Veitch Memorial Medal
The Veitch Memorial Medal is an international prize issued annually by the Royal Horticultural Society.
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".History
The prize was first planned in 1870, in memorial 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, having taven over the Trust, has awarded the Medal. By 2010 over 500 medals had been presented.Winners since 2000
- 2019 : Ursula Drioli, Fabio Garbari, John Tan Jiew Hoe and Rachel Lever
- 2018 : Prof Rosemary Collier, Gerald Edwards, Michael Hudson and Dr Douglas Needham.
- 2017 : Dominic Cole, Rod Leeds, Philippe Lecoufle, William McNamara and Andrew McIndoe
- 2016 : Sarah Carey, Diana Grenfell, Ernst van Jaarsveld, Marco Polo Stufano and Dr Ken Thompson.
- 2015 : Gillian Barlow, Robert Berry, Neil Bragg, Fergus Garrett, Charles Nelson, Penny Snell and John Pilbeam
- 2014 : Mark Chase, Martin Gardner, Antonio de Almeida Monteiro, Philip Baulk and Gianfranco Giustina
- 2013
- * Peter Del Tredici, Peter Furniss, Sue Minter, Alec Pridgeon and Margaret Owen
- *Dr Keith Hammett, New Zealand whose horticultural interests include Sweet Peas, Dahlias and Clivias
- 2012 : Susyn Andrews, John Elliott, Chris Lane, Hugh McAllister, Beverley McConnell
- 2011 : Graham Ross, Christopher Bailes, Rosemary Alexander, Keshab Pradhan
- 2010 : Dr. Stefan T. Buczacki, Bob Brown, Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Haruhiko Nagata, Jennifer Owen
- 2009
- *David Wheeler
- *Dr Joan Morgan
- *Jozef van Assche
- 2008
- *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.
- 2007 : Rex Dibley, Daniel John Hinkley, Lord Charles Howick
- 2006 : Phillip Cribb, Otto Eisenhut, Aljos Farjon, A. Langton, Norman Looney
- 2005 :
- * Anne-Marie Evans
- * W.H. Frederick, M. Solomon, Sir Richard Storey, Timothy Whiteley
- 2003 : Martin John Bukovac, Richard Bisgrove, J. Dowle, J. Moorby, Peter Raven, Shirley Sherwood, Vicompte Philippe de Spoelberch
- 2002 : Piet Oudolf , Stella Ross-Craig, B. Machin, John Massey, G. Ogden, Martin Rickard, Lady Emma Tennant, R. Williams
- 2001 : Francis Higginson Cabot , Brian Duncan, Silviero Sansavini, P. Thoday
List of winners to 2000
- 1883 : John Roberts .
- 1886 : Andy Dey
- 1887 : A. Ives
- 1892 : John Heal
- 1894 : Victor Lemoine , George Nicholson
- 1896 : Charles Sprague Sargent
- 1897 : Liberty Hyde Bailey
- 1899 : Thomas Francis Rivers
- 1901 : Richard Irwin Lynch Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Thomas Meehan
- 1904 : Lucien Louis Daniel
- 1906 : Ernest Henry Wilson
- 1907 : John Gilbert Baker ; Worthington George Smith
- 1921 : Robert Lloyd Praeger
- 1922 : William Jackson Bean
- 1923 : Richard Irwin Lynch, Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
- 1924 : William Rickatson Dykes
- 1925 : David Prain
- 1926 : George Herbert Engleheart ; Matilda Smith
- 1927 : George Forrest
- 1928 : Gertrude Jekyll
- 1929 : Alfred Barton Rendle
- 1930 : William Wright Smith
- 1931 : Otto Stapf
- 1932 : Leonard Cockayne ; Sir Fredrick William Moore
- 1933 : Arthur Grove
- 1934 : Francis Kingdon-Ward
- 1935 : Sir Edward James Salisbury
