Skip to main content

Save the Smithsonian's Enid Haupt Garden!

1,325 Comments

S
Skip Moskey
10 years ago

Save the Enid Haupt Garden, please. It's a DC cultural icon.

C
Carla Jaranson
10 years ago

Please do not destroy this beautiful oasis in the Smithsonian grounds.

L
Lindsay
10 years ago

Such a gem of the Smithsonian. Many happy hours have been spent there with my family.

B
Barbara Bates
10 years ago

The Enid Haupt Garden is extraordinary. It is beautiful and well maintained for all seasons. I have never seen the saucer magnolia blooming as beatifully as they have this spring. Please keep it as it is now and do not disturb the plantings. So many people enjoy this treasure.

J
Julie springer
10 years ago

The idea is horrible. Currently the area is very enjoyable to walk, and the garden invites relaxation and beckons people to gather there, tomeet friends, read, enjoy lunch, ormarvel at the beauty of the gardens. Please reconsider what you are planning!

A
Allison Davis
10 years ago

The Haupt Gardens are one of the best parts on the Mall. Amid the chaos and crowds, this feels like a secret. Please don't destroy this.

A
AJ Perry
10 years ago

Please refrain from removing this fantastic garden. Thanks for understanding.

B
Barbara Keary
10 years ago

I love the gardens around the Smithsonian. I live in the neighborhood. I donate to the Smithsonian every year in part because of the gardens. I respect the need for updates and I like modern design very much but the design shown does not match the surroundings at all. Nor does it seem anywhere near as welcoming and tranquil. Please don't "fix" the one part that isn't broken. Thank you.

A
Anonymous
10 years ago

This is one of our favorite places on the Mall and a retreat from the crowds. Preserve it for the current and future generations

R
Ron Bayes
10 years ago

Why would you destroy this jewel.

R
Rosa Wiener
10 years ago

It is one of my very favorite places and alway cheers me up,

C
Cheryl Cowan
10 years ago

Please retain something people love and enjoy!

M
Marsha Burd
10 years ago

Please save this beautiful space!

H
Harvey Leifert
10 years ago

This is one of the most beautiful spots in Washington, not just the Mall. We need the quiet beauty it provides, more tan ever.

G
George Wilson
10 years ago

Former NMNH volunteer.

L
Lynne Church
10 years ago

As a landscape designer, I appreciate the importance of this garden. It would be a travesty to destroy this wonderful space.

E
Elaine Winch
10 years ago

This lovely garden should be protected.

I
Ilse Higgins
10 years ago Featured

The Enid Haupt Garden is a JEWEL on the Mall -- a beautiful place for visitors, local or from abroad, and a habitat for birds and critters! Please keep the beauty of flowers, trees and welcoming benches for rest and reflection in the heart of Washington.

A
Anonymous
10 years ago

Please do not destroy this beautiful garden!

G
Glorianna Tillemann
10 years ago

It's the most beautiful! Please don't take the garden away from us!