but the change is symbolic of the arrogance.
The grassy lawn in the center of the White House Rose Garden has been replaced with a paved patio. This renovation, which was completed in the summer of 2025, was overseen by the current administration.
The pavement is crass lacking in sensitivity, refinement, or good taste, but no surprise, so is the new Oval Office and its reside.
According to statements from the White House, the purpose of the change was to make the area more practical for events and to prevent people from falling, especially women wearing high heels.
But did they consider temporary removable flooring as necessary? That’s a lame excuse for something not necessary for over 60 years.
The first official White House Rose Garden was created in 1913 by First Lady Ellen Wilson, the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She replaced a colonial-style garden that had been established by Edith Roosevelt in 1902.
The Rose Garden as we know it today, with its central lawn and surrounding flowerbeds, was largely the result of a redesign in 1962 commissioned by President John F. Kennedy and carried out by horticulturalist Rachel Lambert Mellon
Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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It looks fine. There’s plenty of other grass.
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Looks beautiful. I love what the current administration is doing. Opening up the White House for more events with more people. What a breath of fresh air to have access to both the president and the White House. I also love the flag pole he installed. It is obvious he is not your typical swamp insider. He thinks bigger, bolder, and better.
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Exactly what is it the administration doing that you like? I wonder how you will feel four years from now?
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Give me a break.
He is our President. I would much prefer if they would take away his phone, laptop and microphone. It would be an understatement to say that President Trump reminds me of the proverbial bull in a china shop.
With respect to the Rose Garden, remember when football fields were grass (mud), then changed to astroturf, then back to grass, and now to a unique form of synthetic turf.
https://turffactorydirect.com/blog/what-is-nfl-turf-made-of/
I don’t know about others, but four years from now, I’ll be relieved when our politicians and major news media are more focused on stuff that matters – wars, education, the border, crime, the economy, etc. instead of some stupid Beltway “turf war”.
Four years from now, whoever is now in charge can rip it up and maybe plant something appropriate – how about rhubarb?
Rhu·barb
/ˈro͞oˌbärb/
noun
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Al Lindquist
looks terrible–if not broke don’t fix it–made to look like the mansion in Florida–only positive is that it can be replaced by grass after 2028 no matter who occupies the White House–my first spring project in ’29 would be removal and then plant or lay down sod–my first response was “what bozo did this’–he says and does some stupid things and there really is no pill for stupid.
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