Round Valley Garden Project collection, 1977-1981

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Round Valley Garden Project collection, 1977-1981

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Includes copies of the log book, meeting notes, planting and pruning schedules, letters, publications related to Round Valley and Alan Chadwick.

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University of California, Santa Cruz. . University Library Special Collections and Archives

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Round Valley Garden Project.

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Biographical Note Round Valley [Covelo] Garden Project was started in the early 1970's in Covelo, California, by Alan Chadwick, who had in the previous decade successfully introduced his Rudolf Steiner-influenced French Intensive and Biodynamic systems of food and flower production to the Americas on the University of California Santa Cruz campus. Chadwick continued to work and teach at the Project for five years, before moving on to Virginia...

Chadwick, Alan, 1909-1980

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Biography / Administrative History The English born Alan Chadwick came into the world on July 27, 1909. Born into the upper class of Edwardian society, Alan was exposed at a young age to a variety of aesthetic pursuits, gardening being chief among them. As a youth the mystic Austrian philosopher Rudolph Steiner heavily influenced him. Steiner's theories, though largely disregarded by the wider academic community, found a stronghold in the min...