Alan Titchmarsh
(a ‘God’ in my eyes although I tend to fall asleep during his Radio 2 programmes …)
MBE (appointed in the 2000 honours list),
VMH (awarded in 2004 this is the Victoria Medal of Honour from the RHS for outstanding services to horticulture)
has been appointed as a new Vice President for the RHS. Not only is Alan one of the country’s best known gardeners, he is a keen supporter of the RHS Campaign for School Gardening (CSG).

Joining alongside Alan is
Lord Heseltine,
CH, former Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the Haymarket Media Group which includes the publications Garden Retail and Horticultural Week.
A keen gardener, Lord Heseltine’s arboretum in Oxfordshire contains one of the most important private collections of tree specimens in the UK with over 3000 different trees and shrubs.

The third new Vice President is
Dr Kiat Tan,
a former Director of Singapore’s National Parks Board and a leading authority on orchids – under his direction the National Orchid Garden in the Singapore Botanic Garden became a major tourist attraction.

These three new Vice Presidents join an array of existing Vice Presidents all of whom make a significant contribution to the achievement of the RHS ai8ms and objectives and exercise influence on behalf of the Society.