Fuchsia Societies & Groups around the Globe
Who else has this addiction and where can I get help?
Who else has this addiction and where can I get help?
The AFS meetings, though, are slightly lower keyed so you probably won’t find quite as many paparazzi on the fuchsia carpet as on the red. But only slightly. Trust me. The Parade of Fuchsias at a convention would make Meryl Streep weep dramatically with jealousy. And she’s good at that. She may have a couple of Oscars but she does NOT have an award for Best Fuchsia in Show.
Abut a decade later, the United Kingdom followed suit with the British Fuchsia Society in 1938. Since then, quite a number of fuchsia societies have popped up all over the world. This means that there’s probably help for you no matter in what corner of it you happen to have become addicted to fuchsias. Where there are a number of groups in a country, the major national societies are marked with two stars. Smaller local groups, mostly under the umbrella of these national societies, are marked with a single star to indicate that they have their own websites.
In these days of the internet, many specialized horticultural organizations are struggling for membership. Sadly, both the Swedish Fuchsia Society and the Australian Fuchsia Society have recently been forced to fold. So don’t shy away. Join one. Join several! Gardening, with fuchsias or otherwise, can’t be done in a vacuum. Nothing still beats the personal fellowship and the real treasures of experience and expertise of other gardeners who share your interest.
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Legend ☆☆ = Greater national groups with websites ☆ = Own website ✎ = Email ☺ = Facebook  ✝ = Defunct
Australia
- Australian Fuchsia Society ☆☆ ✝
Dissolved in late 2012. See defunct groups at end. - Canberra Geranium and Fuchsia Society ☆
- Fuchsia Club of New South Wales ☆
- Fuchsia Fancier's Australia ☆ ☺ Facebook (Private)
Formerly called "The In Ground Fuchsia Group".
Austria (Österreich)
- Gesellschaft Österreichische Fuchsienfreunde (formerly called the Österreichische Fuchsiensfreunde) ☆☆
- Fuchsienfreunde in der österreichischen Gartenbau-Gesellschaft (formerly called the Österreichische Gartenbau-Gesellschaft, Sektion V - Fuchsien) ☆
Landesgruppen of the Österreichische Gartenbau-Gesellschaft
- Burgenland
- Steiermark
- Oberösterreich
- Steiermark – Fuchsienfreunde
- Wien-Niederösterreich-Burgenland - Fuchsienfreunde
Belgium (Belgie / Belgique / Belgien)
- Vlaamse Fuchsiavrienden ☆ ✝
The group was dissolved in 2014. - Vrije Fuchsia Vrienden ☆
The society still seems operational but its URL resolves to a black website page as of August 2013.
Canada
- British Columbia Fuchsia & Begonia Society ☆
- Geranium, Pelargonium & Fuchsia Society of Ontario
- Greater Victoria Geranium & Fuchsia Society ☆
Denmark (Danmark)
Europe
- Euro-Fuchsia
Dissolved in July 2021.
France
- Association Française des Amateurs de Fuchsias ☆
- Societé Nationale d’Horticulture de France, Section Fuchsia ☆☆
- Société pour la Recherche et l'Acclimatation des espèces botaniques du genre Fuchsia (SORAF)
Germany (Deutschland)
- Deutsche Fuchsien-Gesellschaft (DFG) ☆☆
This is a large decentralized society that consists of number of local ➤ Fuchsien-Freundeskreise (Fuchsia Friends Circles). These are listed below.
- Berlin
- Berlin-Brandenburg
- Bodensee
- Chiemgau
- Dortmund
- Fuchsienfreunde Emsland
- Fuchsienfreunde im Internet ☆
- Fuchsienfreunde in Südtirol
- Grenzland
- Göttingen-Kassel
- Hamburg
- HannoverHarz
- Leonberg
- Main-Kinzig
- München
- Münsterland
- Niederbayern
- Nürnberg und Umgebung
- Ostfriesland
- Rhein-Ruhr
- Saar-Pfalz ☆
- Sachsen
- Sauerland
- Siegerland
- Süd
- Südbaden
- Südhessen
- Thüringen
- Wemding
- Westfalen Nord
- Wuppertal
- Zwischen Elbe und Wesermündung ☆
International & the Internet
- Dave’s Garden Fuchsia Discussion Group ☆ (English)
- Dutch Fuchsia Forum ☆ (Dutch)
- Fuchsia Research International. ✝
See Defunct Groups at End. - Fuchsia Species Conservation Alliance or F.U.S.C.A. ☆ (English) ✝
☺ Facebook. See Defunct Groups at End. - Fuchsia Lovers around the World - Yahoo Group ☆ (English)
- Maison des Fuchsias Forum ☆ (French)
Ireland (Eire)
Netherlands (Nederland)
Branches of the Nederlandse Kring van Fuchsiavrienden
- Regio 1 - Friesland ☆
- Regio 2 - Groningen
- Regio 3 - Drenthe
- Regio 4 - Felvoland
- Regio 5 - Twente Salland ☆
- Regio 6- Oost Gelderland
- Regio 7 - Veluwe ☆
- Regio 8 - Zuid-Gelre
- Regio 9 - Noord Holland Noord ☆
- Regio 10 - No Branch
- Regio 11 - Noord Holland Midden ☆
- Regio 12 - No Branch
- Regio 13 - 't Gooi, Eemland en Vechrstreek
- Regio 14 - Amstelland
- Regio 15 - Mitten Nederland
- Regio 16 - De Heuvelrug ☆
- Regio 17 - Rijnland
- Regio 18 - Defland
- Rgeio 19 - Rotterdam e.o.
