机构概况与历史沿革
丹麦 杜鹃花协会丹麦分会（Rhododendronforeningen，丹麦语意为”杜鹃花协会”）是位于丹麦的全国性杜鹃花属（Rhododendron）园艺协会，是美国杜鹃花协会（American Rhododendron Society，ARS）体系下历史最悠久的丹麦分会，长期致力于在丹麦推广杜鹃花与落叶杜鹃花的栽培、繁育、修剪与杂交技术。协会由 Hans Rudolf Lytchoff Eiberg 于 1996 年牵头建立的同名网站作为核心信息服务平台，会员规模约 300 人，覆盖丹麦全境并与瑞典南部杜鹃花协会保持紧密的姊妹组织协作。
组织架构与现任理事会
协会由全体会员大会（Generalforsamling）选举产生的理事会负责日常运营，2026 年完成换届后由 Bjarne S. Petersen 出任主席，副主席 Mathias Kurstjens（自 2023 年起任职）、财务主管 Anders Bach（自 2022 年起任职）、秘书 Thomas Carlsen（自 2020 年起任职）共同组成执委会；其余理事成员包括 Anne Morell（同时担任会刊《RhodoNyt》主编）与 Sten Nørkjær，自 2026 年起增补 Bo Thøger Christensen 与 Poul Erik Christensen 担任候补理事；网站站长（Webmaster）由 Hans Eiberg 自 1996 年起持续担任至今，会刊每年 1 月、3 月、9 月定期出刊。
核心业务：Gammelkjøgegaard 杜鹃花公园与物种收藏
协会在西兰岛 Køge 市的 Gammelkjøgegaard 庄园内维护着丹麦规模最大的杜鹃花属活体收藏之一——Gammelkjøgegaard Rhododendronpark，该园由 C. Th. Sørensen 教授与 Else Collet 女猎场主于 1967 年按经典园林规划改造，1980 年起协会与 Carlsen-Langes Legatstiftelse 合作建立杜鹃花物种与杂交种专类园；2024 年 5 月 11 日协会在该园举办 50 周年纪念并同步开放”Danske hybrider”丹麦杂交种新展区，公园对公众开放时间为周三、周六与周日 14:00–18:00，收藏涵盖 800 余物种/变种。
会员服务、出版与对外交流
协会每年为会员提供 3 期会刊《RhodoNyt》、邀约国内外讲者的专题讲座、扦插与嫁接实操课程、东/西部丹麦分会春秋季”Open Gardens 开放花园”互访、ARS 国际种子交换（ARS Seed Exchange）丹麦段服务以及一年一度的 RF 种子销售（会员 12 月 15 日起、非会员次年 2 月 1 日起按 30/60 丹麦克朗每份购买）；2010 年起协会组织会员赴中国云南、四川以及不丹、锡金、印度、苏格兰、土耳其、美国等地开展植物考察与杜鹃花原生境访问，A 类会员（年费 550 丹麦克朗，含印刷版 JARS）同时获美国杜鹃花协会正式会员资格。
获奖记录与跨学科合作
协会多名成员长期获得 ARS 体系颁发的奖章：Hans Eiberg 于 2018 年获 ARS 金质奖章（表彰其 20 余年网站维护、DNA 序列比对在杜鹃花分类中的开创性应用及多次赴中国进行植物考察）、Jens Christian Birck 同期获 ARS 金质奖章（表彰其世界级杂交种选育与影像档案）、Henning Christensen 于 2022 年获 ARS 银质奖章、Henrik Schmidt 于 2021 年获 ARS 铜质奖章；协会同时与英国皇家园艺学会杜鹃花、木兰与山茶组（Rhododendron, Magnolia and Camellia Group）、爱丁堡皇家植物园（RBGE）、不莱梅杜鹃花公园（Bremen Rhododendron Park）、美国杜鹃花属基金会（RSF/RSBG）、Hobbie 杜鹃花园（德国 Westerstede）以及挪威 Milde Arboret 等国际同行保持长期协作。
Organisation Profile and History
Rhododendronforeningen — the Danish Rhododendron Society, known in English as the Danish Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society — is Denmark’s national society for the genus Rhododendron and the longest-established Danish chapter under the American Rhododendron Society (ARS). It is dedicated to promoting the cultivation, propagation, pruning and hybridisation of rhododendrons and azaleas across Denmark. The society runs the rhododendron.dk information portal built and maintained by Hans Rudolf Lytchoff Eiberg since 1996, and serves roughly 300 members in cooperation with the sister society in southern Sweden.
Board of Directors and Governance
The society is governed by a board elected at the annual general meeting (Generalforsamling). Following the 2026 election, Bjarne S. Petersen serves as Chair, with Vice-Chair Mathias Kurstjens (since 2023), Treasurer Anders Bach (since 2022) and Secretary Thomas Carlsen (since 2020) on the executive committee. Board members include Anne Morell — who also edits the quarterly bulletin RhodoNyt — and Sten Nørkjær, with Bo Thøger Christensen and Poul Erik Christensen joining as alternates in 2026. Hans Eiberg has been webmaster since 1996, and the RhodoNyt bulletin is published three times a year in January, March and September.
Core Activity: Gammelkjøgegaard Rhododendron Park
The society curates one of Denmark’s largest living Rhododendron collections at Gammelkjøgegaard Rhododendron Park in Køge, Zealand, a heritage estate whose grounds were redesigned in 1967 by landscape architect Professor C. Th. Sørensen and Else Collet. The dedicated species and hybrid rhododendron plantings have been maintained jointly by the society and the Carlsen-Langes Legatstiftelse since 1980; a new “Danske hybrider” (Danish hybrids) section was opened on 11 May 2024 during the society’s 50th anniversary celebrations. The park is open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 14:00 to 18:00, and the society’s broader photo archive documents more than 800 species and varieties.
Member Services, Publications and International Trips
Members receive three issues per year of RhodoNyt, an annual programme of lectures by visiting and local speakers, hands-on grafting and cutting courses, the spring “Open Gardens” circuit run by the East and West Denmark regional committees, the Danish contribution to the ARS Seed Exchange, and the society’s own RF seed sale (members from 15 December, non-members from 1 February, at DKK 30/60 per portion). Since 2010 the society has organised member expeditions to China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, Bhutan, Sikkim, India, Scotland, Turkey and the United States. A-membership (DKK 550, with printed JARS) carries full ARS membership; B-membership (DKK 275) covers the Danish society only.
ARS Awards and International Collaboration
Several members have received ARS medals in recognition of their contributions: Hans Eiberg was awarded the ARS Gold Medal in 2018 for more than two decades of website stewardship, pioneering DNA-sequence work applied to Rhododendron taxonomy and field expeditions to China, while Jens Christian Birck received the ARS Gold Medal the same year for hybridising, photography and critical observation. Henning Christensen received the ARS Silver Medal in 2022 and Henrik Schmidt the ARS Bronze Medal in 2021. The society maintains long-standing partnerships with the Royal Horticultural Society Rhododendron, Magnolia and Camellia Group (UK), the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Rhododendron Park Bremen, the Rhododendron Species Foundation and Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (USA), the Hobbie Rhododendron Garden in Westerstede (Germany) and Milde Arboret in Bergen (Norway).
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