In 2021, the White House Rose Garden marks 60 years since it was redesigned back in 1961 during John F. Kennedy's presidency. Located just outside the Oval Office, the Rose Garden has been a ...

Before the White House had a Rose Garden, the land was used for horse stables. Under the tutelage of first ladies throughout history, the garden was built and transformed into a colorful landscape ...

Why is Trump paving the Rose Garden? Behind Trump's decision to pave over the historic garden first established by Ellen Wilson in 1913.

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the ...

"Evisceration of White House Rose Garden was completed a year ago this month, and here was the grim result—decades of American history made to disappear," Beschloss said in 2021, referencing the ...

The White House Rose Garden existed in several different forms in its earlier years, but has remained largely the same since a major redesign initiated by President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The White House Officially Paves Over the Rose Garden Construction crews bulldozed the historic garden this week. By Emily Burack Published: Jun 20, 2025 10:57 AM EDT ...

The Rose Garden alongside the South Portico of the White House in 1967. Horst P. Horst - Getty Images The Rose Garden truly bloomed into its modern form under the Kennedys in 1962.

The White House has gone through many renovations over the years. How a paved-over Rose Garden would look and how the new space would be used remain to be seen.

Flowers bloom in the Rose Garden outside the West Wing of the White House on April 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images. “What was happening is that that’s supposed to have events.

The White House broke ground Monday on construction projects ordered by President Donald Trump to pave over the grass in the Rose Garden and install flagpoles on the north and south lawns.