Pete Souza posts beautiful photos of pre-Melania White House Rose Garden

[Tanuki]

at this time of year, full of colorful tulips and flowering trees.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNNKNqKln3R/?hl=en

[Tanuki]

1. Cue Joni Mitchell

[markie]

9. "you don't know what you got 'til it's gone"

so often, too sad

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

11. Perfect!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. All there us is the STERILE feel of death.

For Heaven on Earth is full of life and color.

Unless you are a Trump.

[FakeNoose]

3. Did Melania take out the bulb flowers too?!

Why didn't somebody stop her?

[SergeStorms]

15. Ever try to stop an entitled, wealthy, loveless...

former sex industry worker from doing something they have their small mind set on?

Me neither. She's a spoiled brat, and no one but her "owner" (The Donald) dares say anything to her.

[Karadeniz]

4. A pleasure to see!!!

[4Q2u2]

5. Porn Star

Turned First Lady/Decorator what could go wrong.

[Tanuki]

6. Especially one who grew up influenced by the Soviet brutalist "aesthetic."

[gldstwmn]

16. She even wore her sparrow uniform

for that nightmarish Twitler rally this wS all torn down for. All that was missing was for her to throw Vlad a salute.

[SergeStorms]

17. Da...

gray concrete. The official Soviet building material.

[JHB]

22. What she did to it wan't brutalist. It was something much worse.

Generic suburban office park landscaping.

That's fine for the home office of Generico Inc. or whatever, but hardly a replacement for a world-class garden.

[eShirl]

7. is it true that the trees were moved rather than destroyed?

maybe the rose garden can be restored

[KS Toronado]

8. I see Jill taking up that project when planting season starts.

[NJCher]

12. crabapples, not cherry, and relocated

the ones removed were crabapples. From a USA Today fact check:

Based on our research, claims that first lady Melania Trump removed historic cherry trees and roses in her recent renovation of the White House's Rose Garden are FALSE. The trees that were relocated were crabapple trees, and roses from previous gardens had likely already died or been replaced before the renovation.

The flowering trees visible in photos of the Rose Garden before the renovation were actually crabapple trees, not cherry trees, per the White House Historical Association. They also weren't "chopped down."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/25/fact-check-white-house-rose-garden-redo-didnt-pull-cherry-trees-historic-roses/5631760002/

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. Pete Souza has done an amazing job of chronicling the goings-on at the WH

and beyond. Having his work as a record is a blessing.

[joetheman]

13. Melania left a grave yard. nt

[gldstwmn]

14. If someone wants to start a fund to restore The Rose Garden

I will donate.

[GoCubsGo]

18. The rest of his Instagram photos are terrific, too!

But, it was all I could do to resist making a snarky Matt Gaetz joke in the comments for the hula hoop photo.

[murielm99]

19. I hope Dr. Jill restores the Rose Garden.

[Riverman100]

20. soulless bitch

trumps turn everything ugly, like their souls

[Skittles]

21. Melania kinda liked, you know, PLASTIC stuff

nothing NATURAL