James Folsom
James Folsom
2007 Medal of Honor
Horticulturist, botanist, educator, author, leader and visionary. The director of the botanical gardens at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in California. His passion for horticultural and botanical education inspired his conception and realization of the Botanical Center, comprised of the children's garden, teaching greenhouse, library, laboratories, classrooms and offices.
Proposed by: Pasadena Garden Club, Zone XII
Seconded by: a member of Green Spring Valley Garden Club, Zone VI
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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