Man who has helped keep Fife beautiful for 35 years presented with award

The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society was able to present the Queen Mother Memorial Medal to Keith Jackson of Falkland.

A small ceremony was held at Saughton Park in Edinburgh.

The Queen Mother Memorial Medal is presented to a non-professional for outstanding service to Scottish Horticulture.

Keith has spent more than 30 years in community horticulture, having founded and chaired Falkland in Bloom, leading them to success in Beautiful Scotland, then Britain in Bloom as winners of the small village category.

They won the champion of champions category two years in a row, and then won the European Entente Florale.

After retiring from the police he was recruited by the head of Fife parks to co-ordinate community horticulture throughout Fife until his retirement in December 2019.

During this time Keith organised Beautiful Fife, which involved around 60 communities improving their local environment.

Keith has chaired the Beautiful Scotland Advisory Group and chaired the Britain in Bloom Regions and Nations until the formation of a federation in October 2013.

Keith said: “I am extremely honoured to receive this medal and pay tribute to the hundreds of hard working communities that I have been in contact with over the past 35 years.”