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Welcome to Chadwick & Son Orchids Inc!

Founded in 1989, Chadwick’s is Richmond’s premier orchid supplier. There are three locations: the greenhouses in rural Powhatan county, the Belmont retail store in the Museum district, and the Gaskins retail store in the West End. See very bottom for hours and addresses.

Stop by for a breathtaking horticultural experience that includes beginner plants, show stoppers and elaborate arrangements as well as blooming orchids year-round. We offer daily deliveries, fancy containers, gifts, and a knowledgeable staff.

Our boarding program is legendary. Your re-blooming orchid “will be like a poodle fresh from the groomer: clean, fluffy, and raring to go.” Washington Post

Can’t make it to one of our locations? Browse our online shop!

The updated 2nd Edition of "The Classic Cattleyas" is now available and includes digital pictures, expanded captions, improved culture tips, and a new chapter on primary hybrids. Signed by Art Chadwick! Go to "Shop" to purchase. International orders and E-versions available from University Press of Florida, www.upf.com

We are now accepting pre-orders for "First Ladies and their Orchids: A Century of Namesake Cattleyas" which is the much anticipated sequel to "The Classic Cattleyas". Also written by the father/son team of A. A. Chadwick and Arthur E. Chadwick, the book explores the 100+ year history of United States First Ladies and the cattleya hybrids that bear their names. The lineage of these plants provides an overview of the diverse family of cattleya species that exist in nature as well as an inside look at the renowned growers around the world who played a role in creating these enduring legacies. Included are the fascinating stories of the actual flower presentations, many of which involved the Chadwick's. Go to "Shop" to purchase with delivery in April 2024. International orders will be available soon from University Press of Florida, www.upf.com.

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Chadwick's on CBS Evening News

Chadwick's in The Washington Post

This florist started caring for ailing orchids on the side. He’s now babysitting 13,000.

Teddy Oh walks past Chadwick & Son Orchids in Richmond after purchasing his first orchid. Art Chadwick opened the Museum District shop 15 years ago. The business is known for boarding customers’ orchids between bloom cycles. (Jennifer Heffner/For The Washington Post)

By Adrian Higgins

April 10

Even within Richmond’s redbrick historic neighborhood known as the Museum District, Art Chadwick’s florist’s shop seems like a quaint throwback to an earlier time. A bell chimes as you open the door, and fans swirl below a pressed-tin ceiling. Cymbidiums, cattleyas and other flowering orchids are presented in decorative pots on round tables. Along one wall, a green pleated sofa invites patrons to linger and chat.

I am here on a mild Friday afternoon in winter, and a small but steady stream of customers arrive, chatting in relaxed fashion with the proprietor. Chadwick, 56, is dressed casually in a brown cable-knit sweater, and he seems to be a guy comfortable in his own skin, smooth and urbane — in sum, exactly what you might expect in the genteel and luxuriant world of orchids.

Chadwick's in Smithsonian Magazine

Here’s How Horticulturalists Made the Michelle Obama Orchid

This year’s orchid show takes over the cavernous naturally-lit Kogod Courtyard with thousands on view

Michelle Obama Orchid

Michelle Obama is the 14th consecutive First Lady to have a cattleya orchid named in her honor (above). Last year, the Melania Trump orchid was earning acclaim in the plant world. (Courtesy of Arthur E. Chadwick)

By Anna White

SMITHSONIAN.COM
FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The plants, cultivated by Chadwick himself, were a specialized breeding of the hybrid Cattleya Mini Purple and the species Cattleya trianaei to create a new variety that would be known as Cattleya Michelle Obama. The orchids were to be presented as a gift to Obama, the 14th consecutive First Lady to have a cattleya orchid named in her honor.

Chadwick's in Richmond Magazine

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