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The book promotes healthy eating and documents the White House Kitchen Garden through the seasons. The garden, planted in 2009 on the White House's South Lawn, promoted the first lady's Let's Move! initiative to end childhood obesity. [1] Journalist Lyric Winik assisted Obama in the writing of American Grown.
Hillary Clinton had a vegetable garden constructed on the roof of the White House. On March 20, 2009, Michelle Obama broke ground on the largest and most expansive vegetable garden to date on the White House lawn. [1] The current garden is funded by a $2.5-million donation provided in 2016 by Burpee Seeds and The Burpee Foundation. [2]
A June 1994 tour group exits the White House.. The White House Visitors Office is responsible for public tours of the White House, for maintaining a facility where the public can obtain information about the White House, and for other White House events such as the White House Easter Egg Roll, Holiday Open Houses, Spring and Fall Garden tours, State Arrival Ceremonies and other special events.
Elsewhere in the tour, a new 3D model of the White House’s 18-acre complex is on display alongside four other models that portray the White House as it evolved from 1792 to today.
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The White House Gardens Concepts and Design of the Rose Garden. Great American Editions Ltd. Seale, William (1986). The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society. ISBN 0-912308-28-1. Seale, William (1996). The White House Garden. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic ...
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The Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn in April 2017. The South Lawn presents a long north–south vista from the White House. Open to the public until World War II, it is now a closed part of the White House grounds that provides a setting for official events like the State Arrival Ceremony as well as informal gatherings including the annual White House Egg Rolling Contest and staff barbecues.