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

© 2008-2010  Robert J. Baran
All Rights Reserved.


This Page Last Updated: August 3, 2010


       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 		1932

1964
.
1963?
Vita Koreshoff, per "Re: Dorothy Koreshoff," posting by pup, November 16, 2008, http://www.ausbonsai.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=53
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://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/
.
Leprętrre, 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://www.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

.
.
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://bonsai-wbff.org/rlatinam.shtml
Asociacion Dominican de Bonsai, per WBFF website, "Latin America Region," 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.
Germany
32 		<1968
1978
.
1979


Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. VII, No. 10, Dec-Jan 1968, pg. 13.
Bonsai Club Germany, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 5, Sep/Oct 2003, pg. 16.
.
Koide, Nobukichi and Saburō Katō and Fusazō Takeyama (Directors of the Japan Bonsai Association)  Bonsai: Freude an japan, Zwergbăumen; München: BLV-Verlagsgesellschaft.  Translation by Ulrike Thiede.
Grand Cayman,
British West Indies
33 		<1972
.
.
.
Brenda Quin, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XI, No. 2, Mar 1972, pg. 6.
.
.
.
Greece
34 		c.2002
<2007

2007

c.1998
"elenaspirou," per http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thebonsaiclub/message/338
Greek Bonsai Collectors' Club, per "At the Kifissia Flower Show," May 4, 2007, http://grhomeboy.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/at-the-kifissia-flower-show/.
53rd Kifissia Flower Show, per "At the Kifissia Flower Show," May 4, 2007, http://grhomeboy.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/at-the-kifissia-flower-show/.
Marenzio, Andrea  The Art of Bonsai, http://www.gardenbooks.gr/product.asp?catid=17.
Guatemala
35 		<2004
.
.
.
per WBFF website, "Latin America Region," http://bonsai-wbff.org/rlatinam.shtml
.
.
.
Guyana
36 		<2005
.
.
.
Marcel Ho Fong Choy, per "2005-2007 - Board of Directors," http://www.felab.com/board2.html
.
.
.
Hungary
37 		.
<2003
.
2000
.
Budapest Bonsai Association, per Bonsai Bonsai, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 4, Jul/Aug 2003, pg. 10.
.
Nessmann, Jean-Daniel  A szép bonsai: gyakorlati tanácsok; Budapest: Delta.
India
38 		1965
1972
.
1977;
1987
Mary P. Case, per Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1968, pp. 3-7.
The Indian Bonsai Society, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 37, No. 4, Jul/Aug 1998, pg. 39.
.
ENGLISH:  Parekh, Jyoti  Tropical Bonsai; Bombay: Vakils, Feffer & Simons, Ltd;
TAMIL: Krishnan, Sona  Tharaiai Thodatha Tharukkal (Trees which never touch the earth); Chennai.
Indonesia
39 		<1973
1979

2003
1988
I.L. Goei, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XII, No. 4, May 1973, pg. 25.
Bonsai Society of Jakarta, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXIII, No. 6, Nov/Dec 1984, pg. 32; "Bonsai in Indonesia," http://www.bonsai-in-asia.com/
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 4, Jul/Aug 2003, pg. 5.
Sulistyo, Budi  Bonsai.
Iran
40 		<1972
.
.
.
Mrs. J. Darabnia, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XI, No. 5, June 1972, pg. 21.
.
.
.
Israel
41 		1970
<1999

.
.
Mr. Feintuch, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. IX, No. 7, Sep 1970, pg. 14.
Jerusalem Bonsai Club, per BCI website archive, "Listing of Member Clubs, updated October 21, 1998,"
http://web.archive.org/web/19981202214205/www.bonsai-bci.com/clubs~1.htm
.
.
Italy
42 		1958
<1978
1979
1980

Guido Delg'Innocenti, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVIII, No. 9, Nov 1979, pg. 319.
Bonsai Club D'Italia, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 6, Jul/Aug 1978, pg. 182.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVIII, No. 9, Nov 1979, pg. 319.
Coltivare bonsai; Demetra; and Naka, John Yoshio  Techniche Bonsai 1; Milano: Edizioni Volonterio. Translation by Maria T. Volonterio.
Jamaica
43 		<1968
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. VII, No. 10, Dec-Jan 1968, pg. 13.
.
.
.
Japan
44 		c.1195
.
c.1781

