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Botany

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16. When Jackie Kennedy worked on the Rose Garden in the 1960s she had real experts work on it.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 27, 2020, 11:48 AM

Aug 2020

She had an expert L.A. on the design, the landscpaing crew was overseen by a gentleman
who went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and as per JFK he wanted the garden area to
be a "working area" so he could use it along with guests and the White House staff and in
that it was highly sucessful and Trump just fucked it up because he wanted to be a prick.

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Why did Trump/Melania redo the White House Rose Garden (Jackie Kennedy's)? [View all] Botany Aug 2020 OP

Rumor was that it was for video optics backdrop empedocles Aug 2020 #1

I bet you're right when you say Trump/Melania. tanyev Aug 2020 #2

She probably had nothing to do with it. bamagal62 Aug 2020 #3

Remember the tennis pavilion. dawg day Aug 2020 #4

Was or is she even THERE? I thought she just lives in NYC and only comes to DC to make an CTyankee Aug 2020 #14

it looks bdamomma Aug 2020 #5

I once worked for a VP. NCDem47 Aug 2020 #6

They can buy lots of new trees with proceeds they get from GoCubsGo Aug 2020 #7

They redid it samplegirl Aug 2020 #8

They put in the path for Melania's runway strut. redstatebluegirl Aug 2020 #9

Probably because during Trump events, news reporters would often say: NCjack Aug 2020 #10

I hope none of the removed plants were heirloom Ilsa Aug 2020 #11

Most of them are from what I've read... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #13

I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing: Ilsa Aug 2020 #17

Pricks gotta prick. MoonRiver Aug 2020 #12

This is nothing more than animals pissing to mark their territory... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #15

When Jackie Kennedy worked on the Rose Garden in the 1960s she had real experts work on it. Botany Aug 2020 #16