Alan Chadwick

Alan Chadwick
Alan Chadwick
Born	July 27, 1909
Died	May 25, 1980 (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]

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.

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.