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Save the Smithsonian's Enid Haupt Garden!

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J Sauer
10 years ago

This beautiful garden has history. Don't end it.

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Pamela Griffith
10 years ago

I always walk through here on my walks! Please don't destroy it!

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William Allen
10 years ago

The Smithsonian is supposed to be preserving the nation's heritage not destroying it. Destroying this elegant garden is reckless vandalism.

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Jeanine Rees
10 years ago

Please keep the Enid Haupt garden. It is a truly lovely oasis—green and shady—in a high-traffic area. The South Mall Campus Plan as it is now is barren and unwelcoming.

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Katharine Marvin
10 years ago

This is such a special garden. I don't oppose change, and the new design is also beautiful but I've spent many days sitting in this garden over lunch and want Smithsonian to know it is treasured as is, too.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Wedding pictures, a great day in the garden, and one of the best in DC. Why would we get rid of that?

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Gustavo Seinos
10 years ago

As a supporter of the Smithsonian Institution, I urge the Institution’s Secretary to re-consider the South Mall Campus Plan so that the Haupt Garden and surrounding architectural and landscape features are retained. To do it would be a crime! Green makes people happy and lower their blood pressure.

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Alexandra Freidberg
10 years ago

Please don't destroy this beautiful garden - it is a DC treasure.

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Joan King
10 years ago

Please save the garden! It's so lovely!

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Emily Peterson-Cassin
10 years ago

Please preserve one of the best contemplative spaces in DC.

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Chelsea
10 years ago

The Haupt garden and surrounding areas are at the top of my list of recommendations for friends/family/acquaintances visiting DC. It would be a huge disappointment to lose it.

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Jason Gedeik
10 years ago

This is one of the most beautiful gardens in downtown D.C. and is a cultural icon for our nation's capitol. Please save this important space!!

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Leslie Hulse
10 years ago

This is a wonderful little oasis that needs to be preserved.

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Kathy Phelan
10 years ago

This is such a beautiful garden in the middle of so much concrete. Please don't take it away

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Matthew Sickle
10 years ago

Landscapes are people too.

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Brian Niemiec
10 years ago

It's a wonderful garden and it would be such a waste to see it destroyed. Please save it.

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Kathryn Tripp
10 years ago

As a SW homeowner, I often walk to the garden to read a book or just enjoy sitting outside. This is a lovely space that is unlike any other in the area. It would be a shame to lose the garden.

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Donna Hanousek
10 years ago

I have enjoyed this garden sanctuary for many years and have watched how delighted people are who happen upon it. Why fix something that is so not broken?

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Les Weidner
10 years ago

PRESERVE WHAT'S GOOD.

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Roslyn Lang
10 years ago

Don't destroy this lovely garden!