Friends of Chandor Gardens Bimonthly Meeting

“A bonsai tree can be understood as a physical sculpture, a stationary image, yet its very being as a living tree is ephemeral like a performance or a dance.”  Ricardo Nagaoka

Mark your calendar, and plan to attend the Friends of Chandor Gardens meeting on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Great Room at Chandor Gardens.

Mix and mingle time will you from 11:00 to 11:30, and then our guest speaker Dave Manuel, an avid bonsai enthusiast for the last 35 years and who actively cultivates bonsai trees, will give a presentation on "Bonsai - The Art and Horticultre of Growing Trees in Pots". He is also bringing with him a number of his own bonsai trees as examples of the art form and inspiration. 

Dave is a part of a team of Fort Worth Bonsai Society members who are working with the Botanical Reaserch Institute of Texas (BRIT) and the Fort Wroth Botanic Garden to establish a permanent public exhibit of bonsai trees in the Fort Worth Japanese Garden. When the exhibit opens in 2026 it will be one of only 26 such exhibits in the U.S. 

"To Shape a Tree is to Shape Oneself"

This is a FREE event and everyone is WELCOME!