Editing White House (section)

=== Grounds ===
The White House and grounds cover just over 18 acres (about 7.3 hectares). Before the construction of the North Portico, most public events were entered from the [[South Lawn (White House)|South Lawn]], the grading and planting of which was ordered by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson also drafted a planting plan for the [[North Lawn (White House)|North Lawn]] that included large trees that would have mostly obscured the house from Pennsylvania Avenue. During the mid-to-late 19th century a series of ever larger [[greenhouse]]s were built on the west side of the house, where the current West Wing is located. During this period, the North Lawn was planted with ornate carpet-style flowerbeds.

The general layout of the White House grounds today is based on the 1935 design by [[Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.]] of the [[Olmsted Brothers]] firm, commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the Kennedy administration, the [[White House Rose Garden]] was redesigned by [[Rachel Lambert Mellon]]. The Rose Garden borders the West Colonnade. Bordering the East Colonnade is the [[Jacqueline Kennedy Garden]], which was begun by [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] but completed after her husband's assassination.

On the weekend of June 23, 2006, a century-old [[American Elm]] (''Ulmus americana'' L.) tree on the north side of the building came down during one of the [[2006 Mid-Atlantic United States flood|many storms amid intense flooding]]. Among the oldest trees on the grounds are several magnolias (''[[Magnolia grandiflora]]'') planted by [[Andrew Jackson]], including the Jackson Magnolia, reportedly grown from a sprout taken from the favorite tree of Jackson's recently deceased wife, the sprout planted after Jackson moved into the White House. The tree stood for over 200 years. In 2017, having become too weak to stand on its own, it was decided it should be removed and replaced with one of its offspring.{{r|CcD01}}{{r|KpnOF}}

[[Michelle Obama]] planted the White House's first [[organic garden]] and installed beehives on the [[South Lawn]] of the White House, which will supply organic produce and honey to the First Family and for state dinners and other official gatherings.{{r|U4C8Y}} In 2020, First Lady [[Melania Trump]] redesigned the Rose Garden. [[Berat Albayrak]], Minister of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Turkey, visited US President [[Donald Trump]] at the White House. President Trump showed him around the rose garden.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2019 |title=Hazine ve Maliye Bakanı Berat Albayrak ABD Başkanı Trump'la görüştü |url=https://tr.euronews.com/2019/04/16/hazine-ve-maliye-bakani-berat-albayrak-abd-baskani-donald-trump-la-gorustu |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=euronews |language=tr}}</ref>

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File:WhSouthLawn.JPEG|[[Marine One]] prepares to land on the South Lawn, where [[State Arrival Ceremony|State Arrival Ceremonies]] are held.
File:White House, Blue Sky.jpg|A view from the south, with the south fountain
File:1122-WAS-The White House.JPG|A view from the north, with the north fountain
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