Honours[edit]
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Gardner was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to geography".[4] She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS),[2] and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).[3]
In 2016, she was awarded the Scottish Geographical Medal, the highest honour of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, in recognition "of her outstandingly successful work in promoting Geography – in academic research, in schools, and in public life".[5] She was also made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (FRSGS) in 2016.[6]