1808
http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/Paintings/Japanto1600.html
.
Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pp. 151-152.
Sumie, Buzen and Aizan Sumie  Senkeiban zushiki: naniwa shomeika shuzu; Kyoto.
Kenya
45 		.
<2006
.
.
.
http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/events_files/WBFF2006Report.pdf, pg. 4
.
.
Lesotho
46 		<2010
.
.
.
per WBFF website, "African Region," http://www.wbff-2013.org/indexaction!bgview.action?bgId=22.
.
.
.
Lithuania
47 		1989
.
.
.
Kestutis Ptakauskas, http://www.bonsai.lt/bonsaien/index.html.
.
.
.
Luxembourg
48 		.
<1993
.
.
.
per WBFF website, "Europe Region," http://bonsai-wbff.org/reurope.shtml
.
.
Malaysia
49 		<1989

c.1990s

.
.
Alan Leong, per Meislik, Jerry, M.D., Charles Lim, and Alan Leong  "An Introduction To Water Jasmine, Wrightia Religiosa," Bonsai Journal, ABS, Vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 1995, pg. 62.
Malaysia Bonsai & Suiseki Society, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 4, Jul/Aug 2003, pg. 10; "Bonsai in Bangladesh," http://www.bonsai-in-asia.com/
.
.
Malta
50 		1950s

1991

1991

.
Joseph Busuttil, per "History of the Maltese Bonsai Culture Group," http://www.petngarden.com/bonsaiclubmalta/bonsaihistory.php.
Bonsai Culture Group in Malta, per "History of the Maltese Bonsai Culture Group,"
http://www.petngarden.com/bonsaiclubmalta/bonsaihistory.php
"History of the Maltese Bonsai Culture Group,"
http://www.petngarden.com/bonsaiclubmalta/bonsaihistory.php.
.
Mexico
51 		<1978
<1981

.
.
Rafael Granados Lara, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 4, May 1978, pg. 110.
Sociedad de Bonsai de Monterrey, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXI, No. 6, Jul/Aug 1982, pg. 182; Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVI, No. 5, Sep/Oct 1987, pg. 30.
.
.
Monaco
52 		.
c.1995

2003
.
.
Bonsaď club de Monaco, per http://bonsaiclubmonaco.free.fr/gal_index.php?lang=&album=RETROSPECTIVE _______MONACO_BONSAI__95&NumAlbum=2
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 4, Jul/Aug 2003, pg. 4.
.
Montenegro
53 		<2007
.
.
.
http://walter-pall-travelogues.blogspot.com/2007/05/bonsai-in-croatia-part-1.html
.
.
.
Mozambique
54 		<2002
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 2, Mar/Apr 2003, pp. 32-35.
.
.
.
Namibia
55 		<2002
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 2, Mar/Apr 2003, pp. 32-35.
.
.
.
Netherlands
56 		.
1972
.
1979

.
Nederlandse Bonsai Vereniging, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, May/June 1992, pg. 38.
.
Koide, Nobukichi and Saburō Katō and Fusazō Takeyama   Het bonsai boek: kweken en verzorgen van Japanse dwergbomen; Ede: Zomer & Keuning. Translation by J.J. Bosshardt et al.
New Caledonia
sui generis collectivity of France
57
<2009

.
.

Ass du Bonsai Caledonien, per "Liste des clubs," http://www.edgbonsai-fr.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=63.
.
.
New Zealand
58 		c.1968
<1978
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. VII, No. 8, Oct 1968, pg. 15.
Aukland Bonsai Society, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 5, June 1978, pg. 146.
.
.
Nigeria
59 		1971
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. X, No. 6, Jul/Aug 1971, pg. 19.
.
.
.
Northern Ireland
60 		.
1986

.
.
.
Northern Ireland Bonsai Society, per
http://www.angelfire.com/alt2/nibs/about_us.htm
.
.
Norway
61 		.
1993
.
.
.
Norsk Bonsaiselskap, per http://norskbonsaiselskap.wordpress.com/about/.
.
.
Pakistan
62 		<1977
1998
.
.
M.S. Mohamedi, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVI, No. 8, Oct 1977, pg. 238.
Pakistan Bonsai Society, per "Pakistan," http://www.bonsai-in-asia.com/
.
.
Panama
63 		<1989
1991

