Victoria Medal of Honour

Awards

1897 – The first 60 medallists

• John Gilbert Baker
• Isaac Bayley Balfour
• Peter Barr
• Archibald F Barron
• Edward John Beale
• William Boxall
• William Bull
• George Bunyard
• Frederick William Burbidge
• William Crump
• Richard Dean
• George A Dickson
• Henry Honeywood D'ombrain
• Charles Thomas Druery
• Malcolm Dunn
• Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
• Henry John Elwes
• Michael Foster
• John Fraser
• George Gordon
• John Heal
• George Henslow
• Hermann Carl Gottlieb Herbst
• Samuel Reynolds Hole
• Joseph Dalton Hooker
• Francis Daltry Horner
• James Hudson
• Gertrude Jekyll
• Peter Edmund Kay
• John Laing
• James McIndoe
• Charles Maries
• Henry Ernest Milner
• Edwin Molyneux
• George Monro
• Fredrick William Moore
• Daniel Morris
• George Nicholson
• James O'Brien
• Paul George
• William Paul
• T Francis Rivers
• Lionel Walter Rothschild
• Frederick Sander
• Henry Schröder
• John Seden
• Nathaniel Newman Sherwood
• James Smith
• Martin Ridley Smith
• Walter Speed Head Gardener at Penrhyn Castle, Wales
• Arthur Warwick Sutton
• Owen Thomas
• William Thompson
• David Thomson
• Harry Turner
• Ellen Willmott
• George Fergusson Wilson
• Charles Wolley-Dod
• John Wright
• George Wythes

  1900–1909

• 1900
• *George Herbert Engleheart
• 1901
• * Eleanor Ormerod
• * George King
• 1902
• * Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Mycologist
• 1904
• * Edward Mawley
• 1905
• * Henry Eckford
• 1906
• * Harry Veitch
• * Richard Irwin Lynch, Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden

  1910–1919

• 1912
• *Ernest Henry Wilson
• 1916
• *Edward Augustus Bowles
• 1917
• * William Jackson Bean
• * Frederick Chittenden, first Director of the RHS Wisley Garden.
• * Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell
• *Peter Veitch

  1920–1929

• 1921
• * George Forrest
• 1922
• * Arthur Townshend Boscawen
• 1924
• * Arthur Grove
• 1925
• * Samuel B. Dicks, seedsman
• * William Rickatson Dykes
• * George Yeld
• * William Wright Smith
• 1926
• * Herbert George Alexander
• *Frederick Vincent Theobald
• 1927
• * Frederick Robert Stephen Balfour
• 1928
• * W. Nelmes
• 1929
• * Sir William Lawrence, Lionel de Rothschild

  1930–1939

• 1931
• *Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway
• 1933
• *Frederick William Millard
• 1934
• *Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway
• 1935
• *Amos Perry, of Perry's Plant Farm
• 1936
• *Stephenson Robert Clarke, of Borde Hill
• *James Comber, of Nymans, Handcross
• * Frederick Augustus Secrett
• 1938
• * William Fleming Bewley
• 1939
• *Charles Percival Raffill M.B.E., Curator, Kew Gardens. Raffill was also honoured in 1934 as an Associate of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society.

  1940–1949

• 1940
• * Sir Frederick Claude Stern – Highdown chalk garden
• 1941
• * Edwin Lawrence Hillier – Hillier Nurseries
• 1942
• * Lady Iris Lawrence
• 1944
• * John Hutchinson
• * Arthur Algernon Dorrien-Smith
• 1945
• * Fred Streeter – horticulturalist and broadcaster
• 1946
• * Vera Higgins
• 1948
• * Wilfrid Fox – Winkworth Arboretum
• 1949
• * Ernest Ballard
• * Harry Higgott Thomas – Editor of Popular Gardening

  1950–1959

• 1951
• *Peter Crichton Kay
• 1952
• *Albert Maurice Amsler
• * Thomas Wallace
• 1953
• *Archibald Park Balfour
• *C Edward Hudson
• *Sir David Bowes-Lyon
• 1954
• * Raymond Henry Stoughton
• 1955
• * Lilian Snelling
• *Robert L. Scarlett : for his contributions to horticultural experimental work in Scotland & United Kingdom.
• 1957
• * William MacDonald Campbell
• * John Scott Lennox Gilmour
• * Harold Roy Fletcher, Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• * Harold Hillier – Hillier Nurseries
• 1958
• *Frank P. Knight, Director of Wisley Garden

  1960–1969

• 1960
• * Maurice Mason
• 1961
• * Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
• *Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway
• * Sir Edward Bolitho of Trengwainton, Penzance
• * William Gregor MacKenzie, curator of Chelsea Physic Garden
• 1963
• * Sir James Horlick of The Island of Gigha
• * S. Millar Gault
• 1964
• * Hans Hvass – Danish writer on natural history
• * Gwendolyn Anley |title=
• 1965
• * John Paul Wellington Furse
• * Beatrix Havergal
• * William T. Stearn
• 1967
• * Arthur Hellyer – RHS. Horticultural writer and journalist.
• * Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham
• 1968
• * Graham Stuart Thomas

