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Well Deserved Award
for our President!
We are very pleased
to announce that, in
the Queen’s Birthday
Honours List 2018, our
hard-working President,
Phil Gomersall, has been
awarded the British
Empire Medal (BEM) for
services to Horticulture in
Yorkshire. Phil has many
roles in the allotment
world from President of the National Allotment Society, Chairman of the Yorkshire Allotment Gardeners Federation, Publicity Officer of the Leeds Allotments Federation, to Secretary of Victory Garden Allotments Association, Rawdon.
Phil’s ebullient personality has enabled him to promote horticulture, and allotment growing in particular, at garden shows and events over many years. Along with the team from Leeds Allotments Federation he has created award-winning show gardens at the Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Show and even Chelsea.
In addition to the above he is also the Vice Chairman of Rawdon in Bloom, an organisation improving the local environment where he lives. Phil acknowledges that there are many others like him promoting and advising on allotment gardening up and down the country, and he is immensely proud to be awarded the medal. He is still reeling from the news, but nevertheless he was out planting up planters in his village of Rawdon the following morning.
General
Correction
Figure 6 – Figure 7 – Asian Hornet European Hornet
In the article about the difference between European and Asian Hornets that appeared in ALG 2 2018, Figures 6 and 7 showing the lowers bodies of the Hornets were labelled the incorrect way round. This is what Figure 6 and 7 should have been. For further information: https://www.bbka.org.uk/report-asian-hornet
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