- Regio 20 - Eiland van Dordrecht en Omstreken ☆
- Regio 21 - Zuid Hollandse Eilanden ☆
- Regio 22 - No Branch
- Regio 23 - West Brabant ☆
- Regio 24 - Mitten Brabant
- Regio 25 - De Kempen
- Regio 26 - Zuid-Ost Brabant
- Regio 27 - Noord-Oost Brabany
- Regio 28 - Noord en Midden Limburg ☆
- Regio 29 - Midden en Suid Limburg ☆
Legend ☆☆ = Greater national groups with websites ☆ = Own website ✎ = Email ☺ = Facebook  ✝ = Defunct
New Zealand
Branches of the Fuchsia Society of New Zealand
Norway (Norge)
Poland (Polska)
- Fuksje ☆☆
Scotland
There are a number of societies affiliated with the British Fuchsia Society. Contact the BFS for a local society near you.
Slovakia (Slovensko)
South Africa (Suid-Afrika)
Spain (España)
Sweden (Sverige)
- Svenska Fuchsiasaellskapet ✝
Dissolved in December 2010. [4]
Switzerland (Schweiz / Suisse /Svizzera / Svizra)
Legend ☆☆ = Greater national groups with websites ☆ = Own website ✎ = Email ☺ = Facebook  ✝ = Defunct
United Kingdom
There are many local societies affiliated with the British Fuchsia S.ociety Contact the BFS for a branch near you.
Legend ☆☆ = Greater national groups with websites ☆ = Own website ✎ = Email ☺ = Facebook  ✝ = Defunct
United States
American Fuchsia Society
Branches of the American Fuchsia Society
Northwest Fuchsia Society
Members of the Northwest Fuchsia Society
Affiliated Members of the Northwest Fuchsia Society
Other Societies in the United States
- American Fuchsia Society (CA) ☆☆
Branches of the American Fuchsia Society
- Crescent City Fuchsia Society (CA) ☆
- Eugene Fuchsia & Begonia Society (OR) - Closed
- Eureka Branch (CA)
- Sacramento Branch (CA)
- Salem Area Branch (OR)
- San Bruno Branch (CA)
- Fuchsia Society of San Francisco (CA) ☺ Facebook?
