Ryl Nowell's garden, symbolising Anglo-French co-operation, features raised squares of mirror glass, a path of see-through mesh and a glass bridge over a strip of water representing the English Channel.
The principal of Blackpool Sixth Form College, Felicity Greeves, from Poulton le Fylde and Clitheroe's Margaret Nowell, head teacher of St Thomas's Centre, Blackburn have been appointed OBE for services to education.
Nowell's research at Penn in Philadelphia was the first to show that a genetic defect could be responsible for cancer, His work has led to numerous discoveries into the growth of cells related to cancers and other disorders.