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The
Jacqueline
Kennedy
Garden
is
located
at
the
White
House
south
of
the
East
Colonnade.
The
garden
balances
the
Rose
Garden
on
the
west
side
of
the
White
House
Complex.
Edith
Carow
Roosevelt,
who
had
established
her
"Colonial
Garden"
on
the
site
of
the
present
Rose
Garden,
oversaw
a
similar
but
less
formal
planting
on
the
east
side,
the
site
of
the
present
Jacqueline
Kennedy
Garden.
The
origins
of
the
Garden's
present
form
initially
began
in
1913
with
First
Lady
Ellen
Louise
Axson
Wilson,
at
the
time
taking
to
calling
it
the
East
Garden,
which
saw
Mrs.
Wilson's
design
featuring
a
modest
central
lily
pond.
However,
this
work
on
the
Garden
was
not
completed
until
after
the
first
lady
had
died
in
1914,
resulting
in
an
area
36
by
19
meters
(118x62
feet).
In
the
nearly
half
a
century
which
followed,
the
grounds
to
the
White
House
fell
into
disrepair.
When
the
Kennedy
administration
came
to
office
the
ill-kempt
state
of
the
gardens
drew
the
focus
of
First
Lady
Jacqueline
Kennedy,
who
eventually
worked
with
Rachel
Lambert
Mellon
and
Perry
Wheeler
on
the
redesign
and
replanting
of
the
entire
Rose
and
East
Gardens.
By
the
time
of
President
Kennedy's
assassination
in
1963
the
Rose
Garden
had
been
finished
to
completion,
while
revitalization
on
the
East
Garden
was
still
a
work
in
progress.
To
further
honor
Jacqueline
Kennedy's
contributions
to
the
White
House
and
its
grounds,
her
immediate
successor,
First
Lady
Lady
Bird
Johnson,
renamed
the
East
Garden
as
the
"Jacqueline
Kennedy
Garden"
during
a
ceremony
on
22
April
1965.
Rachel
Lambert
Mellon
created
a
space
with
a
more
defined
central
lawn,
bordered
by
flower
beds
planted
in
a
French
style,
but
largely
using
American
botanical
specimens.
Though
more
formal
than
the
previous
East
Garden,
the
Jacqueline
Kennedy
Garden
pays
tribute
to
Beatrix
Farrand's
work
in
its
use
of
a
more
organic
structure,
planting
masses
of
the
same
plants
in
drifts,
and
use
of
foliage
plants
like
ornamental
grasses
and
caladiums.
The
present
garden
follows
a
layout
established
by
Mellon.
Each
flower
bed
is
planted
with
a
series
of
Littleleaf
lindens
and
Kennedy
saucer
magnolias
bordered
by
low
hedges
of
boxwood
and
American
Holly.
The
outer
edge
of
the
flower
bed
facing
the
central
lawn
are
edged
with
boxwood.
Perennial
flowering
plants
include
delphinium,
hollyhock,
lavender,
and
roses.
Many
seasonal
flowers
are
interspersed
to
add
nearly
year
round
color.
Spring
blooming
bulbs
planted
in
the
rose
garden
include
jonquil,
daffodil,
fritillaria,
grape
hyacinth,
tulips,
chionodoxa
and
squill.
Summer
blooming
annuals
change
yearly.
In
the
fall
chrysanthemum
and
flowering
kale
bring
color
until
early
winter.
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