(NewsNation) — The Rose Garden at the White House is all primed and ready after getting a Mar-a-Lago makeover.
The renovations of the Rose Garden began earlier this summer, months after President Trump took office and discussed plans to rip up one of the White House’s most iconic locations and put in a hard surface to serve as a patio.
“They are literally the umbrellas from Mar-a-Lago,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “The roses remain untouched.”
Table and chairs are placed in the newly renovated Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Yellow and white striped umbrellas are open in the recently renovated Rose Garden at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)A U.S. Secret Service Special Agent walks in the recently renovated Rose Garden at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)A rose is seen as journalists tour the restored Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. First Lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden, famous for its close proximity to the Oval Office. The three weeks of work on the garden, which was done in the spirit of its original 1962 design, were showcased to reporters on Saturday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)A view of the restored Rose Garden is seen at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. First Lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden, famous for its close proximity to the Oval Office. The three weeks of work on the garden, which was done in the spirit of its original 1962 design, were showcased to reporters on Saturday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Other renovations for the garden include gilt cherubs, Rococo mirrors and medallions gleaming with theatrical flair. All of the changes were made to align with Trump’s signature taste.
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Trump and his wife, Melania, during his first tenure as president, also renovated the garden in the spirit to pay homage to its original design in 1962.
Trump has hinted that the first White House party on the new patio would be for the press.
