Arthur Chadwick

Art holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State and an MBA from James Madison. He founded the Chadwick & Son Orchids Inc in 1989 with his father who has been growing orchids since 1943.

Chadwick’s operates 11 greenhouses in Powhatan County, a retail store in Richmond, and boards over 13,000 orchids for local clients.

Art has the distinction of naming Cattleya hybrids after the wives of the last four U.S. Presidents and personally presenting the flowers to the honored recipients. Other celebrity presentations include Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth II, Tipper Gore, Martha Stewart, the Princess of Cambodia, and Priscilla Presley.

He speaks internationally, most recently at the Western Australian Orchid Conference and the World Orchid Conference in France. Each month since 2002, the Richmond Times Dispatch publishes Art’s orchid advice column.

In 2005, Art and his father appeared on the Martha Stewart TV show where she favorably reviewed their book, ‘The Classic Cattleyas’. The company was later featured in Southern Living Magazine.

When not growing orchids, Art enjoys triathlons and raising two children.