.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, Mar/Apr 1989, pg. 20.
Asociacion Bonsai de Panama, per WBFF website, "Latin America Region," http://bonsai-wbff.org/rlatinam.shtml
.
.
Paraguay
64 		<2005
.
.
.
Fernando Galdona, per "2005-2007 - Board of Directors," http://www.felab.com/board2.html
.
.
.
Peru
65 		<1976
1976
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 6, Jul/Aug 1978, pg. 205.
Sociedad Peruana de Bonsai, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, June 1979, pp. 158-159.
.
.
Philippines
66 		<1603
1973

.
.
http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/pre1800Refs/Philippines1604.html
Philippine Bonsai Society, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XIV, No. 10, Dec 1975, pg. 305; Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXII, No. 6, Jul/Aug 1983, pg. 214.
.
.
Poland
67 		.
1998

.
1990
.
Polish Bonsai Club, per Wojtas, Michal  "Living, green works of art at Manggha," 27 September 2007, http://www.krakowpost.com/article/535.
.
Plochocki, Andrzej  Bonsai: sztuka miniaturyzacji drzew i krzewow; Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawn.
Portugal
68 		<1978
.
.
1996
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 5, June 1978, pg. 147.
.
.
Pfisterer, Jochen  Bonsai de interior; Lisboa: Presenca. Translation by Maria Joao Cordeiro.
Puerto Rico,
self-governing unincorporated
territory of United States
69 		c.1940s
<1975
.
c.1988
Hugo Storer, per "Bonsai in the Caribbean," http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/nabf/newsletter7/carib.htm
Bonsai Club of P.R., per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XIV, No. 8, Oct 1975, pg. 236.
.
Collazo, Fernando L. and Maria T.  Bonsai -- Basico Y Sencillo.
Romania
70 		.
<2000

.
.
.
Bonsai Club Romania, per BCI website archive, "Listing of Member Clubs, 2000," http://web.archive.org/web/20001026042941/bonsai-bci.com/clubs~1.htm
.
.
Russia
71 		.
.
.
1956; 1990




.
.
.
"Dwarfish plants - this is the miniature copy of pine tree, kriptomerii and some other trees, and also bushes" section of Indoor Gardening book released by State Publishing House of Agricultural Literature, Moscow, per "Adventures of Bonsai in Russia," http://www.bonsai.ru/history-rus.html and, per personal e-mail from Boris Lomov to RJB 15 Jun 2010, http://lomov.blogspot.com/2010/06/first-known-mention-of-bonsai-in.html ; Dhanda, Leila  Kul'tura bonsai: vyrashchivanie kaplikovykh derev'ev; Moskva: Lesnaja promyslennost'. Translation by I.T. Gena.
San Marino
72 		.
1999
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 6, November/December 1999, pg. 5.
.
.
Saudi Arabia
73 		<1989
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, Mar/Apr 1989, pg. 20.
.
.
.
Scotland
74 		<1968
1979
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. VII, No. 10, Dec-Jan 1968, pg. 13.
Scottish Bonsai Association, per http://www.scottishbonsai.org/.
.
.
Singapore
75 		c.1950
1977

c.1980
.
Boh Chit Hee, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXIV, No. 3, May/Jun 1985, pp. 22.
Singapore Bonsai society, per "Bonsai in Singapore,"
http://www.bonsai-in-asia.com/
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXIV, No. 3, May/Jun 1985, pp. 22.
.
Slovakia
76 		.
1989
1997
.
.
Bonsai Club Kosice, per http://www.bz.upjs.sk/eng/bonsaien.htm
http://www.bonsai-slovakia.sk/1997.htm
.
Slovenia
77 		c.1998
<2009

.
.
http://www.geocities.com/kovsca/KAZALO.html
Slovenian Bonsai Club, per "Special exhibition in St. Veit, Austria," June 7, 2009, http://nikart-gb.blogspot.com/2009/06/special-exhibition-in-st-veit-austria.html.
.
.
South Africa
78 		c.1950

