a Georgian distribution point.
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