Caroline Owen awarded HTA Pearson Memorial medal

Owen was HTA Retail Management Group chairman and still chairs the Marketing Committee.

New HTA president Carol Paris said: "Caroline Owen’s business at Scotsdales is an outstanding exemplar of good practice for the whole industry.

"Her knowledge, encouragement and endorsement have been absolutely invaluable to HTA, as has her ability to start pulling the industry together behind a common cause.

"I congratulate her on receiving this award."

The HTA Charles Pearson Memorial Medal for outstanding service to the garden industry has been awarded on an annual basis since it was instigated in 1930 in memory of the HTA’s first general secretary, Charles Pearson.