Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden is on the south side of the White House in Washington, DC in front of the East Colonnade . The garden is the counterpart to the White House Rose Garden to the west of the White House Complex .
history
Edith Roosevelt , who had laid out her "colonial garden" at the location of today's Rose Garden, oversaw a similar, but not so formally planted, area on the east side, the location of today's Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. The garden in its current form was laid out in 1913 by the First Lady Ellen Wilson . She called him Ostgarten. Mrs. Wilson's design included a central lily pond. After her death in 1914, the garden was completed by the landscape architect Beatrix Farrand .
The maintenance of the outdoor facilities of the White House had deteriorated considerably by the presidency of John F. Kennedy , which led the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to work with Rachel Lambert Mellon and Perry Wheeler on the redesign and replanting of the rose garden and east garden. At the time of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963, the Rose Garden was completed and work on the East Garden was in progress. To honor Jacqueline Kennedy's contribution to the White House and its grounds, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson renamed the East Garden to Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.
Design and planting
Mellon created a square with a more defined central lawn bordered by flower beds that, while French-style, were mostly planted with American plants. Although more formal than the former East Garden, the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden paid tribute to the work of Beatrix Farrand by using more organic structures, planting large numbers of the same plants in different varieties, and using foliage plants such as B. ornamental grass or caladia , tribute.
Today's garden follows the design by Mellon. Each flowerbed is planted with a row of winter linden and tulip magnolias , which are bordered by low hedges made of boxwood and American holly . The outer edge of the flowerbed on the central lawn is lined with boxwood. Perennial plants such as delphinium , mallow , lavender and roses are planted. Lots of seasonal flowers add color for most of the year. For the spring, daffodils , fritillaries , grape hyacinths , tulips , star hyacinths and blue stars are planted. Annual plants that change annually are sown for the summer. In autumn, chrysanthemums and flowering kale bring color to spring.
Official and casual use
The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the Rose Garden are used for events. The Presidents used the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for award ceremonies. Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon preferred the garden for parties or tea.
References and further reading
- The White House: An Historic Guide. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 2001. ISBN 0-912308-79-6 .
- Abbott James A., Elaine M. Rice: Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration. Van Nostrand Reinhold: 1998. ISBN 0-442-02532-7 .
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham : An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History. Simon & Schuster: 2000. ISBN 0-684-85799-5 .
- Garrett, Wendell: Our Changing White House. Northeastern University Press: 1995. ISBN 1-55553-222-5 .
- McEwan, Barbara: White House Landscapes. Walker and Company: 1992. ISBN 0-8027-1192-8 .
- Mellon, Rachel Lambert: The White House Gardens Concepts and Design of the Rose Garden. Great American Editions Ltd .: 1973.
- Seale, William: The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1 .
- Seale, William: The White House Garden. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1996. ISBN 0-912308-69-9 .
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Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '49.5 " N , 77 ° 2' 11.6" W.