Save the Smithsonian's Enid Haupt Garden!

This is a beautiful space for both Smithsonian staffers and visitors. Don't do it!

Cannot believe the proposal is even being considered. It's like a bad dream -or April Fool's joke.

The rationale and budget do not support the demolition of this unique and beautiful natural space.

Enid Haupt garden is a treasure and should not be lost.

A very important part of DC! Unique.

I am quite surprised that this is even under consideration - it is the brightest spot on the National Mall!

This is one of the most beautiful spots in my home city. I'm appalled a historical institution would consider demolishing this lovely representation of a Victorian garden.

When friends visit from Europe, they love this garden as it is very European. I am 70 years old, I have seen so many beautiful places torn down and they cannot be replaced once gone

please save this oasis

We are the nations capital and the best city in the USA why not save our treasures

we need to keep as much beautiful green space as we can

Don't do it! That garden is such a treasure. I was there last month. The magnolia trees were blooming and many people were sitting on benches or strolling through the gardens. There used to be magnificent old trees in the garden that were taken down when the Sackler and African Art Museums were built. That was tragic. Don't compound that loss.

This garden is a treasure, and I always make a point of visiting it when near the museums. It is loved by many, and a wonderful break between museums for people of all ages.

Please preserve the Haupt and Ripley gardens, and surrounding architectural elements. They form a treasured natural refuge that should be given the same respect as collections within the museum walls. I appreciate contemporary architectural and garden design. however, the drawings I saw left me cold. They seemed more appropriate for a shopping mall or a newly constructed site. They communicated no appreciation for the history of this unique setting and its surrounding architecture. Large expanses of pavement, glass, and loss of trees will change this place into an oven in the summer. It will become a desert to rush through. As a gardener I especially disliked the peaked walls. I guess we may have to one day stand on the outside of the walls and imagine the gardens that are inside, or will it just be grass? Please preserve this graceful, cool, historical gem as a gathering place, a place where natural elements are accessible, not a place for skylights and a design statement that does not welcome people or respect its surroundings.

Leave this beautiful place be!

Please save this beautiful rooftop garden that unifies the divergent artifacts and collections of the surrounding museums. A central Victorian parterre garden with wide brick walkways, saucer magnolias, and cast iron benches is aligned with the Gothic Smithsonian Castle building, which was designed in 1855 by James Renwick. Complementary gardens lie on either side of the parterre, distinctly different in cultural reference and style. The Moongate Garden, inspired by the 15th century Temple of Heaven in Beijing, reflects the Sackler Gallery of Art’s Asian theme. The Fountain Garden, with its cascading chadar and runnels, is Postmodernist in style but modeled after the 14th century Alhambra and reflective of the Moorish collection in the National Museum of African Art.

As a long-time local resident, I strongly oppose destruction of the Haupt Garden, which is a national treasure and a needed place of serenity and peace..

I would like to see the Haput Garden remain as it is.

It should be possible to make the necessary infrastructure changes happen beneith the garden, which should be left in situ. The current garden is a seamless part of the Castle and museums as is-nothing needs to be changed.

Please save historical landmark.