1960
.
1976

Stephen and Peter Tim, per Hall, Doug and Don Black  The South African Bonsai Book, (Cape Town: Howard Timmins Publishers, Ltd.; 1976, 1983), pg. 17.
Bonsai Society of South Africa, per Hall and Black, pg. 17.
.
Hall, Doug and Don Black  The South African Bonsai Book; Cape Town: Howard Timmins Publishers, Ltd.  (Translation of this English language work into Afrikaans made the following year.)
South Korea
79 		<1392
1985

1986
1971
"Korea" in Asia-Pacific Region, http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/rasia.shtml.
Korean Bonsai Association, per
http://www.koreabonsai.com/en/frame.html
http://www.koreabonsai.com/en/frame.html
Chang, Chun-gun  Tol ui mot: Susok ch'wimi ui sekye; Kyemyongsa.
Spain
80 		<1976
1979

.
1979;
1987

Dr. J.M. Bolivar, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XV, No. 5, June 1976, pg. 131.
Asociacion Valenciana Amigos de las Plantas Bonsai Club, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVIII, No. 9, Nov 1979,pg. 290; Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1982, pg. 28.
.
SPANISH:  Vergčs, Faust  Bonsai: arte japonés; Barcelona: Ed. Marzo 80;
CATALAN: Shufunotomo, Editors of  Com conreŕ i tenir cura del bonsai ; Barcelona: Montnegro; Translation by Ester Martí.
Sri Lanka
(formerly, Ceylon)
81 		1940s

1980
1982
1990;
2000
Dr. C.V. Jayakody, per Dissanaike, Tharuka  "Little Growing Lessons," The Sunday Times Plus, 24th September 2000.
Bonsai Club of Sri Lanka, per "Beauty in Miniature: An Exhibition of Bonsai," Sunday Times, 29 July 2007.
Per "Beauty in Miniature" article.
SINHALA:  Amaratunga, Rev. Fr. Artie  Growing Bonsai in Sri Lanka and the Tropics;
ENGLISH translation.
St. Croix,
United States Virgin Islands
82 		<1996

c.1995

1996

.
Rudy O'Reily, per "St. Croix This Week, June 2009," http://www.stcroixthisweek.com/featured-articles/come-to-the-garden-for-flowers-and-fine-art.html.
St. Croix Bonsai Society, per "St. Croix This Week, June 2009," http://www.stcroixthisweek.com/featured-articles/come-to-the-garden-for-flowers-and-fine-art.html.
St. Croix Bonsai Society, per "St. Croix Source," http://new.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/?v=d&i=&s=Community:Calendar&p=1223614323:1228281989.
.
St. Lucia
83 		.
1989

.
.
.
Bonsai Society of Saint Lucia, per WBFF website, "Latin America Region," http://bonsai-wbff.org/rlatinam.shtml
.
.
Sweden
84 		<1978
1986

.
1982

Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XVII, No. 5, June 1978, pg. 147.
Svenska Bonsaisällskapet, per "Information About the Swedish Bonsai Society," http://www.bonsaisallskapet.se/v3/english.asp
.
Daute, Horst  Bonsai: odling och skötsel av dvärgträd; Stockholm: Norstedt. Translation by Erik Dahlberg and Gunnie Jacobsson.
Switzerland
85 		<1968
<1982
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. VII, No. 10, Dec-Jan 1968, pg. 13.
Swiss Bonsai Association, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 42, No. 5, Sep/Oct 2003, pg. 31.
.
.
Syria
86 		<1989
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, Mar/Apr 1989, pg. 20.
.
.
.
Taiwan
(Republic of China)
87 		<1930s

