White House Gardens and Grounds in the News

By Susan Harris|2021-07-15T12:32:32-04:00July 15, 2021|1 Comment

From the whphotooffice Instagram account:

“First Lady Jill Biden participates in an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony Friday, April 30, 2021, on the North Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith)”

And thanks to this article in Vogue we get a peek at a lovely patio off the Oval Office. I’d never seen it before.

For History Buffs

And for fans of this historic garden I recommend All the President’s Gardens by Marta McDowell if you haven’t already discovered it, and this talk on the subject herself. Thanks to the U.S. Botanic Garden!

By Susan Harris|2021-07-15T12:32:32-04:00July 15, 2021|1 Comment

About the Author: Susan Harris

Susan co-founded GardenRant and wrote for national gardening magazines and independent garden centers before retiring in 2014. Now she has time for these projects:

– Creating and editing the nonprofit website Greenbelt Online to serve her adopted town of Greenbelt, Maryland (a “New Deal Utopia” founded in 1937); and managing the Greenbelt, Maryland YouTube Channel. She’s also on the Board of Greenbelt Access TV.

– A YouTube channel chronicling her hoop-dancing adventure and curating tutorials on YouTube for beginners.

– Founding two resource websites: Good Gardening Videos that recommends science-based gardening videos on YouTube; and DC Gardens, the nonprofit campaign to promote the public gardens of the Washington, D.C. area, and gardening by locals.

Here Susan rants about anything that misinforms or discourages gardeners – from old-school quacks to mistaken do-gooders to local laws that mandate conformity – and reports on news from the world of gardening.

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