Trump's Remake Of White House Rose Garden Has Fewer Roses, More Statues
President Donald Trump has renovated the White House Rose Garden, replacing parts of the lawn with stone patios and adding statues of American founders. The project is part of a broader series of aesthetic and structural changes Trump is implementing across federal properties.
Why it matters
The renovations reflect the President's personal aesthetic preferences and his desire to leave a lasting physical legacy on the White House grounds.
Instead of adding new roses, President Donald Trump's White House Rose Garden is growing statues.Trump put statues of some of America's founders in the garden just off the Oval Office after he replaced its plush lawn with a white stone patio, turning the historic outdoor space into a look-alike of the one at his Mar-a-Lago home and private club in Palm Beach, Florida.At least one statue was a gift. Others are on loan from people who wish to remain anonymous.The latest addition, a bronze depiction of a seated Thomas Jefferson signing the Declaration of Independence, was a gift from George Lundeen, a sculptor from Loveland, Colorado. It joins statues already displayed there of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin.
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