This excursion is one of several we took in and around New York City in late May and early June 2019, taking advantage of a few days with really nice weather! Check out the whole series:
- Untermyer Gardens (current post)
- Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical Garden
- Governor’s Island
- Staten Island Ferry
- Old Croton Aqueduct And Ossining Weir
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Untermyer Gardens is one of the excursions we took near our home in New York City in late May / early June 2019.
We visited Untermyer Gardens for the first time a couple of years ago. It is right next to Lenoir Preserve, which we wrote about at the time, so we often visit these two places together.
Located in Yonkers, just a short drive from Riverdale, you are transported to Persia! The design of the walled garden is fascinating, Indo-Persian in concept, with Greek elements, including the four rivers and two great trees from the biblical descriptions of Eden.
Twice each day, at 10:30 and 3:30, classical music is piped into the Walled Gardens, making it an even more idyllic setting.
Don’t miss the Temple of Love when you visit! It is a gazebo overlooking the Hudson River.
Untermyer Gardens Gallery
We are Scott and Caroline, 50-somethings who spent the first 20+ years of our adult lives in New York City, working traditional careers and raising 2 kids. We left full-time work in our mid-40’s for location-independent, part-time consulting projects and real estate investing, in order to create a more flexible and travel-centric lifestyle. 
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