Dr Heather McHaffie – SRGC member and Plants Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has been rewarded in the New Year’s Honour List with an MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Conservation of Plants in Scotland.
We send our congratulations to Heather on this award.
You can read a little about Dr McHaffie's work here :
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/scotplant/ [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Dr McHaffie is involved in many projects, including the Science Religion and Technology Project.
from their website :
"Heather McHaffie is a member of Wardie Parish Church in Edinburgh and is involved in helping to co-ordinate the Edinburgh Eco-congregation network. She trained as a primary teacher and taught for nearly 20 years before changing career. A life-long enthusiasm for plants eventually led to a job at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh where she works on the conservation of Scottish plants. Heather also teaches a range of plant identification courses and enjoys gardening, especially growing ferns"