When Were White House Rose Garden Benches Designed
Why does the rose garden need a renovation anyway.
When were white house rose garden benches designed. Great american editions ltd. The rose garden as we know it today was established in 1962 under president john f. Mellon rachel lambert 1973.
Updated aug 23 2020 at 6 22pm getty jacqueline kennedy with john f. Unfortunately it comes at a complicated moment he said citing the election. This isthe story of the white house kitchen garden as it developed in march 2009 to the international sensation it is today.
Kennedy who designed the rose garden when it was renovated in 1962 although he tapped his wife s close friend horticulturalist bunny mellon to accomplish the. Turning bunny s designs on paper into reality required tearing out the existing greenery in the rose garden and excavating four feet down. The rose garden has been an iconic part of the white house grounds throughout.
In 1961 inspired by a trip to europe president john f. My involvement began at a picnic on a hazy summer day in august at our beach house on cape cod surrounded by sand dunes the sea and sailboats. Get your copy today.
White house historical association and the national geographic society. The elegant baronet grouping originally patented in 1846 is created from the same master patterns as the benches in the white house rose garden. Faithfully reproduced by the moultrie manufacturing company in moultrie georgia the classic pieces are cast in aluminum identical in appearance and authentic in detail and finish but weigh two thirds less than heavy cast iron.
Kennedy conceived of a new rose garden and tasked his friend and amateur horticulturalist rachel bunny mellon with implementing the design which was unveiled in 1962. The inspiration for renewing the rose garden at the white house came from president kennedy in 1961. It was former u s.