WHO IS HATSY TAYLOR?

        The former Hatsy Robinson grew up in West Hartford, graduated from Miss Porter's School and the Hartford School of Music.  She  performed with the Keene Summer Theatre and the Simsbury Light Opera before marrying Henry Taylor of Fairfield, Connecticut. They have three daughters, all happily married, and six grandchildren.

        Hatsy's career as a lecturer  began when she was first married.  Combining her singing talent with her botanical training, she has traveled from Boston to Bermuda, New York to New Orleans, performing her unique garden programs.

        In 1962 Hatsy and her husband Hank bought a 250 acre hilltop farm in Northwestern Connecticut with a spectacular view of Canaan Mountain to the south.  The farm had been abandoned for six years, the house full of dead birds and live rats, the yard full of burdocks, thistles and falling down fences.  Once the couple had made the farmhouse habitable, they tackled the rest of the property.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Like a scruffy, neglected orphan given a bath, a haircut and a new set of clothes, they slowly brought Locust Hill back from a disreputable eyesore to its original beauty. Their landscaping projects included a pond, sheep pastures, retaining walls, flowering shrubs and flower beds, as well as raspberry and asparagus beds and a vegetable garden.  With all this accummulated experience, Hatsy began writing and illustrating a gardening column for several area newspapers.

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         In 2000 Hatsy's book WEEDS AND WISDOM from a Country Gardener, based on her columns, was published.  New columns now appear on this website.

 

 

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