Edmund Leopold de Rothschild services to the horticultural world. In 2005, the Royal Horticultural Society bestowed on him the Victoria Medal of Honour, the highest accolade in the British gardening world. Rothschild established a charitable trust to manage Exbury Gardens with which his children are involved. In 1949 he published "Window on the World", an account of his world tour of 1937–39. His autobiography was published in 1998. He died in 2009 at the age of 93. Edmund Leopold de Rothschild Major Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (2 January 1916 – 17 January 2009) was an English financier, a member of the prominent Rothschild banking
Minnesota State Horticultural Society facility in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and in December, 2009 moved to its current location at 2705 Lincoln Dr. Roseville, Minnesota. In 2000 the name of the MSHS publication was changed from "Minnesota Horticulturalist" to "Northern Gardener". Minnesota State Horticultural Society The Minnesota State Horticultural Society (MSHS)", "with headquarters in Roseville, Minnesota, is a nonprofit membership organization that provides education and resources to northern gardeners in the United States. It publishes "Northern Gardener", a bi-monthly magazine that is the only U.S. publication devoted exclusively to gardening in Hardiness Zones 3-5. Its "Garden-in-a-Box" program provides raised bed garden boxes, along with soil