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2021 Awards given at "The Caley" AGM
« on: March 16, 2021, 10:25:36 PM »
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/
 
« Last Edit: March 16, 2021, 10:28:49 PM by Maggi Young »
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Re: 2021 Awards given at "The Caley" AGM
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2021, 02:54:51 PM »
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
« Last Edit: July 27, 2021, 02:58:11 PM by Maggi Young »
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