"The Nations --
When Did Bonsai Come to the
Various Countries and Territories?"

PART I


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This Page Last Updated: December 22, 2012


       According to our researches, the earliest known bonsai / magical miniature landscape
a) enthusiast in that country ;
b) club in that country ;
c) display of tree(s) in that country ; and
d) book specifically about published in that country are as follows :


(No guarantee is made of the longevity of any particular club.)


Location Dates
 		References
Algeria
1 		<2007

.
.
Redouane, per http://www.edgbonsai-fr.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=110&topic=13243.0
.
.
.
Argentina
2 		.
<1979
.
.
.
Asociacion Argentina de Bonsai, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVIII, No. 6, Jul/Aug 1979, pg. 182.
.
.
Australia
3 		1903
1964
.
1963?
"Lady McEacharn At Home," from The Argus, http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/1900Refs/Argus1903.html
South Australian Bonsai Society, per http://www.bonsaisa.org.au/
.
Koreshoff, Dorothy and Vita  Bonsai in Australia.
Austria
4 		.
c.1983
.
.
.
Österreichische Bonsaifreunde, per "Wir über uns," http://www.bonsai-kaernten.at/
.
.
Bangladesh
5 		c.1980s
1999

.
.
"Bonsai in Bangladesh," http://www.bonsai-in-asia.com/
Bangladesh Bonsai Society, per "Bonsai in Bangladesh,"
http://www.bonsai-in-asia.com/
.
.
Barbados
6 		<1972
<2002
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XI, No. 4, May 1972, pg. 24.
Bonsai Club of Barbados, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 3, May/June 2003, pg. 1.
.
.
Belgium
7 		.
1977

2003
.
.
Vlaamse Bonsai Vereniging, per "Welkom op de nieuwe website van de Vlaamse BonsaiVereniging," http://www.vlaamsebonsai.be/
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 4, Jul/Aug 2003, pg. 5.
.
Bermuda
8 		<1980
<2006

.
.
P.A.T. Butterfield, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1980, pg. 2.
Bermuda Bonsai Club, per "Save the Botanical Gardens," Greenrock.org, 20 September 2006, http://www.greenrock.org/content/view/39/32/
.
.
Bolivia
9 		.
1998
.
.
.
Club Bonsai Bolivia, http://es.geocities.com/clubbonsaibolivia/
.
.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 		<2007
.
.
.
http://walter-pall-travelogues.blogspot.com/2007/05/bonsai-in-croatia-part-1.html
.
.
.
Botswana
11 		.
<2006
.
.
.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070709234511/http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/events_files/WBFF2006Report.pdf, pg. 4
.
.
Brazil
12 		1917


1994
.
1995
Tsunaichi Miyoshi emigrated to Sao Paulo and began pine seedlings, per Yoshimura, Yuji  "Modern Bonsai, Development Of The Art Of Bonsai From An Historical Perspective -- Part 3," International Bonsai, IBA, 1992/No. 1, pg. 22.
Sociedade Brasileira De Bonsai, per http://www.sbbonsai.org.br/apresentacao.html
.
Noronha, Fábio Antakly  Cultivando Bonsai no Brasil.
Bulgaria
13 		.
<2007
.
1988
.
Bulgaria Bonsai Club, per http://bonsai.bg/
.
Leprêtrre, Gérard  Bonsaite; Sofija: Zemizdat.  Translation by Georgi Dimov.
Canada
14 		<1957

1963

.
1985

"A Brief History of the Toronto Bonsai Society,"
http://torontobonsai.org/Journal/Journal.2003/jun.2003/history.tbs.1.htm
Toronto Bonsai Society, per "A Brief History of the Toronto Bonsai Society,"
http://torontobonsai.org/Journal/Journal.2003/jun.2003/history.tbs.1.htm
.
Donovan, Dorothy-Ann and Marc Lord with David Easterbrook  Bonsai Penjing, Jardin botanique de Montréal; Montréal: Editions Marcel Broquet.
Chile
15 		1982
1985

