ok, so if we got to redesign the rose garden, how would you change it?

[Baltimike]

I'd get RID of that tacky paving.

What say you?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Get rid of the pavement and replant the trees.

[samnsara]

2. just put it back the way it was....what did melanoma do with Jackies roses?

[lapfog_1]

3. go back to jackie kennedy days

[Blue Owl]

6. +1

[Tree-Hugger]

4. Add trees

I'd add trees and a ton of roses. Get rid of Melania's trash.

[SheltieLover]

5. Remove everything Malaria did for putin - just wasting more of our $

[Mr.Bill]

7. Look at old photographs from the 60s,

Put it back in that same condition and rename it the Jacqueline Kennedy Rose Garden.

[bamagal62]

8. This.

[Baltimike]

9. I like the Jackie Kennedy idea, but want more roses

build back better and all

[Duppers]

12. I'm with you. 👍

More roses & blooming trees.
(My allergies be damned, I want beauty. 😁 )

Look at the difference; look at what that "hoe" destroyed...

[NJCher]

13. wouldn't even call it a garden

on the right.

Stunning on the left.

Did Melanoma have the cherry trees cut down? Where did they go?

Weren't they a gift from the Japanese?

[Duppers]

14. According to USA Today....

"The crabapple trees have not been permanently removed from the White House. The 10 trees will be replanted elsewhere on the grounds after they are cared for offsite, per the Associated Press and C-SPAN."

I can imagine how deep and extensive those 50+ year-old Crabapple roots must've been and what shock they were subjected to. We'll see if they reappeared anywhere; it's doubtful, at least to me, that they'll be the same trees.

Hopefully, under Jill Biden's supervision, they will be back in that rose garden.

[Duppers]

15. Oh, and the cherry trees gifted from Japan...

...were planted around the Tidal Basin, as can be seen from the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. There are 1400 of them around the 140 acre basin.



If you ever get a chance to visit, please do. D.C. is beautiful in the spring.

[RockCreek]

10. Make it as hypoallergenic as possible

And get some kids involved with design for the humanizing touch they can add.

[japple]

11. I saw many comments from people who use wheelchairs, walkers and those who have mobility

issues say that the paving would be an improvement for them. It is very hard to walk on grass with a rollator, a knee scooter, a wheelchair, crutches. I think they should keep the paving and restore the crabapple trees, the seasonal plantings (esp. the tulips) and back to the way Jackie Kennedy's designers had it.