Tribute to RHS Tudor Rose winner
2 November 2011
The RHS shows team has paid tribute to Bill Austin who died last week. Bill was a member of the team that won the Tudor Rose in 2010 with the Tourism Authority of Thailand show garden at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
Bill Austin worked with Elevations Exhibition & Design Ltd and the Tourism Authority of Thailand in 2009 for their first show garden and achieved a Silver Gilt medal. The following year the same team returned and won the Best in Show as well the prestigious Tudor Rose Award.
Mandy Almond, Show Manager of Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, said: "Bill's presence will be sorely missed, and all of us at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show are greatly saddened by this news. This award was a very proud moment for Bill and we will remember him with great fondness."
At his funeral Bill requested a wreath in the shape of the Tudor Rose.