2022 Grand Holiday Illumination: December 9 through January 2
The 2022 Grand Holiday Illumination opens on December 9 at 5:30 p.m. and is then open every night through January 2, from 4:30 until 8:00 p.m., free to the public with NO RESERVATIONS required. Illumination is OPEN on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
Inaugurated in 2015, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy's Grand Holiday Illumination has quickly become a Yonkers tradition, and thousands of visitors come to enjoy the spectacle. Come and see the Walled Garden lit with more than 100,000 lights and listen to holiday music from many traditions.
Thanks to our Sponsors
2022 Leadership funding provided by:
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Additional funding provided by:
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Thanks to the many community groups and families who volunteered their time at the Welcome Table this year:
Ardsley Senior Girl Scout Troop 2300 · Beczak Environmental Education Center · Blue Door Art Center · Chabad of Yonkers ·
Cornell Alumni Association of Westchester · Dudman Family · Edgemont High School Science Scholars ·
First Unitarian Society of Westchester · Friends of Crestwood Library · Garden Club of Dobbs Ferry ·
Garden Club of Irvington · Greenblat Family · Greenburgh Hebrew Center · Islamic Center of Yonkers (MAS UNY) ·
Kennedy Catholic High School Students · Lakers Athletic Club · Lindemann Family · Lubitz Family ·
Ludlow Residents Association · May Family · Morsemere Garden Club · Park Hill Residents Association ·
Sleepy Hollow Manor Garden Club · Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Docents · Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Garden Class ·
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Greeters · Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Volunteers · Volunteer New York ·
Yonkers Girl Scout Troop 1796 · Yonkers Girl Scout Troop 1933 · Yonkers Girl Scout Troop 2546 · Yonkers Girl Scout Troop Number 1817 ·
Yonkers Historical Society · Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club · Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE) · Yonkers Society of American Magicians
Music of the Illumination
In addition to the classical music associated with Christmas, music from the traditions associated with Indo-Persian gardens and Samuel Untermyer has been selected for the Illumination at Untermyer Gardens. Ancient Persia (550 BCE) was Zoroastrian. Its music may sound strange to many Western ears, but it would have been heard in Persian gardens for over a thousand years. As Persia gradually became Muslim, new music evolved from that tradition. Jewish music reflects the heritage of Samuel Untermyer as well as the ancient story of the Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis. New this year is Hindu music, as it would have been heard in the monumental gardens of Mughal India. Click here to download a .pdf listing this year's music playlist, or Open this playlist in Spotify. (Requires a free, or paid, Spotify account.)
