Sunset Soirée 2025 - June 17, 2025
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy’s annual Sunset Soirée will take place Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in the Walled Garden from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Lavish hors-d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served by David Ziff Cooking.
Lavish hors-d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served by David Ziff Cooking.
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Our honoree is Amy Gutmann, President Emerita, University of Pennsylvania (2004-2022), United States Ambassador to Germany (2022-2024), and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science.
Donors of $1,200 or more will be listed on the invitation and the program. The deadline to be listed on the invitation is April 10. Click an image to purchase tickets or make a donation online. To pay by check, download a reply form. |
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Our theme is Family Trees, which celebrates the garden’s role as a cherished gathering place for generations of families and is epitomized by the Walled Garden’s majestic weeping beeches that were planted by Samuel Untermyer more than a century ago. It also recognizes the common ties between our honoree and the garden’s founder, including their shared German-Jewish ancestry. Amy’s father, Kurt Gutmann, fled Nazi Germany at age 19 for India in 1934, a year after Samuel Untermyer founded the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League. He would later move to New York and raise Amy in the Hudson Valley. The Walled Garden, inspired by the Mughal gardens of India, is the most iconic feature of Untermyer Gardens and a peaceful haven that transcends cultural boundaries.
The Conservancy has worked since 2011 to revitalize and improve Untermyer Gardens, which is owned by the City of Yonkers and suffered decades of neglect. Home to the finest Indo-Persian garden in the Western Hemisphere, it is one of the only major public gardens in the country that is free of charge to all, with an annual audience of 300,000 visitors from all walks of life.
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy (EIN 27-4323490) is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The non-deductible portion of each ticket is $125.
The Conservancy has worked since 2011 to revitalize and improve Untermyer Gardens, which is owned by the City of Yonkers and suffered decades of neglect. Home to the finest Indo-Persian garden in the Western Hemisphere, it is one of the only major public gardens in the country that is free of charge to all, with an annual audience of 300,000 visitors from all walks of life.
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy (EIN 27-4323490) is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The non-deductible portion of each ticket is $125.
To pay by check, click here to download the Benefit Committee Reply Form.
The Sunset Soirée is the Conservancy’s most important fundraiser of the year, and its success is crucial to our ability to maintain the splendor of the garden, deliver adult and youth education programs, and serve the local Yonkers community. This year we will provide paid internships to 18 public high school students who will tend the vegetable garden and work alongside the gardeners to make improvements throughout the property. Since our founding thirteen years ago, the Conservancy has restored the garden’s prestige as one of the finest gardens in America, and now it is one of the top visitor destinations in Westchester.
The garden welcomes 300,000 visitors annually free of charge, making it a rarity among public gardens.
The garden welcomes 300,000 visitors annually free of charge, making it a rarity among public gardens.
