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2021 Awards given at Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society - affectionately known as The Caley
The Caley's 2021 AGM was held this evening by Zoom meeting, with over 100 members attending. Tributes were paid to David Knott, retiring as President, and Colin Ainsworth was voted in to the post.
Awards were made as follows -
Certificates of Merit - awarded to acknowledge those with a wide range of significant service to gareneing and horticulture in Scotland -
were given to:
Agnes Rossi, Carolann Philp, Christine Watson (of the SRGC) Graham Greenwell, Mary Holligan, Robert Moran, Stuart Ritchie and to William and Myra Dyer.
Awards to Horticultural Groups were made to : Bonnie Blantyre and Friends, MAXwell Centre Dundee, Alcohol & Drugs Action Recovery Garden Project Aberdeen and Dalkeith Guerilla Gardeners
The Carter Patterson Memorial Medal was awarded to Jamie Sinclair, keen alpine plant grower and trainee at Branklyn Garden.
The Caley Award for outstanding contribution to the RCHS was made to former President Pam Whittle.
The Dr. Andrew Duncan Medal, for distinguished service by an educationalist, advisor or administrator, was given to Colin Ainsworth.
The Queen Mother's Memorial Medal was given to Nicola Cole for her work in therapeutic gardening.
The biennial award of the Patrick Neil Memorial Medal for a Scottish botanist or cultivator was made to Brian Ballinger of Easter Ross.
The Scottish Horticultural Medal for outstanding contribution to Scottish Horticulture was awarded to two people -
Stephen McCallum of Dounside and the MacRobert Trust
and
Elizabeth MacGregor who will be known to many for her gold medal displays and fine violas and self-raised hybrid perrenial plants.
Many congratulations to all the Award Winners - we should all be grateful to you for your work for Scottish Horticulture !
More about the categories of the various awards may be seen here: https://thecaley.org.uk/awards/
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Because of the ongoing Covid situation, some award presentations have been delayed to be made in person, rather than by post .....
RCHS Student of the Year Award - Jamie Sinclair
The presentation of one of the final Caley awards for this year took place recently. Caley Honorary Vice President Pam Whittle travelled to Branklyn Garden in Perth to present the Student of the Year Award to Jamie Sinclair. Jamie is an apprentice with the National Trust for Scotland and is currently based at Branklyn where his horticultural knowledge is being nurtured by Jim Jermyn, property manager and head gardener of the site. Jim also happens to be a Vice President of the Caley.
As well as a medal and certificate, Jamie was also presented with a book token to help him add to his horticultural library.
Jamis is also a council member of SRGC. Well done Jamie!
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Pam Whittle, Jamie Sinclair and Jim Jermyn