- 1936 : Robert L Harrow ; Arthur William Hill
- 1937 : John Hutchinson, George Russell
- 1938 : Morley Benjamin Crane
- 1939 : Isabella Preston
- 1941 : Eleanor Maltby
- 1945 : William Henry Judd
- 1947 : Frederick Chittenden
- 1949 : Amos Perry
- 1950 : Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt
- 1951 : John Macqueen Cowan
- 1953 : William Bertram Turrill ,; Nellie Roberts
- 1954 : Dorothy Renton, Mary Knox-Finlay
- 1955 : Vita Sackville-West, Ralph Peer
- 1956 : Albert Burkwood
- 1957 : Charles Henry Curtis
- 1961 : T. Johnson
- 1962 : Frank Reinelt
- 1963 : Percy Cane ; Frederick Augustus Secrett
- 1964 : Frances Perry, William Thomas Stearn Christiaan de Wet Meiring
- 1965 : William Douglas Cook , A. Nisbet
- 1966 : Graham Stuart Thomas, Eben Gowrie Waterhouse, John Scott Lennox Gilmour, Leonard Broadbent
- 1967 : Alex J Burnett, Elizabeth Hess
- 1968 : John Stuart Yeates
- 1969 : Sir Thomas Neame, Donald Wyman
- 1970 : Mary Pope
- 1971 : B.L.Burtt, Frances Perry,; Helen Richardson ; W. Bishop,; T. Durrant,; A. Westall
- 1972 : Xenia Field,; Roy Lancaster ; Mrs T. Rochford ; E. Smith
- 1973 : Countess of Haddington
- 1974 : John Bergmans ; R. Fiske
- 1975 : J. Fraser Thomas Robert Noel Lothian
- 1976 : Alice Margaret Coats ; Margaret Stones
- 1977 : Iris Bannochie ; A. Gray
- 1978 : Gavin Brown ; Frederick Alkmund Roach, ; B. Fry
- 1979 : Fred Whitsey ; Gordon Rowley, J.W. Goodwin ; S. Coe
- 1980 : A. Healey, F. Keenan, S. Orr, F. Potter,; Robert John Garner
- 1981 : David Robinson ; F. Cleary ; David McClintock
- 1982 : P. Teunissen
- 1983 : P.B.J. Joubert
- 1984 : :nl:James Richard Pennington van Hoey Smith ; Mary Grierson ; R. Beaumont ; J. van Hoey Smith
- 1985 : Mavis Batey ; K. Andrew, N. Luitse, ; C. Mitchelmore, ; Margaret Stones
- 1986 : Ambrose Congreve,; R. Sagarik
- 1987 : Rachel Lambert Mellon ; K. Beckett, ;Victor Fowler; R. Mellon
- 1988 : E. Napier, ;L. Pemberton ;T. Wright
- 1989 : John Alfred Codrington Helen Robinson, J. Glazebrook, E. Scholtz, A. Stephenson
- 1990 : Chen Hang, M. Arai
- 1991 : John L. Creech, Lawrence James Metcalf
- 1992 : Patrice Fustier, D. G. Hessayon, Olive Hilliard, Joy Larkcom, J. Ravenscroft
- 1993 : Brent Elliot, Sir Peter Smithers, Brenda Hyatt, H. Suzuki
- 1994 : David C.H. Austin, R. Birchall, A. Kenrick, Dick van Gelderen, T. Venison, Wang Dajun
- 1995 : Gilly Drummond, Mikinori Ogisu, A. Paterson, Jane Pepper, B. Self
- 1996 : Gloria D. Barretto, B. Howard, H. Noblett, C. Riley, S. Spongberg, D. Steed, Michael Upward, R. Waite
- 1997 : Ray Bilton ;B. Briggs, ;Brian Rittershausen; Kiat Tan
- 1998 : Bruce Macdonald ; R. Aylett ;J. Bleasdale ; P. Catt; K. Cockshull; R. Elliot ; E. Hetherington, M. Rix
- 1999 : Sonja Bernadotte ; Helen Dillon ; Christopher Grey-Wilson; P. Hemsley; Hugh Johnson ; James H. McColl ; J. Quinlan, ; Brian and Maurice Woodfield
- 2000 : William Flemer, ; F. Last ;Anna Pavord ;Daphne Vince-Prue ; Jean O'Neill
- Date unknown : Alfred Daniel Hall
- Date unknown : Thomas Wallace
- Date unknown : Werner Rauh
- Date unknown : Harold Hillier
- Date unknown : Alan Bloom
- Date unknown : George Hermon Slade AM