| Sister Loyola Galvin | |
| Birth Name: | Johanna Mary Frances Galvin |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Hāwera, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Religious sister |
Johanna Mary Frances Galvin (12 May 1922 – 22 May 2021), better known as Sister Loyola Galvin, was a New Zealand religious sister.[1]
Galvin was born in Hāwera in 1922,[2] and became a nun who served the Wellington community. She became known after the release of the award-winning documentary, Gardening with Soul. In the 1996 New Year Honours, she was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service,[3] and she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to gardening, in the 2014 New Year Honours.[4]
Galvin died at the St Joseph's Home of Compassion in Upper Hutt on 22 May 2021, aged 99.[5]