International prize issued annually by the Royal Horticultural Society
Veitch Memorial Medal
The Veitch Memorial Medal is an international prize awarded annually by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).
Goal
The prize is awarded to "persons of any nationality who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement and improvement of the science and practice of horticulture".[1]
History
The prize was first planned in 1870, in memory of James Veitch of Chelsea. At first, the prize was issued by the Veitch Memorial Trust and awarded at local horticultural shows, but from 1885 the Medals were awarded at the Orchid Conference. Since 1922, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), having taken over the Trust, has awarded the Medal.[2] By 2010 over 500 medals had been presented.
Winners
19th and 20th centuries
1883 : John Roberts (1830-1892) (Head Gardener, Charleville Castle, Co. Offaly, Ireland).
1886 : Andy Dey[3]
1887 : A. Ives (Gardener to E.C.Jukes)[4]
1891 : John Heal (c. 1841 – 1925), William Watson (Assistant Curator - Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew),[5]
1895 : Donald McBean (1843-1903)(Scotland) Director Scottish Horticultural Society, Director Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural Society, obit. Gardeners' Chronicle 16 May 1903, p.318.
1969 : Sir Thomas Neame (1885–1973), Donald Wyman(1904-1993)[42]
1970 : Mary Pope (Flower arranger)[16]
1971 : B.L.Burtt (1913-2008),[43] Frances Perry,;[30] Helen Richardson (Daffodil breeder);[16] W. Bishop,;[35] T. Durrant,;[35] A. Westall (silver medal)[35]
1972 : Xenia Field (1894–1998),;[44]Roy Lancaster (born 1938);[35] Mrs T. Rochford;[16] E. Smith (silver medal)[35]
1973 : Countess of Haddington[30]
1974 : John Bergmans (Netherlands) (1892–1980)[citation needed]; R. Fiske[35]
1984 : JRP van Hoey Smith [nl] (1921 - 2010),[35]Mary Grierson (1912–2012),[50] R. Beaumont[35]
1985 : Mavis Batey (1921–2013);[51] K. Andrew,[35] N. Luitse,;[35] C. Mitchelmore,;[35]Margaret Stones[35]
1986 : Ambrose Congreve (1907–2011),;[35] R. Sagarik[35]
1987 : Rachel Lambert Mellon (1910-1914); K. Beckett,;[35] Victor Fowler;[35] R. Mellon[35]
1988 : E. Napier,;[35] L. Pemberton;[35] T. Wright[35]
1989 : John Alfred Codrington (1898–1991)[52] Helen Robinson (1919-2004),[53] J. Glazebrook,[35] E. Scholtz,[35]Ashley Stephenson[35] Carl Ferris Miller (1921–2002)[35]
1993 : Brent Elliot,[35] Sir Peter Smithers, Brenda Hyatt,[16] H. Suzuki[35]
1994 : David C.H. Austin,[35] R. Birchall,[35] A. Kenrick,[35] Dick van Gelderen,[35] T. Venison,[35] Wang Dajun[35]
1995 : Gilly Drummond,[35] Mikinori Ogisu,[35] A. Paterson,[35] Jane Pepper (1945-),[35] B. Self[35]
1996 : Gloria D. Barretto (1916-),[35] B. Howard,[35] H. Noblett,[35] C. Riley,[35] S. Spongberg,[35] D. Steed,[35] Michael Upward (-2015),[35] R. Waite[35]
1997 : Ray Bilton (1937-2012);[35] B. Briggs,;[35] Brian Rittershausen;[35] Kiat Tan[35]
1998 : Bruce Macdonald (Missouri Botanical Garden); R. Aylett;[35] J. Bleasdale;[35] P. Catt;[35] K. Cockshull;[35] R. Elliot;[35] E. Hetherington,[35] M. Rix[35]
1999 : Sonja Bernadotte (1944–2008); Helen Dillon (1938-);[35] Christopher Grey-Wilson;[35] P. Hemsley;[35]Hugh Johnson;[35] James H. McColl;[35] J. Quinlan,;[35] Brian and Maurice Woodfield[35]
2000 : William Flemer,;[35] F. Last;[35]Anna Pavord;[35] Daphne Vince-Prue;[35]Jean O'Neill[56]
Date unknown : George Hermon Slade AM (1910-2002) (Australian orchid collector)
21st century
(See the Royal Horticultural Society Green Manual[35] for further reference.)
2001 : Francis Higginson Cabot (1925–2011) (US/Canadian), Brian Duncan, Silviero Sansavini (Italy), P. Thoday
2002 : Piet Oudolf (born 1944) (Dutch), Stella Ross-Craig (1906–2006),[57] B. Machin, John Massey, G. Ogden, Martin Rickard, Lady Emma Tennant, R. Williams
2003 : Martin John Bukovac, Richard Bisgrove, J. Dowle, J. Moorby, Peter Raven (USA), Shirley Sherwood, Vicompte Philippe de Spoelberch (Belgian)
2005 :
Anne-Marie Evans (A leading figure in botanical illustration, her worldwide influence has led a resurgence of interest in and greater understanding of the depiction of plants)
W.H. Frederick, M. Solomon, Sir Richard Storey (1937-), Timothy Whiteley
2006 : Phillip Cribb, Otto Eisenhut, Aljos Farjon, A. Langton, Norman Looney
Dr James B. Beard for his lifelong contribution to the development and application of scientific principles to turfgrass culture. Dr Beard founded the International Sports Turf Institute and has served the international horticultural community for the past 50 years through research, teaching and leadership.
John Nelson for his outstanding practical work over many years in the restoration of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, one of Cornwall's best-known tourist attractions.
2009
David Wheeler (founder and editor of Hortus: A Gardening Journal)[59]
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