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| International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society | |
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| Name | International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Type | Nonprofit horticultural society |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Region served | International |
International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society The International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society promotes cultivation, conservation, and study of waterlilies and aquatic plants through education, publications, and international collaboration. Founded by enthusiasts and horticulturists, the Society connects amateurs and professionals across continents to share expertise on plant propagation, pond design, and wetland stewardship. Its activities encompass exhibitions, peer-reviewed research, bibliographic resources, and partnerships with botanical gardens, universities, and conservation organizations.
The Society traces roots to postwar horticultural movements associated with figures such as Gertrude Jekyll, Margaret Mee, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and institutional networks including Royal Horticultural Society, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden, New York Botanical Garden, and Smithsonian Institution. Early supporters included curators and hybridizers who had links to Kew, Veitch Nurseries, Chelsea Flower Show, International Camellia Society, and collectors influenced by expeditions like those of Sir Joseph Banks and Alexander von Humboldt. The Society formalized in the 1980s amid parallel developments at Jardin des Plantes, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and university programs at Cornell University, University of California, Davis, and University of Oxford. Influential publications and exhibitions at venues such as Chelsea Physic Garden, Berkeley Botanical Garden, and Longwood Gardens helped expand membership internationally. Partnerships with conservation treaties and organizations including Convention on Biological Diversity, Ramsar Convention, and IUCN reinforced attention to aquatic habitat protection.
The Society's mission combines horticultural instruction, taxonomic research, and conservation advocacy through collaborations with entities like Botanical Society of America, Royal Horticultural Society, International Union for Conservation of Nature, World Wildlife Fund, and Wetlands International. Activities include plant trials akin to programs at All-America Selections, cultivar registration reminiscent of processes at Royal Horticultural Society, and outreach paralleling work by National Trust, Nature Conservancy, and Botanical Gardens Conservation International. Educational programs reflect curricula offered by Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Australian National Botanic Gardens, and university extension services at Penn State University and University of Florida.
Membership spans amateurs, professional botanists, hybridizers, and institutions including Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden, New York Botanical Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and municipal botanical collections like Chicago Botanic Garden and Denver Botanic Gardens. Governance typically mirrors nonprofit structures observed at Royal Horticultural Society and American Horticultural Society, with boards, officers, and committees drawing from specialists affiliated with universities such as University of California, Berkeley, University of Montpellier, University of Oxford, University of Tokyo, and Universidade de São Paulo. The Society coordinates with national plant societies similar to American Water Garden Society, British Water Garden Society, Iberian Plant Society, and regional horticultural federations tied to events like Chelsea Flower Show and International Horticultural Congress.
The Society publishes newsletters, monographs, and registries analogous to those of Royal Horticultural Society, Kew Bulletin, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, American Journal of Botany, and HortScience. Bibliographic and pictorial resources draw on archival materials from Kew Archives, Natural History Museum, London, Harvard University Herbaria, Field Museum, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Herbarium, and digitized collections found in collaborations with Biodiversity Heritage Library and academic presses such as Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. Cultivar registration and nomenclatural guidance reference standards used by International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants and institutions including International Plant Names Index and The Plant List.
Conservation initiatives coordinate with IUCN, Ramsar Convention, Convention on Biological Diversity, Botanical Gardens Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund, and region-specific bodies like Nature Conservancy and BirdLife International where wetland protection intersects avifaunal habitat. Research collaborations involve universities and institutes such as Smithsonian Institution, Missouri Botanical Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CNRS, Max Planck Society, University of Tokyo, Australian National University, ETH Zurich, and ETH Zurich Botanical Garden. Studies span taxonomy, genetics, invasive species control, and ecosystem services, connecting with programs at USDA Agricultural Research Service, European Commission (DG Environment), and regional conservation projects under UN Environment Programme.
Annual meetings, symposia, and plant shows are organized in formats comparable to International Horticultural Congress, Chelsea Flower Show, Floriade, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, and regional conferences hosted by institutions like Royal Horticultural Society, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, Longwood Gardens, and Chicago Botanic Garden. Special exhibitions have been held in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Jardin des Plantes, Botanischer Garten Berlin, Hortus Botanicus Leiden, and museums such as Natural History Museum, London.
Chapters and affiliates operate in regions with strong botanical and horticultural traditions including the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Japan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, South Africa, India, and China, often liaising with national organizations like Royal Horticultural Society, American Horticultural Society, Australian Garden History Society, Japan Amateur Orchid Association, Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, Deutsche Gartenbau-Gesellschaft, and regional botanical gardens such as Botanic Gardens South Africa, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, and Kolkata Botanical Garden.
Category:Horticultural societies