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Revision as of 15:44, 24 October 2018
Margaret Owen | |
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 Margaret Owen in 2013 | |
| Born | Margaret McAllister Mackay 27 November 1930 Lea Farm, Watford |
| Died | 24 October 2014 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Farmer, gardener |
| Known for | collections of plants: Camassia, Dictamnus, Galanthus, Nerine, Veratrum |
| Spouse(s) | Godfrey Owen, (m. 9 October 1952, d. 1983) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Veitch Memorial Medal (2013) |
Margaret McAllister Owen MBE (née Mackay; 27 November 1930 – 24 October 2014) was a British farmer, gardener and heritage activist.
Snowdrops
She collected, grew, arranged and exhibited plants, especially snowdrops, holding an annual snowdrop party in her Shropshire garden, The Patch, each year in February.[1] A snowdrop, Galanthus elwesii Margaret Owen was named after her.[2] She herself named a snowdrop after her husband, Galanthus elwesii Godfrey Owen.[3]
National Collection
She was the holder of four types of plant for the National Collection: Camassia, Dictamnus, Nerine and Veratrum.[1] She bred new colour forms of camassias and pioneered nerines as a hardy plant in UK.[4][5][6][7] She was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal in 2013.[8]
Shrewsbury heritage
Owen campaigned to save Rowley's House museum in Shrewsbury.[9][10] She also founded The Corbet Bed Embroiders Trust to create period hangings for the sixteenth-century Corbet Bed.[11][12][13] In 2010, she was awarded the honor of Most Excellent Order of the British Empire MBE, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences.[14][15]
References
- ^ a b "Margaret Owen - obituary", Daily Telegraph, 8 November 2014
- ^ "Galanthus elwesii 'Margaret Owen'". RHS Plant Finder. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Byfield, Andy (27 February 2015). "Snowdrops: ten of the best". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Bourne, Val (22 April 2010). "Camassias like it wet". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Camassia". Plant Heritage. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Buchan, Ursula (18 June 2008). "Traditional virtues". The Spectator. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Mark Heath (5 October 2018), Gardeners' World, BBC
- ^ "RHS President presents 33 honours at RHS Awards Ceremony". Royal Horticultural Society. RHS. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Steel, Patrick (2006). "Shrewsbury faces the closure of its museum until 2009". Museums Journal. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Win claimed in museum fight". Shropshire Star. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "CORBET BED EMBROIDERERS TRUST". Open Charities. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Lord Lieutenant marks end of bed project". Shropshire Star. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Boyd, Peter (16 July 2003). "Corbet Bed 1593". Darwin Country. Shrewsbury Museums Service. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Charity fundraiser's MBE honour". BBC News. BBC. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "County people rewarded in Queen's honours". Shropshire Star. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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