Hear from Art Chadwick, Internationally Recognized Orchid Grower

Author of First Ladies and Their Orchids & The Classic Cattleyas

Friday, April 11th at 4:00 p.m. Theater 1923 at The Omni Homestead Resort & Spa      Hot Springs, VA

The Bath County Arts Association and The Omni Homestead Resort & Spa are delighted to welcome Art Chadwick of Chadwick’s Orchids to Bath County!

Art founded Chadwick & Son Orchids, Inc. in 1989 with his father who had been growing orchids since 1943. The Chadwicks' first book, The Classic Cattleyas, was released in 2006 and sold out. An updated second edition was released in 2022. Martha Stewart favorably reviewed the book and had both Chadwicks on her TV Show. Another book, First Ladies and their Orchids: A Century of Namesake Cattleyas, was released in the summer of 2024.

The Chadwicks 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 is a 'regular' on the orchid society speaker's circuit and has spoken at two World Orchid Conferences - France 2005 and Ecuador 2017 – and is scheduled for the Dresden, Germany World Orchid Conference next year. For 20 years, he wrote a monthly orchid advice column that was carried by newspapers around the country.

Chadwick’s operates 13 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.

Seating is limited and preregistration is required. 

To register, please use the link below to pay using a credit card. Or, send a check payable to the Bath County Arts Association, P.O. Box 974, Hot Springs, VA 24445. The cost is $10 per person. We hope you can join us on April 11th!