Royal Horticultural Society giving them the opportunity to grow plants, food and develop life skills. The society honours certain persons with the Victoria Medal of Honour who are deemed by its Council to be deserving of special recognition in the field of horticulture. Other medals issued by the society include the Banksian, Knightian and Lindley medals, named after early officers of the society. It awards Gold, Silver-gilt, Silver and Bronze medals to exhibitors at its Flower Shows. The Veitch Memorial Medal, named after James Veitch, is awarded annually to persons of any nationality who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement and
Minnesota State Horticultural Society Horticultural Society, and in 1872 the Society took over management of the horticulture department at the Minnesota State Fair. In 1873, the Society incorporated under the general statutes of the state of Minnesota as the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. That same year, the Minnesota legislature approved an act that provided funds to produce and distribute 2000 copies of the MSHS annual reports from 1866-1873, and further provided an appropriation for distribution of future annual reports to members. In 1894, the Society began publishing its transactions in a monthly magazine called The Minnesota Horticulturalist. In 1878, MSHS secured passage of a