Alan Chadwick | |
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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] 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.