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
Ottawa Horticultural Society Willingdon The Earl of Bessborough and Lady Bessborough The Governor General and Lady Tweedsmuir Lady Tweedsmuir The Princess Alice The Governor General and Viscountess Alexander of Tunis Vincent Massey The Governor General and Lady Vanier Roland Michener Jules Léger Edward Schreyer Jeanne Sauvé Raymon Hnatyshyn Roméo LeBlanc Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul Michaëlle Jean David Johnston and Sharon Johnston Source: "The Story of the Ottawa Horticultural Society" by Frederick Pain and the yearbooks of the Ottawa Horticultural Society. Ottawa Horticultural Society The Ottawa Horticultural Society was founded in 1892. It is a non-profit organization that exists to promote gardening