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
Royal National Rose Society and specific rose care advice. The society published a magazine called "The Rose", and during some of its history also produced the yearly publication "The Rose Annual". The society went into administration on 15 May 2017, and the gardens were closed. Former employees told the BBC they were not surprised the society had gone into administration after years of it struggling financially. Royal National Rose Society The Royal National Rose Society was a specialist horticultural society in the United Kingdom, dedicated to the cultivation and appreciation of roses. It was founded in 1876 and was based near St Albans in