The White House Rose Garden is almost back in business following a summer of renovations, and press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered reporters a close-up look at the new patio before the official re

Is Donald Trump turning the White House into Mar-a-Lago 2.0? The president and his wife, Melania Trump, are facing backlash this week after press secretary Karoline Leavitt showed off recent renovations done to the White House Rose Garden — once a gorgeous green lawn that has since been turned into a concrete,

The White House Rose Garden has traded its iconic green lawn for a stone patio, and the new look is turning heads, and raising eyebrows. In a move that has sparked debate among historians, garden enthusiasts,

The Rose Garden is one of the most instantly recognizable features of the White House, perhaps second only to the Oval Office. It has been used for announcements, events, and receptions of international leaders since the 1900s, and many of the defining moments in presidential history have taken place there.

By reorganizing one of America’s most iconic outdoor spaces, Donald and Melania Trump started a new chapter for the White House Rose Garden, this time with striped umbrellas and a lot more concrete. The dramatic facelift has replaced grass with stone tiles and added decor familiar to The Trumps.

Trump announced in March that he would be paving over the Rose Garden to make it safer for those attending events.

Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has directed several major renovations at the White House. Trump redesigned the previously minimalist Oval Office, making some of the most significant changes to the room's appearance in modern presidential history, adding gold medallions, gold vermeil figurines, gold eagles, and gilded Rococo mirrors.

President Donald Trump has had the lawn of the Rose Garden removed and replaced with stone tiles. It is one of several White House renovations planned

Trump’s list of tunes also included the classic love song “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker and the late Luciano Pavarotti’s rendition of “Nessun dorma” from the opera

Newly released images of the White House Rose Garden—now paved over with pale stone by President Trump—have left nostalgists and gardeners alike wondering: Why trade greenery for granite?

Stone has replaced the grass lawn at the iconic White House Rose Garden, one of many changes at President Donald Trump's White House.