  1970–1979

• 1970
• * Roy Hay
• * Alan F. Mitchell
• 1971
• * Alan Bloom
• * Patrick Synge
• * Frances Perry
• 1973
• * Julia Clements
• 1974
• * Roy Copeman Elliott
• * Martin O. Slocock
• 1975
• * Valerie Finnis
• * Henry Rawnsley Barr
• 1976
• * Marie, Lady Loder of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham
• * John Pilkington Hudson
• * Christopher D. Brickell
• 1977
• * Mrs Desmond Underwood
• * Percy Thrower, Television gardener
• 1978
• * W Martin Robinson, vegetable expert.
• 1979
• * Christopher Lloyd

  1980–1989

• 1980
• *Sheila Macqueen – Flower arranger
• *Leonard Broadbent – Professor in Biology at the University of Bath
• 1981
• *John Bond – Keeper of Windsor Great Park and the Savill Gardens
• *Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet and Lady Heathcoat-Amory
• 1982
• *Adrian Frank Posnette
• 1983
• *John Stewart Mattock
• 1984
• * Kath Dryden – alpine plant expert
• 1985
• * Adrian Bloom – Bressingham Steam and Gardens
• * Fred Whitsey - Gardening correspondent of The Daily Telegraph
• * Douglas Mackay Henderson, Keeper, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
• 1986
• * Lady Anne Berry
• * Robin A.E. Herbert Former President of RHS
• * John B. Simmons
• 1987
• * Beth Chatto
• * W.L. Banks
• 1988
• * Roy Lancaster
• 1989
• * Carolyn Hardy - Chairman, National Gardens Scheme
• * A.D. Shilling

  1990–1999

• 1990
• *Sylvia Crowe
• * D.J. Fuller
• 1991
• * Frederick Alkmund Roach
• * Miriam Rothschild
• * P. Cox
• * B. Mathew
• * D.J. Sales
• 1993
• * Alan Hardy – Sandling Estate
• * Mary Shirville Newnes
• * Charles Notcutt
• 1994
• * James Smart – of Marwood Hill Garden
• * Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe – Landscape Designer
• 1995
• * Raymond J Evison
• * Helen Robinson – Hyde Hall
• * David McClintock
• 1996
• * Penelope Hobhouse
• * John G. Hillier – Hillier Nurseries
• * C.R.M. Notcutt
• 1997
• * Mary Grierson – Botanical artist
• * J.W. Blanchard
• * Earl of Selborne
• 1998
• * Joyce Stewart – Director of Horticulture, RHS
• *Rosemary Verey
• 1999
• * Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance
• * H. Moggridge
• * A. Moon
• * G.H. Rae

  2000–2009

• 2001
• * P. Erskine
• 2002
• * David Austin for his rose breeding
• 2003
• * Peter Beales for his rose breeding and media promotion of gardening
• * Peter Seabrook for his rose breeding
• * Andrew Dunn for his pioneering of virus-free rootstock
• 2004
• * Ray Bilton for his work with orchid hybrids
• * David S. Ingram for his pioneering research into plant diseases
• * Alan Titchmarsh for his broadcasting and authorial gardening educational outreach
• 2005
• * Martin Lane Fox for his work in landscape garden design
• * Tony Lord for his work as a garden photographer and horticultural consultant
• * Edmund Leopold de Rothschild for his work with rhododendron hybrids
• * Tom Wood for his administrative work promoting horticulture
• 2006
• * Jim Buttress, for his work as a garden show judge
• * Sibylle Kreutzberger, for her work at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent
• * Pamela Schwerdt, for her work at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent
• * Dr. Henry Oakeley, for his scientific work on orchids, the genera Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa
• 2007
• * Sir Richard Carew Pole – former RHS President
• * Colin Ellis – "for his long and distinguished service since 1983 with RHS Council and numerous committees."
• * Christopher Grey-Wilson – for "his many achievements as botanist, photographer, botanical explorer and author of many books and articles."
• * Brian Self – "for his lifetime of service to amateur and professional fruit growers."
• 2008
• * John Ravenscroft – "for his plantsmanship, entrepreneurial talent and encyclopaedic knowledge of plants."
• 2009
• * The Prince of Wales- "for his passion for plants, sustainable gardening and the environment."
• * Lady Skelmersdale
• * Lord Howick
• * John Humphris

  2010–present

• 2010
• * John Massey – "for his valuable contribution to plantbreeding "
• * Peter R. Dawson
• * Michael Hickson
• * Robert T. Hillier
• * Dowager Marchioness Salisbury
• 2011
• * Giles Coode-Adams
• * Maurice C. Foster
• * Richard Webb
• 2012
• *Stephen Blackmore
• *David Clark
• *John Parker
• *Alice Boyd, Viscountess of Merton
• 2013
• *Nigel Colborn
• *Brian Humphrey
• 2014
• *Chris Sanders
• 2015 Not awarded
• 2016
• * Johan Hermans
• * Mark Flanagan
• 2017
• *Jekka McVicar - RH Vice-President
• *Nick Dunn
• 2018
• * Peter Catt
• * Carol Klein
• * Charles Williams
• 2019
• *Fergus Garrett
• *Tony Kirkham
• *Bill Simpson