Chandor Gardens Foundation, Inc.

Chandor Gardens Foundation, Inc. The role of the Chandor Gardens Foundation, Inc.

is to be a bridge between preserving the heritage of Chandor Gardens, and creating ongoing cultural, artistic, and aesthetic opportunities for our community and our region.

The audience was moving to the sounds of soul stirring melodies during “A Night of Jazz” at Chandor Gardens on Saturday,...
06/14/2026

The audience was moving to the sounds of soul stirring melodies during “A Night of Jazz” at Chandor Gardens on Saturday, June 13, 2026 performed by the Duane Durrett Trio with special guest Sandra Kaye.
This was yet again a sold out concert. We feel so blessed that we can host such amazing musicians right here in Weatherford.

Saturday, June 6th the sun came out between the rain showers to bless us with a beautiful day for the 5th Annual Secret ...
06/08/2026

Saturday, June 6th the sun came out between the rain showers to bless us with a beautiful day for the 5th Annual Secret Gardens of Parker County Tour.

Thank you to the garden owners, sponsors, volunteers, and the many guests who came out to visit the 7 gardens on the tour. You made this a hugely successful event.

Today, June 3, 2026, the “Aileen Westbrook Malloy” portrait, painted by Douglas Chandor in 1934, and which has prominent...
06/03/2026

Today, June 3, 2026, the “Aileen Westbrook Malloy” portrait, painted by Douglas Chandor in 1934, and which has prominently hung in the foyer of the Chandor house at Chandor Gardens since May of 2012, was temporarily removed to have much needed conservation work completed over the summer.

It’s kind of like Aileen is going on a summer holiday for some “restorative spa like treatments”.

The portrait is expected to return to the Chandor house sometime this Fall looking bright and fresh.

This evening, May 30, 2026, the Parker County Historical Commission hosted the “2026 Inaugural Historian Awards” at the ...
05/31/2026

This evening, May 30, 2026, the Parker County Historical Commission hosted the “2026 Inaugural Historian Awards” at the Historic James Claude Wright House in Weatherford.

Among the 4 award recipients was Dr. Harold Lawrence who, along with his many other contributions to historic preservation in Parker County, wrote the book:
Douglas Chandor An English Artist and His Texas Garden.

Congratulations Dr. Harold Lawrence this is a well deserved award, and thank you so much for all that you have done for historic preservation in Parker County.

The other 3 award recipients this evening were:
Mary Kemp*
Virginia Cotton Scott*
Jon Vandagriff*
[* Posthumous]

On Tuesday, May 26, a number of members from the TCU Silver Frogs Art Quest group had a docent tour of Chandor Gardens. ...
05/27/2026

On Tuesday, May 26, a number of members from the TCU Silver Frogs Art Quest group had a docent tour of Chandor Gardens.

This group had a keen interest in learning about Douglas Chandor’s artistic vision and his artistic accomplishments, and as such asked really insightful questions throughout the tour and appreciated seeing how Douglas applied his artistic skills into the design of his garden.

The TCU Silver Frogs Art Quest group is a shared interest group who enjoy art with friends through visits to museums, galleries, studios, public spaces,and private collections. They also visit with artists and watch while they work and more. As well they often have lunch together to foster discussions of art and cultivate friendships.

The Friends of Chandor Gardens meeting Wednesday, May 20, 2026 had Linda Smith and Dru Starnes from the Weatherford Chap...
05/21/2026

The Friends of Chandor Gardens meeting Wednesday, May 20, 2026 had Linda Smith and Dru Starnes from the Weatherford Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as guest speakers.

With May being National Historic Preservation month there was no better organization to have come tell their story and to share all the projects they have done and are currently doing here in Parker County to facilitate historic preservation.

DAR is also doing some very special projects here in Parker County to commemorate America’s 250th Birthday.

For those who aren’t familiar with DAR, it is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history and who’s members lineal bloodline decent is from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence during the Revolutionary War.

The Weatherford Chapter of DAR was organized in 1903 (123 years of continuous active operations)

https://www.texasdar.org/chapters/Weatherford/

Art comes in many forms! - The pots of succulents are living pieces of art all along the Italianate pergola at Chandor G...
05/18/2026

Art comes in many forms! - The pots of succulents are living pieces of art all along the Italianate pergola at Chandor Gardens. ❤️

At the May 12, 2026 Weatherford City Council meeting our very own Bill Warren was further recognized for his Lifetime Ac...
05/14/2026

At the May 12, 2026 Weatherford City Council meeting our very own Bill Warren was further recognized for his Lifetime Achievement in Historic Preservation.

Bill was recently awarded the prestigious Texas Historical Commission's -Ruth Lester Lifetime Achievement Award for Historic Preservation at the Real Places Conference in Austin Texas, April 2026.

Thank you Bill for all that you have done and continue to do for Historic Preservation here in Parker County, and especially for the work you do toward preservation of Chandor Gardens through Chandor Gardens Foundation.

The photo below is only one group of the more than 50 members of the Collin County Master Gardeners who toured Chandor ...
05/14/2026

The photo below is only one group of the more than 50 members of the Collin County Master Gardeners who toured Chandor Gardens on Tuesday, May 12.
The group had a wonderful sunny morning for a docent tour of Chandor Gardens.

05/06/2026

A little sample of the outstanding music from the “Homage to Benny Goodman” concert presented by Opus Nova on May 5 2026 at Chandor Gardens

Intermezzo by composure Alexander Tsfasman (1906 - 1871)

Address

711 W Lee Avenue
Weatherford, TX
76086

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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+16822680102

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