协会简介
瑞士倒挂金钟协会（Schweizerischer Fuchsienverein，简称 SFV）是瑞士本国专门面向倒挂金钟（学名 Fuchsia）爱好者的全国性兴趣团体，1982 年前后由瑞士德语区几家花友圈发起，2007 年由瑞士育种者 Vreni Flückiger 命名过一株专用纪念品种「25 Jahre Schweizerischer Fuchsienverein」，从品种命名学上反推协会于二十世纪八十年代初草创。协会 2018 年 2 月启用现在的网站样式，主席刊物《Postillion》一直延续到今天。
宗旨与组织结构
协会的宗旨很朴素：把对倒挂金钟特别感兴趣的人聚在一起，互相交流栽培经验，也提供一个让瑞士自育品种得以保留、繁衍、传播的小生态。组织上设全国总会（SFV）一个，下辖两个Regionalgruppen——「Mittelland」（中部平原）与「Ostschweiz」（东瑞士）——成员入会后自动归属所在地区的区域小组，方便就近参加活动。总会一应正式事务由主席负责，现任主席为Beatrice Schnider，同时担纲出纳与东瑞士区主席；期刊《Postillion》由Annette Humbel编辑；中部平原地区的窗口由Sylvia Bieri接洽。
活动与聚会
协会每年的常规活动包括一次面向全员的Generalversammlung（会员大会）、各区轮流举办的Höck（开放花园日，同好聚在某位成员家中赏花喝咖啡）、一次多日的境外Reise（往年在德国柏林、法国阿尔萨斯、英国伦敦切尔西花展等地方串门），以及每年一次的Pflanzenraritäten-Markt（稀有植物市集）摆摊。区域小组还会按季节安排Tagesausflug，探访欧洲特别苗圃或公园；近年去过博登湖上的迈瑙岛（Mainau），2025 年去了阿尔萨斯，2026 年则安排在西瑞士。协会也积极参加Pflanzenraritäten-Markt St. Urban等公共展示活动。
会员与会员福利
会员费每年一缴：成年人 CHF 45，青少年和家庭成员 CHF 20；新会员入会即可获赠三本资料——协会在二十五周年时推出的纪念册《Schweizer Fuchsien》、荷兰 Fuchsia 圈长老 Aat van Wijk 写的《Leben mit Fuchsien》，以及一份可借阅图书、幻灯片与影像的清单和章程。协会同时维护一份会员间借阅用的图书/影像资料库，给家庭栽培与庭院选种提供参考；2026 年的最新消息、行程、花讯都刊在《Postillion》季刊与 Berichte 栏里。
与国内外同好组织的联系
协会是欧洲倒挂金钟爱好者圈子的一员，跟下列机构保持着稳定联系：德国《Deutsche Fuchsien-Gesellschaft》（DFG）——其年度名册里专门登出 SFV 25 周年纪念品种的图文资料；荷兰《Nederlandse Kring van Fuchsiavrienden》；瑞士多年生植物友会《Gesellschaft Schweizer Staudenfreunde》（GSS）下辖的「Fachgruppe Fuchsien」（Fuchsia 专业组）；圣加仑市的《Botanischer Garten St. Gallen》；德国希尔德斯海姆的《Bonsaiarbeitskreis Hildesheim》。栽培实操层面，协会也在Links栏推荐两家特地繁育 Fuchsia 的苗圃——瑞士卢斯维尔的Gärtnerei Homatt和德国马克特-因德斯多夫的Rosi Friedl Fuchsien-Gärtnerei，以方便成员就近买到壮苗。
Association Profile
The Schweizerischer Fuchsienverein (Swiss Fuchsia Society, abbreviated SFV) is the national interest group for fuchsia enthusiasts across Switzerland. It was founded in the early 1980s, a date that the named cultivar “25 Jahre Schweizerischer Fuchsienverein” (registered by Swiss breeder Vreni Flückiger in 2007) makes it possible to date with reasonable precision. The association adopted its current website design in February 2018. Its periodical, “Postillion,” has appeared continuously under editor Annette Humbel ever since.
Aims and Organisation
The society exists to bring together people who care about fuchsias, exchange cultivation experience, and preserve, propagate, and pass on Swiss-bred cultivars. At the national level it operates through one central body, the SFV. Beneath it sit two regional groups — “Mittelland” (the central plateau) and “Ostschweiz” (eastern Switzerland) — and every member automatically belongs to whichever regional group covers them. The current president is Beatrice Schnider, who also serves as treasurer and chair of the eastern regional group. The periodical Postillion is edited by Annette Humbel, and Sylvia Bieri is the contact person for the Mittelland region.
Events and Gatherings
Each year the SFV organises a single national Generalversammlung (annual general meeting), a sequence of regional Höck garden days hosted in members’ gardens (where visitors admire fuchsias over coffee and cake), one multi-day Reise abroad (recent destinations have included Lake Constance’s Mainau Island, Germany’s Berlin, France’s Alsace, and London for the Chelsea Flower Show), and a stand at the annual Pflanzenraritäten-Markt in St. Urban and similar fairs. The two regional groups each add a seasonal day excursion to a special nursery or garden, plus the open-garden programme that runs through the warm months by prior phone arrangement.
Membership and Benefits
Annual dues are CHF 45 for adults and CHF 20 for youths and family members. New members receive three booklets: the society’s 25th-anniversary publication “Schweizer Fuchsien,” Dutch fuchsia veteran Aat van Wijk’s “Leben mit Fuchsien,” and a current book, slide, and video lending catalogue together with the statutes. The society also maintains a lending library of fuchsia books, slides, and videos for members’ use at home, and continues to dispatch Postillion and Berichte updates through the year.
Links with Other Fuchsia Organisations
The SFV is part of the wider European fuchsia network and maintains regular contact with: Germany’s “Deutsche Fuchsien-Gesellschaft” (DFG), whose annual gallery includes the SFV 25th-anniversary cultivar with full documentation; the Dutch “Nederlandse Kring van Fuchsiavrienden“; Switzerland’s perennial-plant society “Gesellschaft Schweizer Staudenfreunde” (GSS), specifically its “Fachgruppe Fuchsien” (fuchsia specialist group); the “Botanischer Garten St. Gallen“; and the German “Bonsaiarbeitskreis Hildesheim.” On the practical side, the SFV also recommends two specialist fuchsia nurseries via its Links page: Gärtnerei Homatt in Ruswil and Rosi Friedl Fuchsien-Gärtnerei in Markt Indersdorf — useful for members looking for sturdy young plants.
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