About Liz's Grove
Liz's Grove is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Van Horn Taylor who loved this special area.
Elizabeth Van Horn Taylor
Liz was a small, quiet person with broad interests in life. She graduated from Middlebury College and the School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT, with a Master's in English as a Foreign Language.
Subsequently Liz led group living experiences in Japan, trained Peace Corps volunteers, worked at Harvard, and collected crystals in India and Afghanistan. She traveled in such far off places at East Germany, Peru, Egypt and across China on the Silk Road (her second extended visit in China).
But her biggest concern, from seeing so much of the world, was environmental issues. She became a member/investor in the local Saguaro-Juniper Corporation, and subsequently a volunteer with the Southeast Arizona Bird Observatory (SABO) and a team member in recording and banding the hummingbirds of the lower San Pedro River with her husband Bill.
Liz's health and the search for new study sites brought her here to the Double Check Ranch in 2003. Her cancer demanded the highest standards of nutrition and while visiting with the Schwennesens, she with Bill concurrently learned of the rich bird life of the area. This led the Taylors to suggest the project which today has become "Liz's Grove."
Dedication
To a lovely lady, we dedicate this spot, "Liz's Grove".