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Beatrix Farrand originally designed the Ellipse garden with a two-tier fountain pool and boxwood hedges surrounding the space. This archival photo probably dates to 1955–1957, just before Alden Hopkins redesigned the space. More alterations occurred in the 1960s, and today American hornbeam trees and a Provençal fountain greet Ellipse visitors (photos: Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives and Elizabeth Muñoz Huber).