White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered reporters an update on the Rose Garden following its concrete renovation ...

Donald Trump’s mission to turn the White House Rose Garden into a Mar-a-Lago-style venue edged closer to reality on Tuesday ...

The garden was first turned into a rose garden in 1913, when first lady Ellen Axson Wilson, married to President Woodrow Wilson, had the colonial garden demolished to make way for beds of rose ...

VARIOUS OF WORKERS AND MACHINES AT ROSE GARDEN WASHINGTON, US - JUNE 20: U.S. Presi… President Donald Trump’s paved makeover of the White House’s Rose Garden appears to be nearly finished.

The Kennedy layout of the White House Rose Garden, pictured in 2014, before the Trumps' renovations. ImageCatcher News Service/Corbis via Getty The central lawn was one of the most notable ...

Renovation work continues in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. USA TODAY’s Savannah Kuchar contributed to this report.

For more than 60 years, the White House Rose Garden has showcased the prestige of the presidency. With Trump's patio overhaul, a new era begins.