July 22, 2025
Chadwick Orchids: A Century of Namesake Orchids
Chesterfield Baptist Church • 16520 Hull Street Road Moseley, VA 23120 Organized by Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation
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The Chadwick’s have the distinction of naming Cattleya hybrids after the wives of the six most recent U.S. Presidents and personally presenting the flowers to most of the honored recipients. Art Chadwick provides an informative PowerPoint presentation on his book, First Ladies and their Cattleyas: A Century of Namesake Orchids.
Biography of Arthur E Chadwick
Art holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State and an MBA from James Madison University. He founded Chadwick & Son Orchids Inc in 1989 with his father who had been growing orchids since 1943.
The Chadwick’s first book, The Classic Cattleyas, from 2006 sold out and an updated second edition was released in 2022. Martha Stewart favorably reviewed the book and had both Chadwick’s on her TV Show.
Art is a 'regular' on the orchid society speaker's circuit and has spoken at two World Orchid Conferences - France 2005 and Ecuador 2017. For twenty years, he wrote a monthly orchid advice column that was carried by newspapers around the country.
Chadwick’s operates 11 greenhouses in rural Powhatan County, two retail stores in Richmond, and boards over 13,000 orchids for local clients. The company was recently featured in Southern Living magazine, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, Smithsonian magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, The Washington Post, The CBS Evening News, and Oprah magazine.
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Chesterfield Baptist - Room 127/128 at Chesterfield Baptist Church
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Ages 50-255 · Co-Ed
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