Stephen Byrns, who many will have enjoyed in his recent talks on the Untermyer Gardens given to The Garden Club of the Back Bay, The Beacon Hill Garden Club, and the Cambridge Plant & Garden Club, returns for a new online presentation on March 29, The Untermyer Gardens Winter Lecture on Samuel Untermyer: Forgotten Hero. Stephen has taken time this winter to do more research on Samuel Untermyer—his origins, incredible success, progressive activism during the last 30 years of his life, and especially his role in the Jewish community. He will present these findings, accompanied by many historic images, at the annual Winter Lecture, which will be delivered virtually on March 29th. This promises to be an in-depth look at the Garden’s founder, who was involved in many historic and signature moments of his time. At the conclusion, he will show select before and after images from a new book, Forgotten No More: The Restoration of Untermyer Gardens, which was undertaken on the occasion of Untermyer Gardens’ tenth anniversary last year and will be published next month.

