The prime attraction at the park is the Memorial Rose Garden, which features various types of roses arranged in beds and other structures that can be enjoyed via a pathway.

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Harris & Ewing Edith Roosevelt's West Garden, pictured between 1905 and 1913, which preceded the White House Rose Garden ...

2.The White House Rose Garden was originally commissioned by first lady Ellen Axson Wilson and designed by George E. Burnap. It was planted on the south side of the White House in 1913.

The White House Rose Garden existed in several different forms in its earlier years, but has remained largely the same since a major redesign initiated by President John F. Kennedy in 1962.