La Victoria Medal of Honour ("VMH") è un'onorificenza assegnata agli orticoltori britannici residenti nel Regno Unito che la Royal Horticultural Society ritiene meritevoli.
Il premio è stato istituito nel 1897 "in ricordo perpetuo del glorioso regno di Sua Maestà, e per consentire al Consiglio di conferire onore agli orticoltori inglesi."
Le regole della Società stabiliscono che solo 63 orticoltori possono essere insigniti del VMH in un dato momento, in commemorazione dei 63 anni di regno della regina Vittoria, pertanto l'onorificenza non viene assegnata ogni anno, ma può essere data a vincitori diversi in altri anni.
Le medaglie 1897 - I primi 60 insigniti Le prime 60 medaglie furono consegnate il 26 ottobre 1897Dr Brent Elliott, Victoria Medal of Honour 1897 - 1997, The Royal Horticultural Society, (London:1997): John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920) Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922) Peter Barr (1826–1909) Archibald F Barron (1835–1903) Edward John Beale (1835–1902) William Boxall (1844–1910) William Bull (1828–1902) George Bunyard (1841–1919) Frederick William Burbidge (1847–1905) William Crump (1843–1932) Richard Dean (1830–1905) George A Dickson (c1835 - 1909) Henry Honeywood D'ombrain (1818–1905) Charles Thomas Druery (1843–1917) Malcolm Dunn (1837–1899) Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1822–1916) Henry John Elwes (1846–1922) Michael Foster (1836–1907) John Fraser (1821–1900) George Gordon (1841–1914) John Heal (c1841 - 1925) George Henslow (1835–1925) Hermann Carl Gottlieb Herbst (c1830 - 1904) Samuel Reynolds Hole (1819–1904) Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) Francis Daltry Horner (c1838 - 1912) James Hudson (1846–1932) Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932) Peter Kay (c1853 - 1909) John Laing (1823–1900) James McIndoe (1836–1910) Charles Maries (1851–1902) Henry Ernest Milner (1845–1906) Edwin Molyneux (1851–1921) George Monro (c1847 - 1920) Fredrick William Moore (1857–1949) Daniel Morris (1844–1933) George Nicholson (1847–1908) James O'Brien (1842–1930) Paul George (1841–1921) William Paul (1822–1905) T Francis Rivers (1831–1899) Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868–1937) Frederick Sander (1847–1920) Henry Schröder (1824–1910) John Seden (1840–1921) Nathaniel Newman Sherwood (1846–1916) James Smith (1837–1903) Martin Ridley Smith ( - 1908) Walter Speed (c1835 - 1921) Head Gardener at Penrhyn Castle, Wales Arthur Warwick Sutton (1854–1925) Owen Thomas (1843–1923) William Thompson (1823–1903) David Thomson (1823–1909) Harry Turner (c1848 - 1906) Ellen Willmott(1858–1934) George Fergusson Wilson (1822–1902) Charles Wolley-Dod (1826–1904) John Wright (1836–1916) George Wythes (1851–1916)
1900-1909 1902 Mordecai Cubitt Cooke ISBN 0-85066-843-3 1904 Edward Mawley (1842-1916) 1906 Harry Veitch
1910-1919 1917 Peter Veitch
1920-1929 1921 George Forrest
1930-1939 1931 Laura McLaren, baronessa Aberconway 1934 2nd Baron Aberconway
1940-1949 1944 John Hutchinson Arthur Algernon Dorrien-Smith 1949 Harry Higgott Thomas
1950-1959 1953 Archibald Park Balfour 1955 Lilian Snelling Robert L. Scarlett 1957 William MacDonald Campbell 1960-1969 1961 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 3rd Baron Aberconway Sir Edward Bolitho of Trengwainton, Penzance 1964 Hans Hvass - Danese 1968 Graham Stuart Thomas Sir Giles Loder of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham [RHS Journal, February 20th 1968]
1970-1979 1970 Roy HayColour Dictionary of Garden Plants Book, About the authors 1971 Alan Bloom 1975 Valerie Finnis. ref. obituary Royal Horticultural Society 2006 1976 Lady Marie Loder of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham[RHS Journal, February 1977]
1978 W Martin Robinson
1979 Christopher Lloyd
1980-1989 1984 Kath DrydenThe Garden, August 2009, page 511 (Royal Horticultural Society) 1985 Adrian Bloom Fred Whitsey 1986 Lady Anne Berry 1987 Beth Chatto 1988 Roy Lancaster
1990-1999 1993 Alan Hardy 1999 Ghillean Tolmie Prance Rosemary Verey (1918–2001)
2000 ad oggi 2002 David Austin 2003 Peter Beales Peter Seabrook Andrew Dunn 2004 Ray Bilton David S. Ingram Alan Titchmarsh 2005 Martin Lane Fox Tony Lord Edmund Leopold de Rothschild Tom Wood 2006 Jim Buttress Miss Sibylle Kreutzberger Miss Pamela Schwerdt Dr. Henry Oakeley, per i suoi lavori scientifici sulle orchidee dei generi Lycaste, Ida e Anguloa 2007 Sir Richard Carew Pole Colin Ellis Christopher Grey-Wilson Brian Self 2008 John Ravenscroft 2009 HRH The Prince of Wales Lady SkelmersdaleThe Garden, August 2009, page 512 (Royal Horticultural Society) Lord Howick John Humphris 2012 Stephen Blackmore David Clark John Parker Alice Boyd 2013 Nigel Colborn Brian Humphrey 2014 Chris Sanders 2015 Non assegnato 2016 Mark Flanagan Johan Hermans 2017 Nick Dunn Jekka McVicar 2018 Peter Catt Carol Klein Charles Williams 2019 Fergus Garrett Tony Kirkham Bill Simpson 2020 Christopher Bailes Jim Gardiner Jim (James) McColl 2022 Monty Don Brian Duncan Peter Thoday 2023 Jim Marshall Paul Phillips Jon Wheatley 2024 Jan Pennings Chris Lane Neil Lucas
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