- San Jose CA)
- San Mateo (CA)
- Santa Clara Valley (CA)
- Sebastopol (CA)
- Vallejo Fuchsia Society (CA) ☆
Northwest Fuchsia Society
- Northwest Fuchsia Society (WA) ☆☆ ☺ Facebook
Members of the Northwest Fuchsia Society
- Eastside Fuchsia Society (WA)
- Fuchsia Fanciers (WA)
- Greater Seattle Fuchsia Society (WA)
- Lakebay Fuchsia Society (WA)
- North Cascades Fuchsia Society (WA)
- North Olympic Fuchsia Society (WA)
- Olympia Fuchsia Society (WA) ☆
- Peninsula Fuchsia Society (WA)
- Pilchuk Fuchsia Society (WA)
- Puget Sound Fuchsia Society (WA)
- Puyallup Fuchsia Society (WA)
- Sno-King Fuchsia Society (WA) ☺ Facebook
- Tahoma Fuchsia Society (WA)
Affiliated Members of the Northwest Fuchsia Society
- Crescent City Fuchsia Society, AFS (CA)
- Eugene Fuchsia & Begonia Society (OR)
- Southwest Portland Fuchsia Club (OR) ☆
- Northwest Fuchsia Hybridizers Society (OR & WA)
- Northwest Fuchsia Lore Collectors Club (OR & WA)
- Western Fuchsia Species Society (CA, OR & WA) ☆
Other Societies in the United States
- Eugen Fuchsia & Begonia Society (OR)
- Fuchsia Society of San Francisco (CA) ☆
- Orange County Fuchsia Society (CA) ☆
- Oregon Fuchsia Society (OR) ☆
- San Diego Fuchsia & Shade Plant Society (CA)
- South Coast Fuchsia Society (CA) [4]
- Southwest Portland Fuchsia Club (OR) ☆
- Northwest Fuchsia Hybridizers Society (OR & WA)
- Northwest Fuchsia Lore Collectors Club (OR & WA)
- Western Fuchsia Species Society (CA, OR & WA) ☆
✝ Defunct Groups
- Australian Fuchsia Society. Dissolved in late 2012. [1]
- Fuchsia Research International (UK). Defunct 2008. [2]
- Fuchsia Species Conservation Alliance (UK). Defunct Jan 2013. [3]
- National Fuchsia Society (US). Defunct. [4]
- Svenska Fuchsiasaellskapet. (Sweden). Defunct Dec 2010. [5]
[1] Founded in 1970, the Australian Fuchsia Society sadly announced on its ➤ website that, after forty-two years of service, "Unfortunately due to the bad health of many members and falling numbers of people attending monthly meetings, the AFS was disbanded in late 2012." The AFS's website continues to function for the moment, however, as an archive.
[2] FRI was sadly dissolved in December, 2008 but the website was left active until the middle of 2010. It now belongs to a Japanese internet dating service of all things! The National Collection of Fuchsia Species formerly under its care was moved from Margham Park to the ➤ Arboretum de Chèvreloup at Versailles. There is, unfortunately, almost no information on the ➤ Arboretum website on this important fuchsia species collection for visitors from the WWW. Some information seems to be located at ➤ Maison des Fuchias, however.
[3] Dave Green, the founder of the Fuchsia Species Conservation Alliance (F.U.S.C.A.), died suddenly in January, 2013. As he was the seemingly single driving force behind this new group, it is now in abeyance, if not defunct. Its Facebook page, however, remains a muted testimonial to Dave's vision.
[4] The National Fuchsia Society is survived by a thriving branch, the South Coast Fuchsia Society, which meets and also maintains a fuchsia display garden at the South Coast Botanical Garden in Los Angeles.
[5] In early 2010, Euro-Fuchsia first reported on its members page that the SFS would apparently be dissolving itself in December of that year. ➤ Euro-Fuchsia. The SFS did, in fact, dissolve. Their website was still functioning until the beginning of 2012, to serve archival materials, but it's now down. It's a very sad loss and underscores the importance of joining and supporting a local or national plant society, especially in the age of the internet. Member Kenneth Nielssen's personal website ➤ Fuchsias from Stockholm also once supported the SFS. His site is no longer being updated but was still being maintained on the internet for archival purposes. As of January 2013, however, its pages are also no longer accessible.
[2] FRI was sadly dissolved in December, 2008 but the website was left active until the middle of 2010. It now belongs to a Japanese internet dating service of all things! The National Collection of Fuchsia Species formerly under its care was moved from Margham Park to the ➤ Arboretum de Chèvreloup at Versailles. There is, unfortunately, almost no information on the ➤ Arboretum website on this important fuchsia species collection for visitors from the WWW. Some information seems to be located at ➤ Maison des Fuchias, however.
[3] Dave Green, the founder of the Fuchsia Species Conservation Alliance (F.U.S.C.A.), died suddenly in January, 2013. As he was the seemingly single driving force behind this new group, it is now in abeyance, if not defunct. Its Facebook page, however, remains a muted testimonial to Dave's vision.
[4] The National Fuchsia Society is survived by a thriving branch, the South Coast Fuchsia Society, which meets and also maintains a fuchsia display garden at the South Coast Botanical Garden in Los Angeles.
[5] In early 2010, Euro-Fuchsia first reported on its members page that the SFS would apparently be dissolving itself in December of that year. ➤ Euro-Fuchsia. The SFS did, in fact, dissolve. Their website was still functioning until the beginning of 2012, to serve archival materials, but it's now down. It's a very sad loss and underscores the importance of joining and supporting a local or national plant society, especially in the age of the internet. Member Kenneth Nielssen's personal website ➤ Fuchsias from Stockholm also once supported the SFS. His site is no longer being updated but was still being maintained on the internet for archival purposes. As of January 2013, however, its pages are also no longer accessible.
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