News from the Hardy Plant Society


Members will have seen the note from the Hon. Sec., on page 13 of the February 2010 newsletter, about the need to review and revise our Constitution. You can read the draft constitution by following this link.
Owing to problems with format conversions, some photographs that were printed in the February 2010 newsletter were not to our usual standard. Please follow this link to see the photographs as they should have looked.
HPS members with the Holford MedalDenis Watson, Monica Gerhold,
Sue Ward and Roy Lancaster.
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RHS ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

Following on from the success of being awarded a Gold Medal at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show in 2009, The Hardy Plant Society has also been awarded the RHS’s Holford Medal. The medal was received from the RHS’s President, Giles Coode-Adams OBE DL by Sue Ward and Monica Gerhold at the RHS’s Annual Awards Ceremony on Monday evening, February 15th 2010 at the RHS’s Lawrence Hall in London.

The Holford Medal was presented to the RHS by the Executors of the late Sir George Holford in 1928, and it is awarded annually for the best exhibit of plants and/or flowers staged by an amateur or group of amateurs. This prestigious award is made for best in category across all RHS shows held during the year.

The Holford Award was given this year for The HPS’s stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2009.

Also in attendance were the HPS’s President, Roy Lancaster OBE VMH and Denis Watson, the HPS’s Shows Co-ordinator.

For more photographs of the medal, please follow this link

For more details of the HPS stand at the 2009 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, please follow this link

Text and picture supplied by Keith Littlejohn.

It has been an excellent show season for the HPS. In 2009, we were awarded:

For more details and photographs, see the 2009 shows page

Crocosmia Severn Sunrise
Crocosmia ‘Severn Sunrise’

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