Jacqueline Kennedy Garden

The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden is located on the south side of the White House before the East Colonnade. The garden is the counterpart to the west of the White House Complex located White House Rose Garden.

History

Edith Carrow Roosevelt, who had signed up for their " colonial garden " at the site of today's Rose Garden, oversaw a similar, but not as formally planted plant on the east side, the location of today's Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. The garden was created in its present form in 1913 by the First Lady Ellen Louise Axson Wilson. She called him east garden. The design of Mrs. Wilson contained a central lily pond. After her death in 1914 the garden was completed by the landscape architect Beatrix Farrand.

The grounds maintenance of the White House had waned to the tenure of John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy what caused them to work with Rachel Lambert Mellon and Perry Wheeler at the redesign and replanting of the rose garden and Ostgartens. At the time of the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, the Rose Garden was completed and ran the work on the east garden. To honor the participation of Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House and its grounds, First Lady "Lady Bird" Johnson took before renaming the Ostgartens in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden.

And planting

Mellon created a place with a more defined central lawn surrounded by flower beds that were planted in the French style, but mostly with American plants. Although formal than the former East Garden, paid tribute to the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden of the work of Beatrix Farrand by using more organic structures, the establishment of large quantities of the same plants in different varieties, and the use of foliage plants, such as Ornamental grass or Kaladien tribute.

The present garden follows the design of Mellon. Each flower is planted with a range of winter linden and tulip magnolias, which are surrounded by low hedges of boxwood and American holly. The outer edge of the flowerbed on the central lawn is edged with boxwood. It will be planted perennial plants such as larkspur, hollyhock, lavender and roses. Many seasonal flowers add almost all year round color. For the spring daffodils, Fritillarien, grape hyacinths, tulips, bluebells and blue stars are planted. For the summer annually changing annuals are sown. In autumn bring chrysanthemums and flowering kale color until spring.

Official and informal use

The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, as the Rose Garden, used for events. The President used the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden for award ceremonies. Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon preferred the garden for parties or drinking tea.

Safety Precautions

The White House and the surrounding grounds is a high-security zone, which is equipped with the most advanced security systems. The area is one of the best most defended the world. The following measures or devices protect the site:

• Overflight ban: No aircraft is allowed to penetrate the airspace over the White House without permission. This zone covers the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. Each aircraft that is approaching the exclusion zone is recognized and observed by the radar of the National Airport. In an emergency interception jets are launched to intercept the aircraft. The National Guard also holds locally prepared anti-aircraft missiles.
• Sniper: On the roof of the White House watch the agent environment with binoculars.
• Cameras and sensors: In the whole area there are surveillance cameras and sensors.
• Security Forces: The Secret Service and the Park Police guard the area.

References and further reading

• The White House: An Historic Guide. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 2001 ISBN 0-912308-79-6. .
• Abbott James A., and Elaine M. Rice. Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration. Van Nostrand Reinhold: 1998 ISBN 0-442-02532-7. .
• Garrett, Wendell. Our Changing White House. Northeastern University Press: 1995 ISBN 1-55553-222-5. .
• McEwan, Barbara. "White House Landscapes. " Walker and Company, 1992 ISBN 0-8027-1192-8. .
• Mellon, Rachel Lambert. The White House Gardens Concepts and Design of the Rose Garden. Great American Editions Ltd: . 1973.
• Seale, William. The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986 ISBN 0-912308-28-1. .
• Seale, William. The White House Garden. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1996 ISBN 0-912308-69-9. .