Dear Friends of Untermyer Gardens:
Only five days remain before our annual Summer Solstice Sunset Soirée, this year celebrating the centennial of the completion of the garden in 1917. We expect this to be a banner occasion with delicious fare and cheerful company in one of America's greatest gardens. Won't you join us?
Only five days remain before our annual Summer Solstice Sunset Soirée, this year celebrating the centennial of the completion of the garden in 1917. We expect this to be a banner occasion with delicious fare and cheerful company in one of America's greatest gardens. Won't you join us?
This is the Conservancy's seventh summer of gardening, and we have seven gardeners toiling in the dirt.
We're still well shy of Samuel Untermyer's sixty full-time gardeners, but we're making progress!
We're still well shy of Samuel Untermyer's sixty full-time gardeners, but we're making progress!
Last week, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy co-sponsored an event with Atlas Obscura, a company that identifies the most unusual and exotic places in the world. It has identified Untermyer Gardens as one such place. The evening was perfect, with python-draped belly-dancers, nymphs, a theremin performance, and a torchlight procession to a fire ceremony. It was truly a spectacular evening! Here are more photos.
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Photos by Zarif Taufiq
Each spring, the fastigiate beeches along the canals send out new shoots in a decidedly floppy manner. As we head into the prime growing time of the year, the shoots slowly assume their familiar upright pattern, hopefully in time for the gala. The floppy effect this year was quite pronounced -- one visitor suggested we administer Viagra to remedy the situation! Since we try to be as organic as possible, we have refrained, but stay tuned...
Each spring, the fastigiate beeches along the canals send out new shoots in a decidedly floppy manner. As we head into the prime growing time of the year, the shoots slowly assume their familiar upright pattern, hopefully in time for the gala. The floppy effect this year was quite pronounced -- one visitor suggested we administer Viagra to remedy the situation! Since we try to be as organic as possible, we have refrained, but stay tuned...
The website eBay can be a treasure trove of goodies, and several months ago, we found and purchased this photograph. Taken in 1933, it shows Samuel Untermyer testifying against a proposed German celebration in New York City. The German society behind the event had been infiltrated by Nazis, and Untermyer wanted to expose and oppose them. As a result of his speech, the celebration was canceled, and the priest looming behind him, who had organized the event, was dismissed. It's a good example of the righteous clairvoyance of Samuel Untermyer.
Kind regards,
Stephen F. Byrns
Stephen F. Byrns
President, Untermyer Gardens Conservancy
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