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 and influential educator in the field of biodynamic/French intensive gardening. He was a student of Rudolf Steiner and is often cited as inspirational to the development of the "California cuisine" movement. The Chadwick restaurant in Beverly Hills was named after him. His grave is marked by a stupa at the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in California. 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.
See also
- Biointensive
- Biodynamic agriculture
- French intensive gardening
- Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
- Organic farming
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
- 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
- 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