英国 盆景协会联合会 Federation of British Bonsai Societies – 英国全国盆景团体联邦

协会沿革与创始背景

英国盆景协会联合会（Federation of British Bonsai Societies，简称 FoBBS）于 1982 年 10 月 31 日在伦敦 Palace Street 的 Phoenix 酒店召开第一次正式会议，由 Bedford 盆景协会、Bristol 盆景协会、National Bonsai Society 等十二家创始会员社团联合发起。第一届大会在 Keele 大学 1981 年首次全国盆景大会之后酝酿成型，1983 年第二届 Keele 大会通过全国公开征集，挑选出由 Dan Barton 设计的苏格兰松（Scots pine）图案作为联邦标志。这枚徽标日后出现在联邦公函头、出版物、纪念银饰以及协会周边的 T 恤、围裙上，成为英国盆景界熟识的视觉符号。

国家盆景收藏与伯明翰植物园

FoBBS 自创立之初便希望效法美国布鲁克林植物园，建立一座国家级的常设盆景展示。从 1980 年代中期起，联邦曾与皇家园艺学会（RHS）以及 Hever Castle 等多处候选场地接触，经历多年规划与筹款波折后，最终选址伯明翰植物园（Birmingham Botanical Gardens）。联邦与园方共同筹集约六万英镑建造日式风格的盆景园，于 1992 年 8 月下旬对公众开放。这座国家盆景收藏（National Bonsai Collection）由各英国知名盆景收藏家捐赠或遗赠的树木组成，由 FoBBS 负责日常维护与策展。

重大会议与国际展览

FoBBS 自 1983 年起在 Keele 大学举办第一届全国大会，此后又陆续在 Nottingham、Sussex、Stratford-on-Avon、Bournemouth、Hull 等地组织多届大会与展览。1991 年，FoBBS 作为东道主协会在伯明翰国际会议中心（ICC）承办了 Bonsai Clubs International 年度大会——这是 BCI 首次走出美国举办的活动，七百名来自二十三个国家的代表与五千名公众一同参与。联邦展台自 2003 年起几乎每年在 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 上摘得金牌（仅 2005、2007 等个别年份为银奖），并连续多年在 Gardeners’ World Live 上呈现国家盆景展示。

会员服务与新苗培育

FoBBS 现有约六十家会员社团，覆盖英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士及北爱尔兰各地，主要面向这些社团提供资料库、Speaker’s Diary 演讲嘉宾名册、年度区域新人才比赛（NTC）、五百英镑以上综合第三方保险以及国家或区域盆景活动的经费与物资支持。联邦还设立了 Bonsai Show Judges 培训项目，统一各级盆景展览的评审标准，并正在开发针对演讲者的培训计划与可外借的盆景教育幻灯片。公众咨询与合作事宜以官方网站公布的联系方式为准。

追思与荣誉表彰

FoBBS Roll of Honour 自 1998 年起记录对英国盆景界有突出贡献的成员，最早入选者包括 FoBBS 创立推动者 Bill Horan、欧洲盆景协会前主席 Malcolm Hughes 与 Kath Hughes、Dan Barton 等。近年离世的业界前辈 Kath Hughes（2026 年 7 月）与 Paul Lesniewicz（2023 年 6 月）、George Cox（2022 年 7 月）、Mike Konig（2020 年 1 月）等人的追思页面也长期保留在联邦网站上，以纪念他们在国家盆景收藏建设、欧洲盆景大会组织以及新苗培训方面的长期贡献。

Founding and Federation origins

The Federation of British Bonsai Societies was formally constituted on 31 October 1982 at a meeting held at the Phoenix, Palace Street, London, by twelve founder societies including Bedford Bonsai Society, Bristol Bonsai Society, Kew Kai Bonsai Society, Manchester Bonsai Society, National Bonsai Society, Scottish Bonsai Society and the Yorkshire Bonsai Association. The initiative had grown out of the first UK Bonsai Convention at the University of Keele in September 1981, where enthusiasts led by Harry Tomlinson discussed the possibility of a national umbrella body. At the 1983 Keele convention the Federation selected a Scots pine design by Dan Barton as its emblem, a mark that has since appeared on letterheads, publications, silver brooches and association merchandise.

National Bonsai Collection and Birmingham Botanical Gardens

From its earliest years the Federation pursued the idea of a permanent national bonsai display, modelled on the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens collection in the United States. After protracted negotiations with the Royal Horticultural Society and an unsuccessful exploration of Hever Castle, the project found its home at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston. Together with the Gardens’ trustees the Federation raised roughly £60,000 to build a Japanese-style bonsai garden, which opened to the public in late August 1992. The National Bonsai Collection is composed of trees donated or bequeathed by leading British collectors and remains maintained by FoBBS.

Conventions, exhibitions and RHS Chelsea Gold medals

FoBBS has organised national conventions at venues including Keele, Nottingham, Sussex, Stratford-on-Avon, Bournemouth and Hull, complemented by a rolling programme of regional exhibitions staged by member societies. Its 1991 hosting of the Bonsai Clubs International Annual Congress at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre was the first time BCI had convened outside the United States, drawing 700 delegates from 23 countries and an audience of more than 5,000 visitors. The Federation’s stand has returned to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show almost every year since 2003, collecting Gold medals in all but a handful of seasons, alongside regular displays at Gardeners’ World Live and other horticultural events.

Member society services, training and new talent

FoBBS today brings together around sixty member clubs across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Through its services the Federation maintains an information database and Speaker’s Diary, runs the New Talent Competition on a regional basis to encourage emerging demonstrators, underwrites comprehensive third-party insurance for member societies at competitive rates, and provides financial or material support for national and regional bonsai events. Its Bonsai Show Judges training programme aims to bring a common standard to local and national exhibitions, and a developing package of educational presentations is being made available on loan to clubs. Public enquiries are directed via the channels listed on the official website.

Roll of Honour and In Memoriam

The Federation’s Roll of Honour, first awarded in 1998, recognises individuals who have made a sustained contribution to British bonsai, with the earliest list including Bill Horan, who is credited with establishing FoBBS, together with Malcolm Hughes, Kath Hughes and Dan Barton. The website also carries extended In Memoriam pages for Kath Hughes, who died on 13 July 2026 and was instrumental in creating the National Bonsai Collection, for Paul Lesniewicz (1945-2023), founder of the European Bonsai Association and the Bonsai Centrum Heidelberg, for George Cox (1936-2022), long-serving President of Ambion Bonsai Club, and for Mike Konig (1960-2020), whose Miko Bonsai became a familiar name in the Midlands.

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