2008) Honours and awards 1987: Awarded the Lawrence Memorial Medal 1987: Awarded the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour 1987: Awarded an honorary degree by the University of Essex 1995: Selected to the International Professional and Business Women's Hall of Fame for outstanding achievements in introducing plant ecology to garden design 1998: Presented with the Life Time Achievement Award by the Garden Writers Guild 2002: Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2009: Awarded an honorary degree by the Anglia Ruskin University 2011: Named a Paul Harris Fellow by Colchester Trinity Rotary Club 2014: Awarded the Society of Garden Design's John Brookes Lifetime Achievement Award Legacy The Beth Chatto Education Trust was founded to engage all age groups with plants and gardens, and to take an ecological approach to them. The trust also sponsors the Beth Chatto Environmental Award, under the auspices of the Garden Media Guild. The Society of Garden Designers has created a Beth Chatto Eco Garden Award to be assigned from 2020 onwards. It will focus on the ecological impact of garden designs. References Other sources The Beth Chatto Gardens Guide Book: Early Beginnings External links Official site 1923 births 2018 deaths People from Tendring (district) British people of English descent English gardeners English garden writers Writers from Essex English landscape and garden designers Officers of the Order of the British Empire Victoria Medal of Honour recipients Chatto family People educated at Colchester County High School