In the 1950’s, between 12,000 and 50,000 people a year came to see the Douglas Chandor garden in Weatherford, Texas, and it was deemed “One of the ten most beautiful one-man gardens in the world,” by author Carroll C. Caulkins in his 1969 book Great Gardens of America.
Read Charles’ article about the rebirth of this American classic the current (April 2009) issue of Horticulture magazine.