
OPPORTUNITIES
& AWARDS
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RNZIH awards:
Other awards:
The
Memorial Prize Fund
Purpose:
"To assist RNZIH members
who are bone fide full or part time horticultural students with the
costs of attending seminars, conferences or workshops that are being
held within New Zealand."
The Fund:
The Memorial Prize Fund
is made up from a number of previous RNZIH awards. These were: Rita
Skellerup Prize, David Tannock Memorial Prize, Dugald McKenzie Prize,
Junior Memorial Prize.
Eligibility:
Any financial member of
the RNZIH who has been a member for a minimum period of one year and
who is a registered full or part time horticultural student at an institution
in New Zealand.
Conditions:
- It is expected that the
member would make a contribution towards the cost of attending the seminar/conference/workshop
to demonstrate their commitment.
- The RNZIH will consider
applications for up to 75% of the cost of attending, including travel,
registration and accommodation.
- Successful applicants must
provide evidence of attending by way of receipts or other papers following
the event. Failure to comply with this condition the applicant shall
be liable to refund all award moneys to the RNZIH.
- The National Executive of
the RNZIH reserves the right not to make an award if in its opinion
the application is not of sufficient merit, or for any other reason
National Executive may decide from time to time.
Applications:
Applications should be submitted
at least two months prior to the conference, seminar or workshop.
The
Peter Skellerup Plant Conservation Scholarship
Purpose:
"To assist with the
conservation of the exotic and indigenous plant resource in New Zealand"
Objective:
The Scholarship will be
granted for research field work, publication, propagation, protection
and/or cultivation of plants, production of educational resources, and
any other activity likely to promote and assist the conservation of
New Zealand's indigenous and exotic plant genetic resources.
The main criterion shall
be the value of the work in conserving a plant or group of plants, especially
those that are threatened. Plants include trees.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be New Zealand
residents or citizens. The Scholarship may involve travel and/or study
outside New Zealand. However, the work must be of benefit to the plant
genetic resource within New Zealand.
Applications:
Applications must be typed
on the appropriate form obtained from
the Institute and lodged with the RNZIH no later than 31 March.
A synopsis of the proposed project must carry a statement of support
by an acknowledged authority on the topic. Late applications will not
be accepted.
Associate
of Honour
"Persons who have rendered
distinguished service to horticulture"
For Associate of Honour of
the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture AHRIH(NZ).
Nominations are active and
considered for three years. Nominees need not be members of the Institute.
Nominations can be made by Branches, national Executive or by Associates
of Honour (do not approach the person being nominated).
Nominations should address
the following headings:
- Personal; qualifications,
awards, etc.
- Horticultural experience
- Participation in professional
organisations
- Publications
- Special conditions indicating
distinguished service to horticulture.
Closing date:
31 December each year.
Previous
recipients
Fellow
"Members who have made
a significant contribution to horticulture by their activities or interest
in or service to horticulture"
For Fellow of the Royal New
Zealand Institute of Horticulture (FRIH).
Nominations are active and
considered for three years. Nominees should be members of the Institute.
Nominations can be made by branches or by National Executive
(do not approach the person being nominated).
Closing date:
31 December each year.
Previous
recipients
Plant
Raisers' Award
Objective:
The Award is granted to any
nominated individual or organisation who has raised in New Zealand a
cultivar considered to be sufficiently meritorious. The Award shall
consist of an inscribed medal.
Note:
A cultivar is a cultivated
plant which is distinguished by any characters significant for the purposes
of horticulture and which when reproduced sexually or asexually retains
its distinguishing features. The term 'cultivar' and 'variety' are synonymous
for this award.
The requirements of the award
are that:
- it should have been raised
in New Zealand
- it should have been in
cultivation for at least 3 years
- the cultivar should have
been bred by seed
- the cultivar should have
been registered if it belongs to a genus registered by an International
Registration Authority.
Nominations can be made by
a Branch or by National Executive, any horticultural organisation affiliated
to RNZIH, or any incorporate horticultural organisation.
Closing date:
31 December each year.
Previous
recipients
Garden
History Award
(Award
in Horticultural History and Conservation)
The aim of the award is to
help focus Institute support for horticultural history and the conservation
of cultivated plants, promote public interest in horticultural history
and conservation, promote public awareness of the Institute, and encourage
cooperation with other bodies such as the Historic Places Trust.
The award is granted to
any nominated individual or organisation within New Zealand making distinguished
contributions to horticultural history and conservation. The award is
an inscribed medal similar to the Plant Raisers' Award. The contributions
may include scholarly publications on any aspect of horticultural history
or of the development of cultivated plants, studies on individual gardens,
horticulturists or plants, projects on the conservation of cultivated
plants, projects involving the conservation and/or restoration of gardens
or garden structures.
Nominees need not be members
of the Institute. Nominating bodies are the national Executive, any
branch or affiliate of RNZIH, any incorporated horticultural organisation,
or the Historic Places Trust of any branch thereof.
Closing date:
31 December each year.
Previous
recipients
The
Margaret Watling Scholarship
Purpose:
The purpose of this scholarship
is to assist people to undertake further study or obtain practical experience
in amenity horticulture, ornamental horticulture, nursery management
or any other closely allied field.
Conditions:
Applicants must be between the ages of 19 and 35. They must have been resident in the South Island of NZ for at least two years prior to commencement of study. They must have completed a qualification in Horticulture or related area of study.
The value of the award is up to $4,000.
Applications:
Applications close on the
31 March each year with:
The Scholarship Manager,
P.O. Box 85084, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Canterbury.
Link to Award details administered by Lincoln University.
Ronald Flook Award
This
NZ Arb Award was established
in 1994. The Award is to elevate the good practice of Arboriculture,
including tree raising, tree health, management and amenity tree protection.
The recipient will have demonstrated a deep empathy with trees, whether
functional or aesthetic in any stage of development.
NZ Arb have named this
award after the late Nelson based Landscape Architect Ron Flook for
his high standard of aesthetics and the effect which he creates with
trees in his landscape designs.
The successful nominee receives
the gift of a bone carving by Bill McIntyre of Blenheim and loan of
the trophy for one year together with a cheque for $250.
Nominations should be sent
prior to 31 August each year to:
The Secretary, NZ Arb,
P.O. Box 5596, Wellesley Street, Auckland.
Loder
Cup (New Zealand's premier conservation award)
Objective:
"Offered to lovers of
nature in New Zealand to encourage the protection and cultivation of
the incomparable flora of the Dominion"
Introduction:
The Cup was donated by Gerald
W. Loder (later becoming Lord Wakehurst) of Sussex, England, in 1926.
The cup is to be presented to lovers of nature in New Zealand for annual
competition under such conditions as might be approved by the Minister
of Agriculture, in whose custody the Cup was placed. (Ministerial responsibility
now rests with the Minister of Conservation).
Link to Award details administered by the Department of Conservation
(DOC)
Closing date:
31 May each year.
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