Alan Chadwick

Alan Chadwick
Born	(1909-07-27)July 27, 1909
Died	May 25, 1980(1980-05-25) (aged 70)
Nationality	English
Occupation	Master gardener
Known for	Innovator of organic farming techniques and influential educator in the field of biodynamic/French intensive gardening.

Alan Chadwick (July 27, 1909 – May 25, 1980) an English master gardener, was a leading innovator of organic farming techniques^[1]^[2] and influential educator in the field of biodynamic/French intensive gardening. He was a student of Rudolf Steiner^[3]^[4] and is often cited^[5] as inspirational to the development of the "California cuisine" movement. The Chadwick restaurant in Beverly Hills was named after him.^[6] His grave is marked by a stupa at the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in California.^{[citation needed]} Chadwick is the subject of a 2013 retrospective by a former University of California, Santa Cruz, professor, Paul Lee, called There Is a Garden in the Mind: A Memoir of Alan Chadwick and the Organic Movement in California.^[7] The website https://chadwickarchive.org/ has a complete history of Alan Chadwick’s life, work and legacy, as well as videos and audio files of his lectures and public talks.

Notes

^ "Biodynamic/French Intensive Gardening". Mother Earth News (1980).
^ "Intensive Organic Gardening". Ohio State University Extension Factsheet.
^ "Alan Chadwick". Archived March 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Learning to Give.
^ "UC Cooperative Extension advisor researches biodynamic grape production". UC Cooperative Extension (2007).
^ "Growing Menus". Time. June 1, 2003.
^ Jerry Shriver (May 25, 2001). USA Today: p. D.08
^ Lee, Paul A. (17 March 2024). There Is a Garden in the Mind: A Memoir of Alan Chadwick and the Organic Movement in California. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1583945599.

External links

Alan Chadwick -- A Brief Biography
Chadwick, Alan
Alan Chadwick -- Cutting Edge Groundbreakers
Alan Chadwick is Gone
Alan Chadwick's lecture on anemone cultivation
A Tribute to Alan Chadwick, Master Gardener
Fire in the Garden
French Intensive Gardening: A Retrospective, News & Notes of the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden, Issue 112, Winter 2007
Alan Chadwick, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Chadwick, Alan^{[dead link]}
Guide to the Alan Chadwick Papers, UC Santa Cruz Special Collections and Archives
Alan Chadwick, a Gardener of Souls A Resource Center about Alan Chadwick, his Gardens, and his Mission
Photographs from the Alan Chadwick Garden series, UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections
http://chadwickarchive.org