.
.
Miguel Cuevas, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXI, No. 6, Jul/Aug 1982, pg. 182.
Bonsai Club of Chile, per "Chile,"
http://www.usm.edu.ec/abedini/asbonsai/paises.html
.
.
China
(People's Republic of China)
16 		.
1981


c.14th cent.
c.8th cent.
.
China Flower and Penjing Association, per "The Organization and Activity of Penjing in China," by Prof. Su Xuehen, WBFF Director of China Region, World Bonsai Friendship Federation, http://web.archive.org/web/20080906213207/http://bonsai-wbff.org/rchina.shtml
Wu, 2nd, pg. 39.
http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/Books/pre1800.html
Colombia
17 		<1978
c.1985
.
c.1988
Maria Eugenia de Hoey, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Mar 1978, pg. 38.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXV, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1986, pg. 17.
.
Botero, Beatriz and Martha Olga Botero  Hagamos Bonsai; Cali.
Democratic Republic of Congo
18 		<2010
.
.
.
per WBFF website, "African Region," http://www.wbff-2013.org/indexaction!bgview.action?bgId=22.
.
.
.
Costa Rica
19 		1972
c.1980
.
.
Jorge Miranda, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XI, No. 5, June 1972, pg. 20.
Grupo Bonsai de Costa Rica, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XIX, No. 7, Sep 1980, pg. 219.
.
.
Croatia
20 		1989
2004
.
.
Zoran Pavlov, per http://members.tripod.com/~Bonsaiz/BONSAI.htm
Dalmatinski bonsai klub, per http://www.bonsai.hr/?page_id=8
.
.
Cuba
21 		<1998

2002
2003
.
Lucia Lopez Coll  "Havana Bonsai Brighten Up Life," Havana Times.org,
Jan. 9, 2009, http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=3616.
Havana Bonsai Group, per http://bonsaihabana.vndv.com/nosotros.html
1st Annual Exhibition, per http://bonsaihabana.vndv.com/eventos.html
.
Cyprus
22 		c.2001




.
stavros, per post, "Re: Friday May 14 demonstration in Jerusalem botanical Garden," Internet Bonsai Club, May 22, 2010, http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/bonsai-f1/friday-may-14-demonstration-in-jerusalem-botanical-garden-t3100.htm#30894

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.
Czech Republic
(formerly, Czechoslovakia)
23 		<1971
1981
1975
1985
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. X, No. 1, Feb 1971, pg. 2.
Bonsai Club of Praha, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVI, No. 6, Nov/Dec 1987, pg. 6.
Manuel Lukes in Plzen, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XV, No. 4, May 1976, pg. 124.
Rysan, Miloslav  Bonsaj; Praha: Statni Zemedelske Nakl.
Denmark
24 		.
1981
.
1987
.
Dansk Bonsai Selskab, per http://www.bonsai-danmark.dk/HISTORIE.htm.
.
Stewart, Christine  Bonsai ; Kbh: Hernov. Translation by Axel Heltman.
Dominican Republic
25 		c.1955

1996
.
.
Mr. Takeo Sone, Mr. Kitada, and Mr. Matsunaga, per WBFF website, "Latin America Region," http://web.archive.org/web/20101026021849/http://bonsai-wbff.org/rlatinam.shtml
Asociacion Dominican de Bonsai, per WBFF website, "Latin America Region," http://web.archive.org/web/20101026021849/http://bonsai-wbff.org/rlatinam.shtml
.
.
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
26 		<2006
.
2006

.
Saleem, per http://forums.bonsaisite.com/lofiversion/index.php/t5822.html
.
International Plants Expo Middle East (IPM), per "Dubai to become international hub for flower and plant trade," http://www.ameinfo.com/78270.html
.
Ecuador
27 		.
1984
.
.
.
Club Bonsai Guayaquil, http://www.usm.edu.ec/abedini/asbonsai/clubgye.html
.
.
England
28 		<1968
1961
1806; <1834
1908; 1951

Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. VII, No. 8, Oct 1968, pg. 15.
The Japan Society of London's Bonsai Kai, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1982, pg. 12.
http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/BigPicture/InEngland.html ; http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/1800Refs/Bennett.html
An English translation of [Maumenés 1902] work was published in 1908 in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 33(1): 53-70; Ashberry, Anne  Miniature Gardens; London: C.A. Pearson.
Estonia
29 		<2006
<2006
.
.
http://www.bonsai.ee/foorum/viewtopic.php?t=7.
Eestib Bonsai Klubi, http://www.bonsai.ee/foorum/viewtopic.php?t=7
.
.
Finland
30 		<1978
.
.
1991
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 5, June 1978, pg. 147.
.
.
Hubert, Nina and Tord Hubert  Huonebonsai; Porvoo: WSOY. Translation by Marjatta Vallenius.
France
31 		<1968
<1982
1878
1902

Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. VII, No. 8, Oct 1968, pg. 15.
Assn. Francase De Am., per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXII, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1983, pg. 2.
Paris Exhibition, http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/1800Refs/Quin.html.
Maumené, Albert  Les Arbes nains japonais, Leur formation au Japon, Leur utilisation et leur traitement eu Europe; Paris: Librairie Horticole.


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