Children's Garden

Children's Garden (2023)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

In January 1969, President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson created the Children’s Garden. The garden layout was designed by noted architecture Edward Durrell Stone and scaled in size for young children. The young grandchildren of the President are commemorated with bronze castings of their young handprints and/or some footprints, and in some cases both. The garden was last renovated in 2019. Today there are over 30 castings commemorating presidential grandchildren in the garden.

 

White House Gardens

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  Kitchen Garden

  The garden provides locally grown vegetables, fruits, and herbs for the first family and White House guests.

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  Rose Garden

  The current Rose Garden reflects a renovation in 2020 that was initiated by First Lady Melania Trump.

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  Jacqueline Kennedy Garden

  Sometimes referred to as the East Garden or First Lady’s Garden, a garden has been here since First Lady Edith Roosevelt's in 1903.

 

Commemorative Tree Plantings and Gardens at the White House and President's Park

This map shows locations of a wide variety of trees planted by and in honor of presidents of the United States and first ladies from the 1800s to today. The trees are located throughout the grounds surrounding the White House. Several gardens are also on the White House grounds.