Diana Fish

Diana Fish

2011 Medal of Honor

For seeking the unique knowledge of expert gardeners and imparting it in each dynamic and educational issue of The Real Dirt.

Proposed by: Carmel-by-the-Sea Garden Club, Zone XII

The Medal of Honor is awarded for outstanding service to horticulture.

The medal was designed in 1920 by sculptor John Flanagan who also designed the U.S. quarter dollar coin, first issued in 1932. The Medal of Honor was endowed in 1963 by the Bedford (New York) Garden Club in memory of their member, Mrs. Arthur Marvin Anderson. Previous winners include Henry Francis DuPont (1956), Judith D. Zuk (2000), and P. Allen Smith (2006).

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