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Guide to the Round Valley Garden Project Collection
MS 203  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Contents Note
  • Indexing Terms
  • Related Archives
  • Related Material

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Round Valley Garden Project collection,
    Date (inclusive): 1977-1981
    Collection number: MS 203
    Creator: Round Valley Garden Project
    Extent: 1 document box
    Repository: University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library. Special Collections and Archives
    Santa Cruz, California 95064
    Abstract: Includes copies of the log book, meeting notes, planting and pruning schedules, letters, publications related to Round Valley and Alan Chadwick.
    Physical location: Stored offsite: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Collection open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

    Preferred Citation

    Round Valley Garden Project collection. MS 203. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Stephen Crimi and Bernard Taper in 2004.

    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 to start yet another garden project.

    Scope and Contents Note

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

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Round Valley Garden Project--Archives
    Organic gardening--California--Covelo

    Other Index Terms Related to this Collection

    Chadwick, Alan
    Round Valley Garden Project

    Related Archives

    • Alan Chadwick Papers, MS 202

    Related Material

    • LCD 4078. Villa Montalvo Series [sound recording] (Also known under the title: Alan Chadwick garden tapes) by Alan Chadwick, 1972 Film & Music Center.
    • LCD 4079. Biodynamics of Horticulture [sound recording] (Alternate title: Philosophical art of horticulture. Also known under the title: Alan Chadwick garden tapes) by Alan Chadwick, 1972. Film & Music Center.
    • SB 453.5 A43. The Alan Chadwick Society Newsletter, v.2:1, Spring/Autumn 1984. Special Collections and Archives.
    • Z 239 Y65 1976. The Dirtman Journal : Messages from the Garden : No.1, 1976. Special Collections and Archives.