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The White House Rose Garden is a garden bordering the Oval Office and the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., United States. The garden is approximately 125 feet long and 60 feet wide (38 metres by 18 metres, or about 684m 2). It balances the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden on the east side of the White House Complex. It is commonly ...
25 sie 2020 · First dreamed up by Edith Roosevelt during her husband Theodore's administration in 1902, the White House Rose Garden has been a prominent place for informing American citizens, celebrating civic and cultural accomplishments, and facilitating conversation and collaboration among our greatest minds.
12 paź 2023 · The Rose Garden or West Garden area was first created in 1903 as a colonial-style garden by First Lady Edith Roosevelt, at the same time she created a similar garden design in the East Garden known today as the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
Back in 1902, First Lady Edith Roosevelt (wife of President Theodore Roosevelt) took it upon herself to convert an area of the White House grounds that once housed stables for horses and carriages into a classic colonial garden as part of the Roosevelt renovation.
The one flower that unites all the occupants through the history of the White House is the rose. Thus, for most of the 20 th century, the Rose Garden has been a rose garden. Now, in 1961, President Kennedy wanted it restored in spirit but revised to become more than just a private garden.
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23 sie 2020 · How the White House's Rose Garden became a place of political power and the history behind Jackie Kennedy's and Bunny Mellon's vision for it.
