Victoria Medal of Honour

• 1900 • George Herbert Engleheart (1851–1936) breeder of daffodils • Trevor Lawrence (1831–1913), President of the Royal Horticultural Society 1885 to 1913 • 1901 • George King (1840–1909) • Eleanor Ormerod • James Sweet, Messrs J. Sweet & Sons Ltd, nurserymen, Whetstone • 1902 • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), Mycologist • 1903 • Thomas Smith, Daisy Hill Nursery • Sir Thomas Hanbury • Thomas Humphreys (afterwards Curator of Birmingham Botanical Gardens) • 1904 • Edward Mawley (1842–1916) • 1905 • Henry Eckford (1823–1905) • 1906 • Richard Irwin Lynch (1850–1924), Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden • Harry Veitch (1840–1924) • 1909 • William Botting-Hemsley (1843–1924). Keeper of the Herbarium and library, Kew Gardens.

• 1911 • Charles Robert Fielder (1857-1946 Bramshaw) • 1912 • Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) • 1916 • Edward Augustus Bowles (1865–1954) • 1917 • William Jackson Bean (1863–1947) • Frederick Chittenden (1873–1950), first Director of the RHS Wisley Garden. • Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell (1845–1937) • Peter Veitch (1850–1929)

• 1921 • George Forrest (1873–1932) • 1922 • Arthur Boscawen (1862–1935) • 1924 • Arthur Grove • 1925 • Samuel B. Dicks (1845–1926), seedsman • William Rickatson Dykes (1827–1925) • William Wright Smith (1875–1956) • George Yeld (1845–1938) • 1926 • Herbert George Alexander (orchid grower) • Frederick Vincent Theobald (1868–1930) • 1927 • Frederick Robert Stephen Balfour (1873–1945) • 1928 • W. Nelmes • 1929 • Sir William Lawrence (1870–1934), Lionel de Rothschild (1882–1942)

• 1931 • Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway (1854–1933) • 1933 • George Percival Baker (1856–1951) • Frederick William Millard (1864–1964) • 1934 • Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway (1879–1953) • George Monro (1876–1951) • 1935 • Amos Perry (1871–1953), of Perry's Plant Farm • 1936 • Stephenson Robert Clarke (1862–1948), of Borde Hill • James Comber (1866–1953), of Nymans, Handcross • Frederick Augustus Secrett (1886–1964) • 1938 • William Fleming Bewley (1891–1976) • Frederick George Preston (1882–1964). • 1939 • Charles Percival Raffill M.B.E.(1876–1951), Curator, Kew Gardens. Raffill was also honoured in 1934 as an Associate of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society (AHRHS).

• 1940 • Sir Frederick Claude Stern (1884–1967) – Highdown chalk garden • 1941 • Edwin Lawrence Hillier – Hillier Nurseries • 1942 • Lady Iris Lawrence • 1943 • Arthur Disbrowe Cotton • 1944 • Arthur Dorrien-Smith (1876–1955) • John Hutchinson (1884–1972) • 1945 • Fred Streeter (1879–1975) – horticulturalist and broadcaster • 1946 • Vera Higgins (1892–1962) • 1948 • Wilfrid Fox (1875–1962) – Winkworth Arboretum • 1949 • Ernest Ballard (1870–1952) • Harry Higgott Thomas (1876–1956) – Editor of Popular Gardening

• 1951 • Peter Crichton Kay (1889–1954) • 1952 • Albert Maurice Amsler (1877–1952) • Collingwood Ingram (1880-1981) • Thomas Wallace (1891–1965) • 1953 • Archibald Park Balfour • Sir David Bowes-Lyon (1902–1961) • C Edward Hudson • 1954 • Raymond Henry Stoughton (1903–1979) • 1955 • Robert L. Scarlett: for his contributions to horticultural experimental work in Scotland & United Kingdom. • Lilian Snelling (1879–1972) • 1957 • William MacDonald Campbell • Harold Roy Fletcher(1907–1978), Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh • John Scott Lennox Gilmour (1906–1995) • Harold Hillier (1905–1985) – Hillier Nurseries • 1958 • Frank P. Knight (1903–1985), Director of Wisley Garden

• 1960 • Maurice Mason (1912–1993) • 1961 • Sir Edward Bolitho of Trengwainton, Penzance • Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900–2002) • William Gregor MacKenzie, curator of Chelsea Physic Garden • Thomas Hope Findlay (1910-1994) Keeper of Gardens Windsor Great Park 1943-1975 • Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003) • 1963 • S. Millar Gault • Sir James Horlick (1886–1972) of The Island of Gigha • 1964 • Gwendolyn Anley • Hans Hvass – Danish writer on natural history • 1965 • John Paul Wellington Furse (1904–1978) • Beatrix Havergal (1901–1980) • William T. Stearn (1911–2001) • 1967 • Arthur Hellyer (1902–1993) – RHS. Horticultural writer and journalist. • Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet (1914–1999) of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham • 1968 • Graham Stuart Thomas (1909–2003)

