The King’s Birthday Honours List has been released and there are several notable names from horticulture that have been honoured <\/p>
The King\u2019s Birthday Honours List has been released for this year, with several notable honours for people from the horticultural world.<\/p>\n
Garden designer Tom Stuart Smith<\/a> has been appointed an OBE for his services to landscape architecture, while Katy Merrington<\/a>, cultural gardener at Hepworth Wakefield gallery, is recognised with the British Empire Medal for services to the arts and to the community in Wakefield.<\/p>\n The birthday honours list is chosen by the King following recommendations by the government, although members of the public can also recommend people for an award.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss our Reader Day with Tom Stuart-Smith at Serge Hill<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Other people from the horticultural world who have been recognised include<\/strong><\/p>\n Johnathan David Covey Tree Nursery Manager (British Empire Medal)<\/p>\n Buglife founder and vice president Alan Stubbs (MBE)<\/p>\n Susan Copeland, National Gardens Scheme East of England chair and trustee (MBE)<\/p>\n Richard Barley, director of gardens, RBG Kew (MBE)<\/p>\n John Gault, rhododendron grower and nurseryman, Limavady (British Empire Medal)<\/p>\n Claire Woods, Head Gardener at HRP Hillsborough Castle (MBE)<\/p>\n Angela Hewitt, founder trustee of Naturezones Wildlife Educational Trust (British Empire Medal)<\/p>\n Dr Stewart Harding of the Parks Agency (MBE)<\/p>\n Geoffrey Cole, formerly parks manager for Birmingham, latterly director, Birmingham Trees for Life, a project (2006-2022) (British Empire Medal)<\/p>\n The King’s Birthday Honours List has been released and there are several notable names from horticulture that have been honoured <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23583,"template":"","categories":[1,48],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/tom-stuart-smith-and-katy-merrington-on-birthday-honours-list.jpg",1200,628,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/tom-stuart-smith-and-katy-merrington-on-birthday-honours-list-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/tom-stuart-smith-and-katy-merrington-on-birthday-honours-list-300x157.jpg",300,157,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/tom-stuart-smith-and-katy-merrington-on-birthday-honours-list-768x402.jpg",768,402,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/tom-stuart-smith-and-katy-merrington-on-birthday-honours-list-1024x536.jpg",800,419,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/tom-stuart-smith-and-katy-merrington-on-birthday-honours-list.jpg",1200,628,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/tom-stuart-smith-and-katy-merrington-on-birthday-honours-list.jpg",1200,628,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The King's Birthday Honours List has been released and there are several notable names from horticulture that have been honoured","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/23582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Take part in our exclusive Reader Day with Tom Stuart-Smith at his garden Serge Hill<\/a><\/h3> <\/body><\/html>\n
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