1970

.
1980

Min Hsuan Lo's father, per
http://artofbonsai.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=855&highlight=min+hsuan
Tianwei Bonsai Association, per
http://artofbonsai.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=855&highlight=min+hsuan
.
Horie, Satoo  Pen zai ru men; Taibei Shi;
Komatsu, Masao  Za mu pen zai; Taibei Shi.
Thailand
88 		<1973
c.1980
1975
1978
Fr. Wells, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XII, No. 4, May 1973, pg. 27.
The Bonsai Growers Association, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XIX, No. 3, Apr 1980, pg. 74.
Royal Horticultural Society of Thailand, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XIV, No. 8, Oct 1975, pg. 262.
'Osat Kosin  Bonsai; Krungthel: Prachachon.
Trinidad and Tobago
89 		<1987
<1994
c.1994
.
Dr. D'arcy A. Lee, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVI, No. 5, Sep/Oct 1987, pg. 30.
Bonsai Society of Trinidad & Tobago, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 35, No. 4, Jul/Aug 1996, pg. 47.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. 35, No. 4, Jul/Aug 1996, pg. 47.
.
Turkey
90 		<2006
<2006
.
.
http://www.bonsaitr.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12
Avrasya Bonsai Kulübü, per http://www.avrasyabonsai.com/index.html
.
.
Uganda
91 		<2010
.
.
.
per WBFF website, "African Region," http://www.wbff-2013.org/indexaction!bgview.action?bgId=22.
.
.
.
Ukraine
92 		1976
.
.
.
Anatoliy A. Annenkov, per "Nikita Botanical Gardens Bonsai Exhibit," http://co.net/bonsai/index.html


.
United States of America
93 		1887
1939

1868

1949
Hugo Mulertt, per "Japanese Outdone in Dwarfing Trees," http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/1800Refs/BMulertt.html.
West Los Angeles Bonsai Club, per Dillon, J. A. "Sokumenzu - Profile," Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XI, No. 4, May 1972, pg. 20.
Wengenroth's Saloon, Park Theatre, Brooklyn, NY,
http://www.phoenixbonsai.com/1800Refs/BDE1868.html.
Kiktavi, John  How to Grow and Cultivate Miniature Living Trees; Inglewood, CA: National Nursery Supply.
Uruguay
94 		.
<2004

.
.
.
Asociacion Uruguaya de Bonsai, per WBFF website, "Latin America Region," http://bonsai-wbff.org/rlatinam.shtml
.
.
Venezuela
95 		<1971
<1976
1976
1984
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. X, No. 1, Feb 1971, pg. 2.
Club Venezolano de Bonsai, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XV, No. 8, Oct 1976, pg. 246.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XX, No. 8, Oct 1981, pg. 254.
La Rosa de Cuenca, Mercedes and Milagros Rauber Herrera  El Bonsai En Venezuela; Caracas: Editorial Arte.
Vietnam
96 		c.939
<1999

.
1994
Hon Non Bo, per Coussins, Craig The Bonsai School (Bideford, Devon: D&S Books; 2002), pg. 41.
Vietnam Bonsai Association, per "Bonsai (Cay Canh) in Vietnam," http://web.archive.org/web/20040919193859/www.geocities.com/bonsai-in-asia/vietnam3.html
.
Nguy~ęn, Nhât Tân  K~y-thuât bonsai; Toronto: Lŕng Van.
Wales
97 		c.1981
1993

.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXI, No. 3, Apr 1982, pg. 87.
The Vale Of Clwyd Bonsai Society, per "About Us," http://www.actionvideo.freeserve.co.uk/vocbsabout.htm
.
.
Zambia
98 		<1989
.
.
.
Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, Mar/Apr 1989, pg. 20.
.
.
.
Zimbabwe
(formerly, Rhodesia)
99 		.
<1969

1975
. 		.
The Mashonaland Bonsai Society, per "Bonsai in Africa," in Tsukiyama, Ted T. (ed.)  Bonsai of the World, Book I (Japan: World Bonsai Friendship Federation, 1993), pg. 78.
Bonsai Society of Rhodesia, per Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XIV, No. 8, Oct 75, pg. 262.
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We do admit that there may be a certain arbitrariness to the definitions of "country" and "territory" as used above.
Some of the lesser designated regions -- states or provinces, for example -- are to be seen in the individual country breakdowns
that we've started to show via a hyperlink on some of the above principle nations.
Designated regions herein are principally from information on Wikipedia .

And wile some other locations have issued commemorative stamps, the ones not listed above do not apparently have any enthusiasts.

As with all pages on this website, if you are aware of additional or correct information,
please contact us with updates, rjb@phoenixbonsai.com.
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