The efforts of three Dunedin gardening and horticulture experts over many years were recognised on Sunday with the presentation of awards from the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (RNZIH). The ceremony, held as part of the 2026 International Plant Production Society (IPPS) New Zealand Conference, honoured the achievements of horticulturalists from across the lower South Island, and were presented by RNZIH president Alan Joliffe. Dunedin Botanic Garden horticultural collections supervisor Dylan Norfield was awarded an RNZIH fellowship for his work across a variety of fields. Mr Norfield won 30 Royal Horticultural Society gold medals at Chelsea flower shows before coming to Dunedin and has a life-long passion for preserving plants. At Dunedin Botanic Garden he curates more than 2000 plants and oversees its collections while, in his spare time, is turning a scrub-covered paddock at Doctors Point into a Garden of National Significance.…