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Save the Smithsonian's Enid Haupt Garden!

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katharine B Morgan
10 years ago

Please save that beautiful garden! Tearing it down is a shocking thought.

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Maria-Jose Bardwell
10 years ago

No to destroy one of the most gorgeous gardens en DC.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I love that garden!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

One of my favorite spots -love its quiet little corners.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

This historic garden is my favorite in the whole world... very unique, a quiet space, so special. My fondest memories of why I love DC include this garden, and I visit just to see it and be in it... the secluded spaces, the unique and old roses, the butterflies-- one of a kind, and I hope we take care of this treasure, for everyone, for ages to come!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

This garden is my favorite in the whole world... very unique, a quiet space, so special. My fondest memories of why I love DC include this garden, and I visit just to see it and be in it... the secluded spaces, the unique and old roses, the butterflies-- one of a kind, and I hope we take care of this treasure, for everyone, for ages to come!

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Harold Belher
10 years ago

Please reconsider removing the Enid Haupt Garden. I have enjoyed time spent in that wonderful garden reflecting on its beauty for many years. It's truly a jewel! It provides a spectacular complement to the architecture of he Smithsonian .Castle

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Demolishing the Enid Haupt Garden would greatly diminish the beauty of the Smithsonian Castle!

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Anne C
10 years ago

To destroy this beautiful garden would be unconscionable! Please don't ruin a lovely, peaceful spot, we humans need it.

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Nancy Hunt
10 years ago

Save this beautiful garden! I can't imagine anything planned for that space could be better.

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Beverly B Thomas
10 years ago

The actions described would be a tragedy to such a beautiful oasis in the District. As a US citizen, I vote that the Garden stays.

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shannon
10 years ago

this is one of the few places on the mall where one can sit and have a bit of peace, please don't destroy this beloved sanctuary. as others have said, it would detract from the surrounding architecture, invest these precious resources into improving other things within the Smithsonian.

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Clarke Bedford
10 years ago

This design change reads like something from The Onion..seriously? The Castle would then be clinging to one edge of a corny sci-fi stage set. An abomination and quite expensive one at that.

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Neha Misra
10 years ago

My son's DCPS class plays in the Haupt Garden on field trips. More and more green space is being lost in DC and especially around the Mall. Save the garden!

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Marion Callis
10 years ago

Please preserve this garden! The new design is dull, and why have more underground space on the Mall than is there already? I like to visit e.g., the Sackler, although the fact that it's underground is my last favorite element of it if the collections and installation design wasn't superlative, it would be a completely awful place.

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annie normand
10 years ago

my foreign guests always admire this garden. I always take them there when visiting the museums

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Roald Euller
10 years ago

To destroy the Enid Haupt Garden would be unconscionable.

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Patrick Carroll
10 years ago

As a frequent visitor to DC, I have come to cherish the garden as a place of rest after seeing the museums and monuments on the Mall. It would be a sad day indeed to see this welcoming place destroyed. Please don't let that happen.

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Nancy Hunt
10 years ago

The garden provides a lovely restful oasis in the mall. Why would you want to eliminate it. When I worked nearby I often went at lunchtime to decompress.

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kathy mancusi
10 years ago

Please this is a lovely spot in DC and it is so refreshing to come out of the Sackler to wander in this beautiful spot. I live here, and see it often. Tourists love it too. Kathy Mancusi