• 1970 • Roy Hay (1910–1989) • Alan F. Mitchell (1922–1995) • 1971 • Alan Bloom (1906–2005) • Frances Perry (1907–1993) • Patrick Synge (1910–1982) • 1973 • Julia Clements • 1974 • Roy Copeman Elliott (Alpine gardener) • Martin O. Slocock • 1975 • Herbert Rawnsley Barr (1903–1987) • Valerie Finnis (1924–2006) • 1976 • Christopher D. Brickell • John Pilkington Hudson (1910–2007) • Lady Marie Loder of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham • 1977 • Percy Thrower (1913–1988), Television gardener • Mrs Desmond Underwood • 1978 • W Martin Robinson, vegetable expert. • 1979 • Christopher Lloyd (1921–2006)

• 1980 • Leonard Broadbent (1916–2002) – Professor in Biology at the University of Bath • Sheila Macqueen – Flower arranger • 1981 • John Bond (1932–2001) – Keeper of Windsor Great Park and the Savill Gardens • Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet (1894–1972) and Lady Heathcoat-Amory (1901–1997) • 1982 • Adrian Frank Posnette • 1983 • John Stewart Mattock • 1984 • Kath Dryden (−2009) – alpine plant expert • 1985 • Adrian Bloom – Bressingham Steam and Gardens • Douglas Mackay Henderson (1927–2007), Keeper, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh • Fred Whitsey (1919–2009)- Gardening correspondent of The Daily Telegraph • 1986 • Lady Anne Berry (1919–2019) • Robin A.E. Herbert (1934–2024) Former President of RHS • John B. Simmons (1937–) • 1987 • William Lawrence Banks • Beth Chatto (1923–2018) • 1988 • Roy Lancaster (1937–) • 1989 • Carolyn Hardy (1930–2016)- Chairman, National Gardens Scheme • A.D. Schilling

• 1990 • Sylvia Crowe(1901–1997) • D.J. Fuller • 1991 • P. Cox • Brian Mathew • Frederick Alkmund Roach (1909–2004) • Miriam Rothschild (1908–2005) • D.J. Sales • 1993 • Alan Hardy (1926–1999) – Sandling Estate • Mary Shirville Newnes (1926–2020) – flower arranger • Charles Notcutt (1935–2015) • 1994 • Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900–1996) – landscape designer • James Smart – of Marwood Hill Garden • 1995 • Raymond J Evison (1944–) • David McClintock (1913–2001) • Helen Robinson (1919–2004) – Hyde Hall • 1996 • John G. Hillier – Hillier Nurseries (1935-2025) • Penelope Hobhouse (1929–) • C.R.M. Notcutt • 1997 • J.W. Blanchard • Mary Grierson (1912–2012) – Botanical artist • John Palmer, Earl of Selborne • 1998 • Joyce Stewart (1936–2011) – Director of Horticulture, RHS • Rosemary Verey (1918–2001) • 1999 • Hal Moggridge • A. Moon • Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance (1937–) • G.H. Rae

• 2001 • P. Erskine • 2002 • David Austin (1926–2018) for his rose breeding • 2003 • Peter Beales (1936–2013) for his rose breeding and media promotion of gardening • Andrew Dunn for his pioneering of virus-free rootstock • Peter Seabrook (1935–2022) for his rose breeding • 2004 • Ray Bilton for his work with orchid hybrids • David S. Ingram (1941–) 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 • Dr. Henry Oakeley, for his scientific work on orchids, the genera Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa • Pamela Schwerdt, for her work at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent • 2007 • 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." • Sir Richard Carew Pole (1938–2024) – former RHS President • 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 • Charles Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale • Charles III – "for his passion for plants, sustainable gardening and the environment." • John Humphris • Lady Christine Skelmersdale

• 2010 • Peter R. Dawson • Michael Hickson • Robert T. Hillier • John Massey – "for his valuable contribution to plantbreeding " • Dowager Marchioness Salisbury • 2011 • Giles Coode-Adams • Maurice C. Foster • Richard Webb • 2012 • Stephen Blackmore • Alice Boyd, Viscountess of Merton • David Clark • John Parker • 2013 • Nigel Colborn • Brian Humphrey • 2014 • Chris Sanders • 2015 Not awarded • 2016 • Mark Flanagan (posthumously) • Johan Hermans • 2017 • Nick Dunn • Jekka McVicar – RH Vice-President • 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 • 2025 • Sarah Cook • Martyn Rix • Ron Scamp • 2026 • Jennifer Trehane • Philip McMillan Browse • Linda Philip • Chris Baines • Matt Biggs