Jackie Kennedy told Bunny Mellon that her husband’s happiest times in the White House had been spent in the Rose Garden the president asked her to design. “She wrote, ‘He will always be remembered,’ for creating such a scenic spot.” The backstory:
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The July 2020 plans suggested new crabapple trees would be planted and some other Kennedy Rose Garden touches would be restored. What we see now is not necessarily what it will be so 🤞. The new path is supposed to add accessibility. More background townandcountrymag.com/style/home-dec…
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For those who want to get into the weeds ...the official WH Rose Garden 2020 landscape report with history, point lists, schematics, etc. Photos from July 1962, a few months after the Mellon version was planted ovsla.com/wp-content/upl…
The plans appeared to include a smaller number of crabapple/flowering trees well into the process. The trees, which many of us associate with the Rose Garden and miss, were not considered “character defining features” that had to be retained. (None were originals.)
