RHS award to Ian Butterfield

[Maggi Young]

The Orchid and Botanical Art Show  has just been held at  Vincent Square  - see Alex'  comment on his purchases elsewhere -
 there was some important  award activity there , too -  this from the twitter page of Jim Gardiner, executive vice president of the RHS :



"Ian Butterfield winner of the Associate of Honour at the RHS Awards Ceremony Vincent Square,well done! "
 - and so say all of us!

See earlier  announcement  of awards : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11376.0

[Maren]

and next to him is his wife, Iris, after whom he named a very desirable yellow pleione hybrid.

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, Maren - I guessed as much but I have not had the pleasure to meet the lady so was not sure.
 

[Kevin]

What great news.

Thanks for sharing.

Kevin

[Richard Williams]

Congratulations to Ian, very much deserved with all his work with pleiones. A very nice man as well. I had the pleasure of meeting him at Malvern last year for the first time and bought some lovely varieties from him back in the winter.

[Maren]

I've tried to persuade him to hang up his award certificate in his greenhouse, but he is a little shy.