Victoria Medal of Honor

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The Victoria Medal of Honor (VMH) is an award made in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society to local horticulturists or botanists and is also referred to as the Victoria Medal for short in English-language publications , which can be misleading as the Royal Horticultural Society is not the only institution that awards a Victoria Medal.

The prize was first awarded in 1897 and is dedicated to the then reigning Queen Victoria . There can only be 63 winners at any given time, which is a reminder of the Queen's 63 years of reign. While the award is not given in some years for this reason, it can be given several times in other years.

Among the winners are a number of people well known beyond the UK. Including Queen Victoria's direct descendant Charles, Prince of Wales , whom the Society honored in 2009, his grandmother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1961) and George Forrest (1921), Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1902), John Gilbert Baker , Isaac Bayley Balfour , Michael Foster , Joseph Dalton Hooker , Gertrude Jekyll and Lionel Walter Rothschild (all 1897).

Awards

1897 - the first 60 winners

The first 60 medals were awarded on October 26, 1897:

1900-1909

1910-1919

1920-1929

1930-1939

1940-1949

1950-1959

1960-1969

1970-1979

Since 1979

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Photograph of the medal
  2. ^ RHS Council - how to nominate people for RHS awards / RHS Gardening. In: www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Dr Brent Elliott, Victoria Medal of Honor 1897-1997 , The Royal Horticultural Society, (London: 1997)
  4. ↑ Penrhyn Castle (Wales) © Open Garden at Gardens-Guide.com. In: www.gardens-guide.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Desmond, Ray and Ellwood, Christine (1994) Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists: Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers Taylor & Francis Ltd. and The Natural History Museum, London, UK, p. 166 ISBN 0-85066-843-3
  6. ^ RHS Garden Wisley: Plants of Current Interest . Royal Horticultural Society. 2004. Archived from the original on January 16, 2006.
  7. ↑ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: History and Heritage: People: Botanists: John Hutchinson ( Memento of August 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ "Publications: The Garden July 2003" Royal Horticultural Society ( Memento from March 15, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ "In Memoriam Volume 8, Number 69, (1964)" Kew Guild ( Memento June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ "Publications: The Garden May 2002: News" Royal Horticultural Society
  11. ^ RHS Journal April 1964 . In: RHS Journal . April 1964, p. 146.
  12. ↑ a b c "Publications: The Garden June 2003: Obituaries" Royal Horticultural Society ( Memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ^ "Graham Stuart Thomas" Timber Press
  14. ^ RHS Journal, February 20th 1968
  15. ↑ a b Obituaries: Sir Giles Loder Bt. March 22, 1999, accessed August 3, 2016 (British English).
  16. ^ Color Dictionary of Garden Plants Book , About the authors
  17. ↑ Leapman, Michael (April 5, 2005) "Obituary: Alan Bloom: Innovative Norfolk nurseryman" The Independent London, UK, April 5, 2005
  18. ↑ Tributes to a renowned plantsman . In: BBC . March 31, 2005 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed August 3, 2016]).
  19. ^ Obituary Royal Horticultural Society 2006
  20. ^ RHS Journal, February 1977