Lecture: Untermyer Gardens: From Pompeii to Paradise--Uncovering a Great American Garden
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Date: Tuesday, March 8, at 6:00 p.m
Location: St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 225 West 99th Street
Join us as we chart the creation, crescendo, collapse, and recovery of one of America's exceptional landscapes. Discover fantastic gardens that were nearly lost to memory and nature's rapid progression. We will examine Samuel Untermyer's vision, as executed by the Beaux-Arts designer William Welles Bosworth, and the subsequent renown the gardens enjoyed through the mid-1900s. Followed by decades of uncertainty, the grand gardens fell into disrepair or total ruin. Very recently, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Yonkers, has initiated efforts to reclaim this unique garden paradise.
Location: St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 225 West 99th Street
Join us as we chart the creation, crescendo, collapse, and recovery of one of America's exceptional landscapes. Discover fantastic gardens that were nearly lost to memory and nature's rapid progression. We will examine Samuel Untermyer's vision, as executed by the Beaux-Arts designer William Welles Bosworth, and the subsequent renown the gardens enjoyed through the mid-1900s. Followed by decades of uncertainty, the grand gardens fell into disrepair or total ruin. Very recently, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Yonkers, has initiated efforts to reclaim this unique garden paradise.