“It’s a Chadwick garden…”
Before sitting down to write this article, I knew relatively little about Alan Chadwick and the gardening methods he pioneered. Now I’m devising ways to make my own U-Bar and rethinking all of my garden bed plans.
Alan Chadwick was an anthroposophist, thespian and master horticulturist who lived from 1909 to 1980. He created a technique called the “Biodynamic French Intensive Method” and is credited with sparking the organic farming movement in North America – but when people talk about his method, or when they’re standing in a garden where his techniques are being used, they usually just say, “it’s a Chadwick garden.”
I’ve learned “a Chadwick garden” is a lot simpler than you might think.
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