Recent updates
- 12 November 2024 - Added details of GoE Foshan Seascape Forestry Park
- 28 October 2024 - Added information on New Zealand National Camellia Show and Convention 2025
- 9 October 2024 - Added Guide for "How to search the Journal Archive" (members only)
- 9 October 2024 - Updated dadlines in page Call for Paper - 2025 International Camellia Congress in Japan.
- 7 October 2024 - Updated Historical Ornamental Tree Awards.
News
President's Message 2024
12 Nov 2024
Dear Directors and ICS officers, I hope this message finds you all well. Let me recall the main achievements of this second half of 2024.
Ancient revered Sanmen Tsubaki to be honoured at Tokyo ICS Congress
7 Oct 2024
One of Japan’s oldest and most revered camellia trees, the Sanmen Tsubaki (the three-sides camellia) of Kumano Shrine, Massaki-cho, Ofunato City, will be recognised as a Significant Historic Ornamental Camellia Tree at the forthcoming ICS Congress in Tokyo in 2025.
A Significant Historical Ornamental Tree Award has been given to Germany
2 Jul 2024
A Significant Historical Ornamental Tree Award has been given to Germany’s most iconic and famous ancient camellia tree, dated at over 250 years old, a single red Camellia japonica linked to 18th century importation of camellias into Europe.
The First ICS Award for a Historic Ornamental Camellia Tree
22 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Caerhays Castle Garden UK for an ICS Award for a Historic Ornamental Camellia Tree Collection of eleven specimens including five specimens of Camellia sasanqua (planted between 1899-1902), two specimens of Camellia x vernalis 'Dawn' (planted between 1899-1902), one specimen of Camellia japonica 'Gauntlettii' ('Sodekakushi', planted 1902), and one specimen of Camellia japonica 'Akashigata' (Lady Clare', planted 1906).
New Treasurer as of June 1st, 2024
22 Feb 2024
As announced in the 2023 Congress, Clare Million, our current treasurer, has asked to be replaced. Clare has served since 2013, a long period then. We are profoundly grateful for her effort in managing a complex financial structure, with accounts in the US and UK, and moreover, remittances coming from the whole world.
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