This is the second time the Rose Garden has undergone big changes with Trump in office. In 2020, First Lady Melania Trump oversaw her own Rose Garden makeover, which involved adding pathways, planting new rose bushes and tearing out some of the garden’s previous vegetation, including its beloved crab apple trees.

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?

Pictures of Donald Trump’s new redesign of the White House ’s historic rose garden are in – and social media users are not impressed. Official pictures of the completed refurb project emerged Saturday. The colorful and meticulously maintained green space has now been paved over with white concrete, topped with several items of garden furniture.